ABC rolled out its Thursday summer competition lineup last night, with the mini-golf hybrid Holey Moley (1.0 Live+Same Day rating in the adults 18-49 demographic, 4.82 million viewers) scoring primetime’s top rating in its debut. That result edged out Fox’s premiere of Spin the Wheel (0.8, 3.45M) at 9 PM, though that…

Ensemble comedy Life In Pieces will be ending its run on CBS with its current fourth season. Created by Justin Adler, Life In Pieces had assembled one of the strongest family comedy casts in recent memory, fronted by Dianne Wiest and James Brolin. It also includes Betsy Brandt, Zoe Lister-Jones, Colin Hanks, Angelique…

CBS’ The Big Bang Theory (1.8 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic, 11.17 million viewers) was Thursday’s night’s top show in both metrics, but it continues to soften as it approaches its series finale, clocking a new series low in the demo and season low in total viewers. Mom (1.0, 6.62M) also found a new demo low…

Life in Pieces is getting back together in the spring. CBS said today that Season 4 of its ensemble comedy will premiere with two new episodes bookending Mom at 8:30 and 9:30 p.m. Thursday, April 18. The series then will settle into its regular slot the following week. Created by Justin Adler and fronted by Dianne Wies…

CBS is using a different approach to unveiling its winter scheduling plans this year — by genre. After announcing its midseason unscripted slate yesterday, the network today is focusing on comedy. Coming off the schedule in January/February are freshmen Murphy Brown and Happy Together; coming on are new comedy Fam and…

For the first time this year, CBS comedy Life In Pieces was left on the bubble for renewal. After some lengthy and difficult negotiations between the network and series producer 20th Century Fox TV, the comedy has been picked up for a fourth season. The family comedy has delivered solid ratings in its third…

CBS today renewed 11 more series, seven of them scripted, all of them dramas. So far, CBS has picked up 10 dramas for next season — all but one fully owned by the network — and only 3 comedies, Chuck Lorre’s The Big Bang Theory, Young Sheldon and Mom. None of the remaining series are considered sure things for…

CBS has given early renewals to 16 returning series for the 2017-2018 season: 5 comedies (returning Life In Pieces and Mom, freshmen Kevin Can Wait, Man With a Plan and midseason entry Superior Donuts); 8 dramas (returning NCIS: Los Angeles, NCIS: New Orleans, Hawaii Five-0, Blue Bloods, Scorpion and Madam Secretary,…

Mike Schur’s comedy The Good Place wrapped its 13-episode first season with an hourlong finale last night, which drew a 1.1 rating in adults 18-49 and 3.9 million viewers in Live+same day. That was on pa with last weekr in the demo despite facing stiffer competition from an original The Big Bang Theory last night vs…

Snapshot updated with finals: New series premieres: CBS' The Great Indoors (1.9 in 18-49, adjusted down -0.1), Pure Genius (1.0, adjusted down -0.2); Returning series premiere: CBS' Mom (1.5, adjusted down -0.1), Life In Pieces (1.4, adjusted down -0.1). UPDATE 2 PM: As expected, all CBS series except for The Big Bang…

When touting CBS’ comedy lineup in his opening remarks at TCA, CBS Entertainment president Glenn Geller singled out “the biggest of them all,” The Big Bang Theory. The highest rated comedy on television is now entering its 10th season, the last of a three-year renewal deal with producer Warner Bros. TV and last of the…

Will & Grace alumna Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman (Parks & Recreation) will guest star in Season 2 of CBS comedy series Life In Pieces. The real-life couple will play a brother-sister duo who are parents to Clementine, played by Hunter King. “Hunter’s character calls Nick’s character (Spencer) “Uncle Dad.” He’s…