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For Jenna Fischer, playing “Pam” for nine seasons on The Office was apparently a blessing and a curse. In the latest episode of her Office Ladies podcast, Fischer finally spilt the tea on why she was recast after shooting a pilot for Man with a Plan, a show headlined by Friends star Matt LeBlanc, who played Joey…

ABC’s game show strength showed again Thursday, with its newest offering Don’t hosted by Adam Scott premiering as primetime’s top-rated program with a 0.9 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 4.21 million viewers. It came on a night when the most-watched original was CBS’ series finale of the Matt…

“Cancellations are always a tough call,” CBS Entertainment President Kelly Kahl said, “and the circumstances around COVID-19 have not lightened the load on broadcasters. This season, CBS pulled the plug on shows including God Friended Me, Tommy, Carol's Second Act and Broke. Kahl said all of these were tough…

CBS this morning renewed 18 shows for a total of 23 scripted/reality series and newsmagazines picked up for next season. Left off the list were freshmen Tommy, Carol’s Second Act and Broke and comedy Man with a Plan, now in its fourth season. The development is not surprising: All four had been on shaky ground and now…

The Season 16 finale of ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy on Thursday was primetime’s top-rated show, drawing a 1.4 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and a season-high 7.31 million viewers. With the night’s most watched program Station 19 (1.3, 7.51M) as its lead-in and How to Get Away With Murder (0.6, 2.97M) following, the…

CBS has set premiere dates for retuning comedy Man With a Plan, starring Matt LeBlanc, and new sitcom Broke, starring Jaime Camil and Pauley Perrette. Both will join the schedule on April 2, airing in the Thursday 8:30 PM and 9:30 PM slot, respectively. Man with a Plan, heading into its fourth season, will succeed Unic…

Channel 4 in the UK has acquired U.S. series Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist, Star Trek: Discovery and Man With A Plan in deals with Lionsgate and CBS Studios International. The deal for Star Trek: Discovery is a first linear window deal after the drama launched globally on Netflix, while Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist…

CBS has renewed multi-camera comedy series Man With a Plan for a fourth season. As we noted in the CBS renewal update last night, the Matt LeBlanc starrer had been considered the most likely among the network’s bubble comedy series to score a pickup. Stay tuned for cancellation news later today. While never a…

NBC's The Voice (1.1, 7.215M) topped Monday primetime in total viewers but marked a Monday version low In the demo, in which it was tied by Fox's 9-1-1 (1.1, 5.796M). ABC aired a Bachelorette reunion special (0.6, 2.854M) fell 2/10th relative to previous week's Adam Lambert/Queen special in the demo and where, two…

ABC's The Bachelor (1.8 rating in the adults 18-49 demo, 6.184 million viewers) was the top choice in the ratings demo Monday, besting NBC's America's Got Talent: The Champions (1.6, 9.786M) for the first time in Live+Same Day data. AGT: Champions was top show of the night in total viewers. CBS shows saw modest…

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…

Kali Rocha, who has recurred opposite Matt LeBlanc on the first two seasons of Man With A Plan, has been promoted to series regular for the upcoming third season of the CBS comedy. Rocha plays Marcy Burns, the bossy sister-in-law to Adam Burns (LeBlanc). She has appeared in 24 episodes. "Kali is effortlessly funny,"…