ABC Family’s Melissa & Joey, the network’s first successful sitcom, will end its run after four seasons. “Melissa & Joey will be wrapping production on its final season this week,” ABCF said in a statement. “The comedy will conclude its storyline at the end of the fourth season, to air later this summer.” The decision…

Greer Grammer (Awkward) has been tapped for a recurring guest role on the fifth season of ABC Family comedy Melissa & Joey. It follows local politician Mel Burke (Melissa Joan Hart) and Joe Longo (Joey Lawrence) who Mel hires to look after her niece (Taylor Spreitler) and nephew (Nick Robinson). Grammer, repped by APA…

Melissa & Joey‘s winter debut hit a nearly one and a half year high of 1.3 million viewers in its 8 PM slot Wednesday night, ABC Family said. The comedy also was up by 35% in total viewers compared to its May 29 premiere. And it was cable’s No. 1 telecast in the time period among women 18-34, women 18-49 and females…

Half-hour comedies Melissa & Joey and Baby Daddy are both set to return on January 15, ABC Family announced today. Melissa & Joey is up first at 8 PM, followed by Baby Daddy at 8:30 PM. Melissa & Joey stars Melissa Joan Hart, Joey Lawrence, Taylor Spreitler and Nick Robinson, and is executive produced by Bob Young…

ABC Family‘s Melissa & Joey and Baby Daddy wrapped their seasons last night, tops in their slots. At 8 PM, M&J finished its season as cable TV's No. 1-ranked series in the time period in the 18-34 and 12-34d demos, and the No. 1 original cable TV series in 19-49 (TBS' The Big Bang Theory repeats edged it out in this…

EXCLUSIVE UPDATED: ABC Family is banking on Melissa & Joey. Ahead of the series’ Season 3 premiere tomorrow, I’ve learned that the network has given the comedy starring Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence a back order for 20 more episodes. Additionally, ABC Family has ordered a 20-episode fourth season, making Melissa…

After a very strong launch, ABC Family’s new comedy Baby Daddy will bypass the standard back order for a full-fledged second season pickup. Fellow freshman, ballet drama Bunheads, is getting a back-order pickup while the network also is renewing comedy Melissa & Joey for a third season and Switched At Birth for a…

Talent manager Kieran Maguire filed suit Wednesday against Melissa Joan Hart, asserting colorfully that she “has no heart” for taking advantage of his services and then ditching him “once her popularity was brought back from obscurity.” Maquire says he and Hart entered into a verbal standard agreement for his…

ABC Family has renewed its original comedy Melissa & Joey for a second season, the network announced today. The series starring Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence is wrapping its first season to air throughout the summer and fall and will return for its second season in 2012. The sitcom launched in summer 2010 and…

Having just picked up four new scripted series, ABC Family is heading into the summer with its largest-ever slate of originals. With seven scripted series on tap — four new (dramas Switched at Birth, The Nine Lives of Chloe King, The Lying Game and comedy The Great State of Georgia) and three returning (dramas The Secr…

ABC's new chief Paul Lee charmed a room full of industry types at the Hollywood Radio and TV Society’s network chiefs luncheon today, which was otherwise pretty uneventful. Three months into the job, he looked confident and relaxed, stretching his legs for most of the time, interjecting with witty zingers and cracking…

UPDATED: Now this is a back order we rarely see — ABC Family is picking up 20 additional episodes of freshman comedy Melissa & Joey, bringing the show’s freshman season to a whopping 30 episodes. Who will claim now that cable creators have it easy with smaller orders than their broadcast counterparts? Additionally…