Freeform’s Switched At Birth won’t return for its final season until sometime next year, series creator Lizzy Weiss announced on Twitter late last night. After her first Tweet imploring fans’ patience, Weiss followed up with a somewhat more encouraging message, noting that while the delay is “a bummer,” she shares her…

Series creator/executive producer Lizzy Weiss just tweeted the news. “This season of #SwitchedatBirth will be our final one. We are ending the show after an amazing 103 episodes with pride, love, and gratitude.” Switched At Birth launched on ABC Family in 2011 with the network’s then-highest premiere ratings to date…

Ahead of its fourth season finale on October 26, ABC Family (Freeform beginning in January) has picked up a fifth season of its critically acclaimed original drama series Switched At Birth. Switched at Birth is a family drama exploring early adulthood, blended families and deaf culture, and includes scenes shot…

ABC Family has set January return dates for series Pretty Little Liars, Switched At Birth, Chasing Life, The Fosters, Melissa & Joey, and Baby Daddy. Pretty Little Liars returns Tuesday January 6 at 8 PM. It will be preceded by a special Pretty Little Liars marathon beginning at noon and ending at 8 PM, leading…

ABC Family has picked up a fourth season of original drama series Switched at Birth. The third season finale of the Peabody Award-winning series airs next Monday. Switched at Birth was a breakout when it launched in 2011 and has done solid business since. It ranks as cable TV's No. 1 series in its time period in key…

ABC Family unveiled debut dates for returning series Pretty Little Liars, Twisted, Switched At Birth, and The Fosters, in the second week of January. Social hit Pretty Little Liars returns Tuesday, January 7 at 8 PM ET (yes, the special Halloween episode still premieres tomorrow night, Tuesday, October 22, at 8 PM) …

Glee alum Max Adler and Sandra Bernhard (Roseanne) are set to recur on ABC Family's drama series Switched At Birth. Bernhard, repped by Genesis and Progressive Artists Agency, will play Teresa Lubarsky, a groovy art professor at a local college where Bay (Vanessa Marano) is taking classes. Adler, repped by CESD…

ABC Family has ordered a third season of Switched At Birth and has given back-order pickups to freshmen The Fosters, executive produced by Jennifer Lopez, and Twisted. Charles Pratt Jr. has come in as new showrunner on Twisted, which also is expected to change its writing staff. The orders are said to be in line with…

The second week of ABC Family's The Fosters saw double digit growth for the new Jennifer Lopez produced drama. The 9 PM show about two lesbian moms raising a biological son, adopted twins and two foster children was up 20% in total viewers to 1.70 million. It was also up 10% among Adults 18-49 to 480,000 and surged…

Alfre Woodard is joining BBC America’s Copper as recurring. Set in 1865 New York City, Copper returns for a second season on the brink of Lincoln's assassination — with shifts in politics and society altering the landscape for Irish immigrants and African-Americans. ICM Partners-repped Woodard will play Hattie…

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…

Disney’s announcement with Netflix this morning extends and expands a current deal, giving the streaming service rights to several shows 30 days after the last episode of the season airs. The one with Amazon is new and includes more than 800 library episodes. Both include prior seasons of Grey’s Anatomy and all…