It took some time for The Crazy Ones creator David E. Kelley to process the grief from the sudden loss of Robin Williams, the star of his CBS comedy series. "The talent was legendary. But equally inspiring, perhaps more so, was his kindness and humanity,” Kelley said in a statement late Monday night. “A gentle soul…

After picking up five new drama series and two new comedy series yesterday — plus previously ordered straight-to-series Battle Creek — CBS proceeded with cancelling all of its freshman bubble shows. That includes fall comedy The Crazy Ones, which marked the TV return of Robin Williams; drama Hostages, and midseason…

On a night of season finales, Scandal‘s closer dwarfed them all, drawing a 3.4 in adults 18-49 and 10.5 million total viewers Thursday. The twisty ABC drama was up 13% in 18-49 and 14% in viewers from last week to log its second highest numbers ever in both categories and the highest-rated finale to date. Related: 'Sca…

CBS is tweaking its Thursday comedy lineup and adding two series in late midseason, new comedy Bad Teacher and returning procedural Unforgettable. Beginning February 27, the first week after the Sochi Olympics, veteran Two And A Half Men and freshman The Crazy Ones will switch places, with Men airing at 9 PM, followed…

The prospect of returning to series television was intimidating at first, Robin Williams said Wednesday night at TCA. The star of CBS' The Crazy Ones said the worst part was "the pressure of it being A Robin Williams Vehicle". Now the series is more of an ensemble,  and “that's the great joy for me – the pressure is…

UPDATED, 9 AM: Broadcast network Premiere Week numbers for 30-day multi-platform playback on DVR, VOD, online, etc. are out, confirming that overnight Nielsen ratings are now very preliminary reads and the broadcast networks got off to a much better start this season than originally reported. CBS weighed in this…

We finally have some comedies to go with those three new dramas that had been picked up so far this fall. As expected, CBS has given Back 9 orders to The Crazy Ones, The Millers and Mom. The pickups come as Crazy Ones and The Millers ticked up by a tenth in the 18-49 fast nationals last night. While Mom slipped by a…

In a highly competitive comedy landscape (this TV season opened with the most new comedies in primetime in a decade) CBS, which was getting tired of all the "WTF happened to 2 Broke Girls?" reports, decided to point out that it's leading the comedy derby. CBS has the three most-watched comedy newcomers and the two…

CBS is earning the biggest premiums for its new TV series this season, according to the annual who's-getting-what-for-which-new-series report in Adweek. Among CBS's new crop, its new Robin Williams starrer The Crazy Ones snags an average cost of $175,200 for a 30-second spot – the biggest haul of any new comedy…

ABC did best during Premiere Week with primetime entertainment shows at attracting upscale 18-49-year-olds, Nielsen reported today. ABC's first-place status was powered by returning Modern Family and the premiere of Marvels Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.  Those two entertainment programs rated No. 1 and 2 with 18-49-year-olds…

UPDATE: The finals Live+same day are in, and the 8:30 PM episode of The Big Bang Theory went up to 20.44 million viewers, an all-time high for the series. Its demo numbers also were adjusted up, to a 6.1 in 18-49 (for the 8:30-9 PM half hour). PREVIOUS: It may have lost out on the best comedy Emmy on Sunday, but last…

The most CBS-ish new series of the 2013-14 TV season got off to a strong start last night, while the most NBC-like new series floundered. Nothing new there. Lucky for NBC, it aired the CBS-ish one — the new procedural crime drama The Blacklist, starring James Spader. Unfortunately for CBS, it aired the NBC-like…