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The Kids Are Alright creator Tim Doyle has stepped to the head of the class at ABC’s Schooled as its new showrunner. He replaces Marc Firek, who has left the series he co-created and ran that is headed into its sophomore season. The move brings Doyle back to ABC, which canceled The Kids Are Alright in May after its…

The Goldbergs will pay homage to the classic 1983 film National Lampoon’s Vacation in its annual fall tribute premiere episode on September 25. Christie Brinkley and Anthony Michael Hall have been tapped to guest star in the episode. In “Vacation,” Beverly (Wendi McClendon-Covey) insists the family take a road trip to…

Adam F. Goldberg, creator of ABC comedy series The Goldbergs and co-creator of spinoff series Schooled, is moving to ABC Studios from his longtime studio home at Sony Pictures TV with a big four-year overall deal. Under the pact, which had been in the works for months, Goldberg will continue as executive producer on…

ABC’s Big 80’s comedy series The Goldbergs and its 90’s spinoff Schooled are both coming back for another go-round. The network has renewed The Goldbergs for a seventh season, and Schooled for a sophomore run. We hear the renewal of The Goldbergs, which was never in doubt, was tied with a Season 2 pickup off spinoff, S…

It is crazy when you think about it but it’s upfront weekend and the biggest series on broadcast television is yet to be picked up for next season. No one doubts that This Is Us will be back on NBC in the fall yet it’s is quite unusual for a network’s flagship series not to be officially picked up by end of…

CBS' special two-hour Survivor: Edge of Extinction (1.3 demo rating, 7.03 million viewers) won its 8-10 PM time slot Wednesday night and was No. 1 for the night in both metrics, though it tied a series low for a regular episode in the demo. The reality veteran likely got dinged by NBC's two-hour The Voice recap…

Over its six seasons, the ABC sitcom The Goldbergs has paid homage to plenty of 1980s popcorn classics with guest stars who reprise memorable Reagan era roles (Charlie Sheen for Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Rick Moranis for Spaceballs, and Robert Englund for A Nightmare on Elm Street, to name a few) but this Wednesday…

No surprise here: ABC’s new comedy series Schooled, a spinoff of the network’s hit The Goldbergs, will follow the mothership series on the schedule. Schooled will premiere January 9 and will air Wednesdays at 8:30 PM behind The Goldbergs. Schooled‘s arrival will displace comedy American Housewife, which currently…

The Goldbergs is joining TV Land’s primetime slate. The first five seasons of the hit comedy series will be available on the Viacom-owned network just ahead of the show’s sixth-season premiere September 26 on ABC. Its arrival on TV Land will kick off with a fan-favorites marathon from 2-10 PM ET/PT on Sunday…

Actor Jackson Odell was found dead on Friday in a sober living home, according to reports. The young actor was found unresponsive at the facility in the San Fernando Valley and there were no immediate signs of foul play. Jackson had a recurring role on television’s The Goldbergs as student Ari Caldwell, and also…

Just renewed for a fifth season, Empire (1.7/7) saw the loss of a true major player last night with Xzibit's Shyne Johnson killed off on Lucious Lyon's command. Ratingswise, however, the Fox hip-hop drama was very much alive. Even with last week's final numbers, the series co-created by Lee Daniels and Danny Strong…

Maybe ABC wants to reconsider that spinoff decision, as the show that looks never to be was the reigning demo king of Wednesday's primetime. After ordering a 1990s-set spinoff to The Goldbergs (1.7/7) last year, the Disney-owned net decided not to go ahead with the Time Meadows and Nia Long-led show. Well, last night…