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Drama procedural franchises have proven resilient amid declining linear ratings, with CBS’ FBI series and NBC’s Chicago and Law & Order dramas topping Live+Same Day ratings during premiere week. ABC has had a lot of success with flagship drama Grey’s Anatomy and its spinoff Station 19, which have…

EXCLUSIVE: After expanding one popular long-running procedural drama, The Rookie, with a planted spinoff for next season, ABC is looking to do it for another, The Good Doctor with an embedded episode. I hear the network is developing legal offshoot The Good Lawyer, from The Good Doctor executive…

EXCLUSIVE: Longtime Good Doctor executive producer Liz Friedman has been named co-showrunner on the ABC medical drama for next season alongside The Good Doctor developer and executive producer David Shore, who has served as showrunner for the past five seasons. The Good Doctor, whose Season 5 finale airs this coming…

EXCLUSIVE: Brandon Larracuente (Freeform’s Party of Five) and Savannah Welch (HBO Max’s Titans) have been cast in major recurring roles on ABC’s The Good Doctor as the newest St. Bonaventure interns. Their characters will be introduced at the start of the recently picked up Season 6 and, as is the case with any new…

EXCLUSIVE: Hollis Jane Andrews (iCarly) has been tapped for a multi-episode arc opposite Freddie Highmore on the current fifth season of ABC’s The Good Doctor. Andrews will play Sophie, a smart and savvy documentarian whose inspiring documentary projects have won her many accolades and awards. Born with dwarfism and…

Sony Pictures Television is teaming up with corporate sibling the Game Show Network for the companies’ first joint upfront presentation to advertisers. Live viewing and game shows’ capacity for brand integration will be two key areas of focus, an announcement said. In addition to staples like Jeopardy and some new…

The Good Doctor will continue treating as ABC has picked up the popular medical drama fora sixth season. The series starring Freddie Highmore as Dr. Shaun Murphy comes from executive producer and showrunner David Shore. Five seasons in, The Good Doctor continues to be a reliable performer for ABC and a solid Monday 10…

ABC’s The Good Doctor will be welcoming back a fan favorite — original cast member Antonia Thomas will reprise her role as Dr. Claire Browne in a couple of episodes this spring. There are no details about what will bring Claire, who took a job at a Guatemalan clinic at the end of Season 4, to the San Jose St…

The Bachelor and America’s Got Talent: Extreme went head-to-head once again with their latest two-hour episodes, but the ABC romance competition came out on top as the night’s highest-rated program. Per fast affiliates, the latest episode of The Bachelor drew in a 0.7 rating in the 18-49 demo and 3.50 million viewers…

ABC is pulling Promised Land off the schedule after four low-rated airings. The freshman drama will have one last outing in the Monday 10 PM time slot next week. Promised Land then will be available exclusively on Hulu starting with Episode 106, which will be available on the platform March 1. The Monday 10 PM slot’s…

Osvaldo Benavides, who recently was promoted to series regular on ABC’s medical drama The Good Doctor, is exiting the show, sources have confirmed to Deadline. Benavides, who plays Dr. Mateo Rendón Osma, joined the series as a guest star in the two-part Season 4 finale and was subsequently promoted to series-regular…

EXCLUSIVE: Tony winner Rachel Bay Jones (Dear Evan Hansen) has been tapped for a major recurring role on the upcoming fifth season of ABC’s medical drama series The Good Doctor. Details about her character are being kept under wraps. They will be revealed in the Season 5 premiere, airing Sept. 27, when Jones will make…