It is ironic that Neil Simon, who died today at 91, got his inspiration to become a comedy writer from the movies into which he constantly escaped to forget the circumstances of his poor depression-era childhood. Even though he grew up in Washington Heights, much closer to Broadway than Hollywood, it was always the mov…

CBS comedy series The Odd Couple is ending its run after three seasons of 13 episodes each. The writing was on the wall when the network in November opted not to give a back order to the reboot of the Neil Simon classic toplined by Matthew Perry and Thomas Lennon. While Season 2 of The Odd Couple exceeded (modest)…

CBS sitcom The Odd Couple, a remake of Neil Simon’s classic, ended its 13-episode third season last night with back-to-back episodes, which drew a 1.1 in adults 18-49 at 9 PM and a 0.9 at 9:30 PM, tying both a season high (1.1) and a season low (0.9). The Odd Couple‘s third season has been a conundrum. The sitcom…

EXCLUSIVE: CBS comedy series The Odd Couple will produce a third consecutive season of 13 episodes. The size of the first two seasons was 13 episodes by default as they both premiered in midseason. Season 3 of the comedy, a reboot of the Neil Simon classic, was the first one to launch in the fall, and CBS had an…

CBS opened Stephen Colbert’s The Late Show last night with an announcement that, given the changing political climate, it was re-relaunching the sitcom The Odd Couple – this time starring Donald Trump’s chief of staff Reince Priebus and chief strategist Steve Bannon. “He's a by-the-book Republican insider. He’s an…

The November 7 episode of CBS’ The Odd Couple will take a look back with a tribute to the original series’ co-creator Garry Marshall, who died in July. The episode will feature actors from his hit TV shows including Ron Howard, Marion Ross, Anson Williams and Don Most from Happy Days; Marshall's sister Penny Marshall…

Snapshot, updated with finals: Season premieres: the CW's Jane The Virgin (0.4 in 18-49, 1.1 million), CBS' The Odd Couple (1.1, 4.7 million); Timeless (1.5) ticks up in Week 3, Conviction slips to 0.7 demo rating; NBC wins night in 18-49 and total viewers. UPDATED: Two comedy series, the CW’s hourlong Jane The Virgin…

Garry Marshall, a giant of TV comedy whose long list of credits include such landmark series as Happy Days, The Odd Couple and The Dick Van Dyke Show, has died. He was 81. He also helmed 18 feature films including Pretty Woman, and had acting credits dating to the 1960s. His publicist Michelle Bega said Marshall died…

CBS has renewed freshman drama series Code Black and Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders for a second season, as well as sophomore comedy The Odd Couple for a third season and reality show Undercover Boss for an eighth season. As expected, the list does not include freshman drama Limitless, though CBS has not made its…

I have learned that two freshman CBS series that have been looking good for renewal, Code Black and Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, have received permission from the network to begin making if/come deals with writers for Season 2. Both are co-productions between ABC Studios and CBS TV Studios. Among the remaining CBS…

UPDATE, 2:24 PM: We saw more adjustments than usual with the final ratings for Thursday night. ABC and TGIT can breathe a little easier as Grey’s Anatomy moved up to a 2.0/7, which makes it even with last week and no longer matching a series low. CBS’s The Big Bang Theory still the top show of the night but the comedy…

Unlike last week, there were no premieres in primetime last night as the midseasoners started to settle in – and settle in they did, nicely in at least one incidence. Having seemingly slipped back onto the schedule, two weeks ago, the third show of Season 2 of The Odd Couple (1.7/6) saw a 13% rise among adults 18-49…