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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…

There’s four-time Oscar nominated film The Kids Are All Right and of course there’s the famed 1966 Who song “The Kids Are Alright”. So why couldn’t ABC come up with a better title for its 1970s-set comedy series from Tim Doyle, even though it’s a nod to the Pete Townsend ditty? “We wanted to obliterate the memory of…

ABC ordered a mix of comedy pilots this season —  most revolved around families but some ventured into workplace and even the superhero genre. In the end, the ones that made the cut to series are the 1970s-set The Kids Are Alright (fka untitled Tim Doyle), which just got the nod, and Single Parents, which was picked…

Former The Game star Wendy Raquel Robinson and Heroes alum Shalim Ortiz have booked series regular roles on ABC drama pilot Grand Hotel, from Eva Longoria, Brian Tanen and ABC Studios. Written by Tanen based on a Spanish format and directed by Ken Olin, Grand Hotel is a soapy drama set against the backdrop of a Miami…

Caleb Foote (American Crime Story: The Assassination of Giani Versace), Christopher Paul Richards (Me, Myself & I) and Jack Gore (Electric Dreams) have booked series regular roles in ABCs untitled single-camera comedy pilot from former Last Man Standing showrunner Tim Doyle and ABC Studios. Written and executive…

Champions‘ Mouzam Makkar is set as a series regular in ABC’s legal thriller drama pilot The Fix from former O.J. Simpson prosecutor Marcia Clark and ABC Studios-based Mandeville. The Fix, (fka the untitled Marcia Clark), is written by Clark, Elizabeth Craft and Sara Fain (The 100). After losing the biggest case of her…

Mary McCormack (In Plain Sight) is set as the female lead opposite Michael Cudlitz in ABC's single-camera comedy pilot from former Last Man Standing showrunner Tim Doyle and ABC Studios. Written and executive produced by Doyle and directed by Randall Einhorn, the untitled comedy is set in the 1970s and revolves around…

Prolific director-producer Randall Einhorn has signed on to helm ABCs untitled single-camera comedy pilot from former Last Man Standing showrunner Tim Doyle. This is Einhorn’s first pilot directing gig under his new deal with ABC Studios. Written and executive produced by Doyle, the untitled comedy is set in the 1970s…

The Walking Dead alum Michael Cudlitz is taking a comedic turn. He is set to star in ABC’s untitled single-camera comedy pilot from former Last Man Standing showrunner Tim Doyle and ABC Studios. Written and executive produced by Doyle, the untitled comedy is set in the 1970s and revolves around an Irish-Catholic…

ABC has kicked off the traditional pilot season with an order to an untitled single-camera comedy from former Last Man Standing showrunner Tim Doyle and ABC Studios. Written and executive produced by Doyle, the untitled comedy is set in the 1970s and revolves around an Irish-Catholic family with a working-class dad…

Veteran comedy showrunner Tim Doyle has signed a two-year overall deal with ABC Studios. Under the pact, Doyle will develop new comedy projects for network, cable, and streaming services. Additionally, he will serve as a consulting producer on ABC Studios’ midseason family comedy series for ABC The Real O’Neals…

If Last Man Standing gets a fifth season pickup by ABC as expected, the comedy will have a new showrunner. Matt Berry, who served as a co-executive producer on Last Man on its most recent fourth season, has been named executive producer/showrunner for Season 5. He will succeed Tim Doyle, who is moving on after three…