The renewals and pick-ups are flying fast and furious this weekend. On the heels of Fox’s big Dollhouse reprieve, ABC has handed second-season renewals to Castle and Better Off Ted. Scrubs, meanwhile, will return for a ninth season (Zach Braff will be back for six episodes). Among new shows, ABC has given the green light to comedies Cougar Town (starring Courteney Cox), Hank (starring Kelsey Grammer), and The Middle (starring Patricia Heaton), and dramas Happy Town, V, Eastwick, and the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced The Forgotten. No word on the fate of Lauren Graham’s The Bridget Show, and I’m guessing, at this point, no news is bad news.
For up-to-the-minute renewal-cancellation-pickup scuttlebutt throughout the weekend and into upfront week, stay close to both my blog (the one you’re reading now!) and Twitter feed. And to track the status of your favorite bubble show, there’s my Fall TV Cheat Sheet.
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Great. Love Scrubs!
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Is it true Braff and Chalke are signed on for 6 more episodes to help transition the series?
That is awesome and i am the first one to comment. I also thought Scrubs ended nicely, but now we get a forced 9th year. I think it may be a mistake like the last season of That 70s Show. Sorry but i think the Scrubs ended nicely and i may not be back. But hurray for Castle, i stayed away because if i enjoyed it and it didn’t get a renewal i would have been mad but now i have to catch up. Thanks Aus!
Whoo! I’m so relieved to hear about ‘Castle’! I really enjoy that show, more so every week, and am sooo glad to have it back!
Did they ever show the season finale of Better off Ted??
This is one of the best, if not the best shows on televison. It has impecable comic timing and is smartly written. I am so excited that it is coming back for another season. Hopefully more people will catch on to the brilliance of the show!
And still nada about “Samantha Who?”. ABC are really making us wait this one out aren’t they.
I’m bittersweet about the news that Scrubs was renewed. On one hand its one of my favorite shows and I’d love to see it back but at the same time I loved the way this last season ended and it felt like a perfect end to a great show. I’m afraid that this might drag it out and ruin the series a little bit especially if J.D. is only in 6 episodes. I hope I’m wrong
I am so glad Better off Ted was renewed!!!! Best new show of the year!!!! I love that show!!!
OMG I’m unbelievably excited about Better Off Ted! It was my favorite new comedy of the year, and I had a nagging feeling that ABC was going to give up on it. I’m so happy they are keeping it, it’s hilarious! It quickly became one of my favorite shows. I’m also excited about Cougar Town and V!
I absolutely love Scrubs, but I think it would have been better off ending this season. Once Zach Braff is gone, it’s going to feel very forced. He’s the heart of the show, it won’t be the same without him. I don’t care much for the fact that they want to turn it into a comedy version of ER, where they just keep rotating characters in and out like a soap opera.
Hopefully we’ll get a bit of good news about The Unusuals soon. I really like it, so I hope ABC gives it a chance.
I agree about The Unusuals; it’s my favorite cop show ever, and that’s saying a lot.
WOOO for Better Off Ted. However, they never aired the “Season finale” even though it wasn’t very finale-ey. If you want to watch it, its on abc.com
I have to agree about scrubs, the last episode should have been the series finale. The show was about JD and his not so merry group of medical professional. I just don’t see how this going to work, but I’m sure ABC will find a way to mess this up.
What about new shows? Any word yet on what newbies will be filling in for the fallen?
OK….if they INSIST on renewing SCRUBS even after that amazing send off…maybe they should just make it a spinoff and change the name….i think SCRUBS ended nicely and we should leave it at that before it becomes one of those shows that overstays its welcome and becomes another show altogether
Dont get me wrong i LOVE LOVE LOVE scrubs, from their crappy seasons to their great seasons…the show is great….but i honestly feel they should have let it end like it did. It ended beautifully and the stories are exhausted and done and tied up in a pretty bow. To give it a new season is almost a dis-service, because its taking that pretty wrapped up package and opening it again..and we ALL know it wont be wrapped up the same ever again without Zack and all the other original actors and original story plots.
yes! Dollhouse and Castle way to go !!!!!!
I am SO GLAD that Better Off Ted is coming back!!!!! I love it, and have been telling all my friends about it.
I have a name for the renewed hospital series: “AfterScrubs.”
WAHOO! I get home tonight, see Dollhouse got the pickup, take a nap, wake up and see Castle got the pickup too! I’m on a roll!
YES!!!!!!!!!! I just watched the Castle finale tonight, and I was going to lose it if we didn’t get to find out what he learned about her mother! Better Off Ted is my favorite sitcom since Arrested Development went off the air. What a great start to the weekend, thanks Mike!
@Emily: They already aired the season finale of Better Off Ted on a Tuesday instead of the usual Wednesday to make room for the Scrubs hour finale.
And yay for Better Off Ted! Hopefully Samantha Who doesn’t get the shaft…
Now… long live Pushing Daisies/Dirty Sexy Money!
Hello, Ausiello, good evening.
I know it’s a little out-of-topic, but do you have any news on Mariska Hargitay and Chistopher Meloni’s contracts for SVU’s next season?
I’ve already read everything about it and it seems there hasn’t been any news for quite some time.
Can you tell me anything new?
Thank you and good night.
Esther, Brazil.
So happy about Better off Ted!!!!!
Really? Scrubs. I thought that was a damn good finale and now it’s just a damn good season finale… Better off Ted and Castle are great news though. Great great news.
@Mister F
To be fair, ABC kept the Scrubs finale on the same day as originally planned. They just moved the Obama preempted episodes of Scrubs and Better Off Ted to the Tuesday before. His speech was the reason why things were aired on an unusual day.
Amy Acker is in pilot for HappyTown, but she is on Dollhouse, so she best stay there!
Very happy re CASTLE and BETTER OFF TED!!!
The renewal of scrubs is not a good thing. After struggling on NBC for the last 5 years they got the cnance to make a great ending for the show, only to thorw it away for a season that is going to be bad. I hate the new interns, they are annoying
As for the otber shows, i recently rewatched the two V mini-series, and i don’t really see a multiyear show there, it’s too limited. Happy Town sounds great and it has Amy Acker, i hope it’s a hit
That’s really great news about Better Off Ted, my favorite new show of the year. As for the new shows, how can I not tune in to a show called Cougar Town? Best title ever.