Kelsey Grammer’s Hank didn’t last a full season and Eastwick was cancelled after 13 episodes but the rest of ABC’s original Wednesday night schedule seems to be performing just fine for the alphabet network.
At the ABC portion of the TCA press tour, network president Steve McPherson announced that he would be renewing The Middle, Modern Family, and Cougar Town for another season.
The Middle revolves around a struggling family from the Midwest. Reminiscent of FOX’s Malcolm in the Middle, it stars Patricia Heaton, Neil Flynn, Charlie McDermott, Eden Sher, Atticus Shaffer, Chris Kattan, Peter Breitmayer, and Brian Doyle-Murray.
Modern Family centers on three families and their various misadventures, as seen through the lenses of a documentary camera. The single-camera sitcom stars Ed O’Neill, Sofia Vergara, Rico Rodriguez, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Eric Stonestreet.
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Cougar Town follows Jules Cobb (Courteney Cox), a recently divorced mother who’s struggling to get back into the dating game. It also stars Christa Miller, Busy Philipps, Dan Byrd, Josh Hopkins, Ian Gomez, Brian Van Holt, and Carolyn Hennesy.
Of the three sitcoms, only The Middle was looking like it would be on the bubble for renewal with its average rating of 2.19 in the 18-49 demographic. The network is likely cutting the series some slack after having a poor lead-in for much of the season. ABC also typically shows some faith in one or two struggling freshman shows by giving them second season renewals.
Though the ratings for Modern Family and Cougar Town slipped from their initial numbers, they’ve hit the ground running 2010 and are both still strong players. Modern Family is averaging a 3.6 rating and Cougar Town is averaging a 3.14 rating in the all-important 18-49 demographic.
Two more episodes of Cougar Town were recently ordered and today, McPherson said that all three shows will have more than 22 episodes this season. The additional episodes will be used to fill the void left by cancelled Hank.
What do you think? Are you glad to hear these shows have been renewed? Which, if any, are worth watching?
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I say get rid of this piece of crap as well the middle and Modern family all of them suck big time.
Have adored witty Cougar Town since Day 1. My comic medicine. And now in love with The Middle as well– awesome, true-to-life writing!!! Modern Family is corny, UNrealistic & mostly not funny at all to me.
COUGAR TOWN, that show is my freaking life. LOL, i can’t wait for September 22. Its literally marked down on my calendar in red sharpie. I might even like courteney cox better on it than on FRIENDS………might (monica was my fav in FRIENDS). Cannot wait!! :))
I’m so glad to see that all of them are coming back for another season….I’m hoping for a 3rd 4th and 5th too!!!
I love Cougar Town! I don’t get ABC but I’ve seen previews of each show and here is what I thought just from the previews… The Middle – I instantly thought that show looks like a knock off of Malcolm in the Middle but looks less funny. Modern Family – I want to see it so I’m looking for the 1st season DVD. Cougar Town – I ran right out and bought it, I love Courtney Cox even more now than I did on “Friends” . I’m on disc two of the first season and was thinking “what am I… Read more »
Woohoo!!! I’ve got nothing of any interest to say but I’m going to say it anyway, using lots of largely redundant exclamation points!!! and makin as many speling mistakes as i can in the procceess!!!! WOOT!!!!!!!!! !!!
My family LOVES all three shows! They’re genius; sooooo hilarious!!!
i love love love cougar town!! sooo happy and looking forward to the second season! ..and the middle, i like it too!
COUGAR TOWN WAS THE BEST THING TO HAPPEN TO MY LIFE!! XD
soooo! glad MODERN FAMILY & COUGAR TOWN are coming back love them. the middle not so much couldn’t really get into that!
The Middle is a good season run…..waitin for seaosn 2 and cougar town is funny in memonts….didn’t see modern family yet
ougar town started off funny but lost it near the end of the series.
Cougar Town and Modern Family are fantastic! so glad to hear there will be another season. My girls and I in the UK can’t wait for them!!
I love cougar town and modern family i would like to see these shows go on forever!
The middle is so crap, its exactly like malcom in the middle except its not funny. even the little kid looks the same as dooie? hahaha LOVE cougar town, modern family is good to 🙂
the middle rocks and you are so crap. I’m soooo glad that middle is in for another season!!!!!