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If you’re looking to get tangled up in some big drama — and some even bigger hair — we’ve got just the cul-de-sac for you.

Knots Landing, the long-running spinoff of Dallas — and the third most sought-after, non-streaming show in a July 2023 TVLine poll — is now available to binge in all its 344-episode glory on Plex. The sudser has been streaming this month on Warner Bros.’ Primetime Soaps Fast channel (available via Freevee and Plex), but it has not been available to binge episode-by-episode until now.

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ABC is starting to make comedy pilot orders.

The network has handed a pilot order to single-camera comedy Public Defenders, from Acapulco and Duncanville writer Eddie Quintana and McG.

Related: 2023 ABC Pilots & Series Orders

The project, which comes from 20th Television, follows four inexperienced public defenders, up to their earholes in student loan debt, who work tirelessly to keep their clients out of jail. Along the way, they have to rely on each other to navigate their first defendants, the absurd court system, and the copy machine that always jams.

Quintana will write and exec produce with McG, Mary Viola and Corey Marsh from Wonderland Sound and Vision also exec producing.

Public Defenders is one of a number of comedy scripts that ABC has been developing for its next round of comedy pilot orders.

Other comedy projects in the works include Boss, from How To Live With Your Parents (For...

Exclusive: How To Live With Your Parents (For The Rest Of Your Life) creator Claudia Lonow is returning to ABC with a new comedy project, also inspired by her life. ABC is developing Boss, a single-camera workplace comedy from Lonow and ABC Signature, Deadline has learned.

Written and executive produced by Lonow and inspired by Lonow’s real-life experiences, Boss is a multi-generational, adult, ensemble, office comedy about two women, frenemies and competitors with little in common, who wind up hiring each other’s equally opposite daughters as their assistants.

ABC Signature is the studio.

Lonow has created four shows that have gone to series: Accidentally On Purpose for CBS, Rude Awakening for Showtime, Good Girl’s Don’t for Oxygen and How To Live With Your Parents (For The Rest Of Your Life) for ABC. Like Boss, How To Live With Your Parents (For The Rest Of Your Life...

Exclusive: Rachael New, who is showrunner and creator of British drama Miss Scarlett and the Duke, has signed with Gersh.

This comes ahead of the launch of the series, which stars The Crown’s Kate Phillips, on PBS in the U.S. on Sunday, January 17.

The show, which is the first international scripted co-production from A+E Networks International, stars Phillips as Eliza Scarlet, the first-ever female detective in 19th century London.

New is currently writing season two of the drama.

She previously wrote episodes of hit ITV crime drama Grantchester and BBC drama The Mallorca Files and worked with Bodyguard creator Jed Mercurio on Lady S, a pilot for CBS.

New is the latest writer/showrunner signed by Gersh since it became the first major full-service talent agency to enter a franchise agreement with the WGA last year. Over the last twelve months, it has signed The Simpsons showrunner Al Jean,...

Exclusive: Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner, whose Hazy Mills reimagined the Brothers Grimm tales as the brooding, dark supernatural cop drama Grimm, are looking to bring the literary classics by another famous writer, William Shakespeare, to television as a drama series set in present day America.

NBC has put in development The Stratford, a one-hour drama from Vincent Angell (The Rookie), Hazy Mills and Universal TV, where the company is based.

Written by Angell, The Stratford is set in a New York luxury hotel and centers on a young man’s search for his father’s killer in a modern reimagination of a Shakespearean world.

Behind the modern exterior, the characters in the show would be revealed to be updated versions of classic Shakesperean characters.

Angell executive produces the drama, whose title is a nod to Shakespeare’s birthplace, with Hayes and Milliner via their Hazy Mills. Universal TV is the studio.

A pair of Chelsea Handler-produced comedies are in the works at a pair of streaming services, one at NBCUniversal’s Peacock and the other at WarnerMedia’s HBO Max.

“Blair,” a series based on the Mo Welch comic strip, has received a script sale at HBO Max, while the Charles Morris-created “Wiped Out” has been purchased by Peacock, a spokesperson for Universal Television — the studio producing both projects, and where Handler has a first-look deal — tells TheWrap.

Welch created and wrote “Blair” based on his own comic strip. Per its official description, the show follows “a twenty-something with a dark but frank outlook on life; she’s an older Daria, but a less anxious Cathy who can’t help but judge people around her despite the fact that she’s at her own personal rock-bottom. After accidentally burning down her apartment and getting a demotion at a job she hates,...

Exclusive: Chelsea Handler has sold two half-hour comedies — Blair, based on the comic strip by Mo Welch to HBO Max, and Wiped Out from Charles Morris, to Peacock. Both projects were developed at Universal Television, where Handler has a first-look deal.

Created and written by Welch based on her comic strip, Blair follows a twenty-something with a dark but frank outlook on life; she’s an older Daria, but a less anxious Cathy who can’t help but judge people around her despite the fact that she’s at her own personal rock-bottom. After accidentally burning down her apartment and getting a demotion at a job she hates, Blair is forced to move back in with her mom and live a life she thought she would’ve left behind by now.

Written by Morris, Wiped Out revolves around a narcissistic woman with the “perfect” life, who is suddenly erased from...

How To Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life) creator Claudia Lonow has signed with Gersh.

Lonow, who is under an overall deal at Universal Television, has created four shows that have gone to air: Accidentally On Purpose for CBS, Rude Awakening for Showtime, Good Girl’s Don’t for Oxygen and How To Live With Your Parents for ABC. She most recently served as co-executive producer on NBC comedy series I Feel Bad and consulting producer on Crowded. Lonow currently has single-camera comedy Fan Girl in development at Peacock with Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner’s Hazy Mills, under her Uni TV deal.

This is the latest showrunner signing at Gersh since it earlier this year became the first major full-service talent agency to enter a franchise agreement with the WGA. Lonow joins fellow new clients longtime The Simpsons executive producer/showrunner Al Jean and film...

NBCUniversal’s formats sales arm, NBCUniversal Formats, and Asahi Television Broadcasting Corporation (ABC TV) have struck a deal to co-develop unscripted shows for Japanese and international audiences — and their project is fresh out the traps.

Together, they have created The Secret Game Show, a show in which office workers compete to win cash prizes without their colleagues finding out what they are up to. The action is captured on secret cameras and relayed to a studio audience.

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Ana Langenberg, Svp of format sales and production at NBCUniversal Formats, said: “We’ve already seen great success with our scripted format Suits in the territory. So, with ABC...

Exclusive: Peacock, NBCUniversal’s upcoming streaming platform, has put in development Fan Girl, a single-camera comedy from How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life) creator Claudia Lonow, Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner’s Hazy Mills and Universal TV, where Lonow and Hazy Mills are based.

Written by Lonow, Fan Girl centers on badass freedom fighter, Morrigan Chase. Morrigan escapes certain death in a far away galaxy via a wormhole and lands in the closet of her biggest Fan Girl — edibles-loving Beth — who’s watching similar events unfold on her favorite show, Dominion. Each week, Beth and Morrigan battle evil as they try to get Morrigan back home while becoming unlikely best friends.

Lonow executive produces with Hayes and Milliner via Hazy Mills. Universal Television, a division of NBCUniversal Content Studios, is the studio.

Fan Girl extends Lonow’s relationship with Hazy Mills. She was a...

1951: Radio soap opera The Archers premiered. It continues to run to this day.

1968: Dark Shadows' Jeremiah tried to bury Angelique alive.

1981: Knots Landing's Diana and Karen "Put on a Happy Face".

1982: Miss Ellie received tragic news on Dallas."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."

― Anselm Kiefer

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1951: British radio soap opera The Archers premiered. The show was created by Godfrey Baseley, and originally billed as "an everyday story of country folk."

The opening line was by Dan Archer who said: "And a happy New Year to all!

1951: The Archers premiered.

1968: Dark Shadows' Jeremiah tried to bury Angelique alive.

1981: Knots Landing's Diana and Karen "Put on a Happy Face".

1982: Dallas' Miss Ellie received tragic news."History is a vast early warning system."

― Norman Cousins

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1951: British radio soap opera The Archers premiered. The show was created by Godfrey Baseley, and originally billed as "an everyday story of country folk."

The opening line was by Dan Archer who said: "And a happy New Year to all!" His wife Doris responded with: "A very happy New Year, Dan." During the episode, Dan’s son Philip shared a kiss with a nearby farmer’s daughter,...

Fox has put in development Emma’s At Her Dad’s, a single-camera comedy from How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life) creator Claudia Lonow Rapaport, Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner's Hazy Mills, and Universal TV where Hazy Mills and Lonow Rapaport are based. Written and executive produced by Lonow Rapaport, Emma’s At Her Dad’s is a semi-autobiographical, half-hour comedy about Joey, a lost, 35-ish newly single mom using every single second of her weekends…...

ABC has given a script commitment with penalty to the single-camera comedy “Family Style,” from executive producer Amy Poehler. Described as a multi-generational comedy about two men from different cultures who find love in a family-run restaurant in Miami, “Family Style” comes from writer Claudia Lonow, whose recent TV credits include “Crowded,” “How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)” and “Friends With Benefits.” Lonow will also serve as executive producer on the series from Universal Television, alongside Poehler and Brooke Posch of Paper Kite Productions and Dave Becky and Scott King of 3 Arts. Also Read: ABC Orders Va Hospital.

ABC has given a script plus penalty commitment to Family Style, a single-camera half-hour comedy from Amy Poehler and her Paper Kite production company, How to Live With Your Parents creator Claudia Lonow, Difficult People showrunner Scott King and Universal TV where Paper Kite and Lonow are based. Co-written by Lonow and King based on an idea by King, Family Style is a multi-generational comedy about two mismatched men from different cultures who find love in a…...

NBC has put in development This is Happening, a single-camera comedy from Universal Television and Will Ferrell and Adam McKay’s Gary Sanchez Productions. Written by Amy Rhodes (Bad Judge), with How To Live With Your Parents creator Claudia Lonow supervising, This Is Happening is about an uptight, unhappy, single woman in her mid-30s whose life changes when she gets a new job working for a popular website and starts hanging out with a group of her twentysomething…...

NBC has put in development Oh Mama, a single-camera comedy from How To Live With Your Parents creator Claudia Lonow, Keshet Studios and Universal TV. The project, based on a Keshet short story, centers on an engaged couple, Daniel and Marjorie, who struggle to save their relationships when their mothers start having an affair… with each other. Lonow, who is under an overall deal, will write the script and will executive produce with Keshet Studios’ Peter Traugott. This…...

It’s been quite a year for soccer star Robbie Rogers. Ever since the 27-year-old athlete first came out as gay in 2013 and subsequently announced his retirement from the sport, he’s been making headlines -- for all the right reasons. Not only did he help lead the charge for gay athletes to come out -- his announcement was quickly followed by NBA player Jason Collins and, earlier this year, NFL prospect Michael Sam -- Rogers signed with the La Galaxy to become the first openly gay player in a major U.S. sports league and helped change the landscape for Lgbt athletes.

In the months since, Rogers has become a star himself and expanded his reach beyond sports. In addition to starting a men’s fashion line, Halsey, he has also dabbled in modeling, teamed up with author Eric Marcus to write his new memoir, Coming Out to Play, which is in stores...

This story first appeared in the Nov. 28 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. L.A. Galaxy star Robbie Rogers, who just signed a contract extension, is prepping for his memoir Coming Out to Play, which publishes Nov. 25 (Penguin), and an ABC sitcom based on his life titled Men in Shorts. The single-camera comedy is being executive produced by Craig Zadan, Neil Meron, Claudia Lonow and Jordon Nardino — but not by Rogers' super-producer boyfriend Greg Berlanti. So what gives? Read more Oscars: Greg Berlanti to Serve as Head Writer for Telecast "Craig and Neil came to me first,"

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Men in Shorts is coming to ABC. The network closed a deal for the single-camera comedy inspired by professional soccer player Robbie Rogers, EW has confirmed. Rogers is the first openly gay man to play in a major North American professional sports league.  Jordon Nardino and showrunner Claudia Lonow are set to write the comedy, which follows a young pro soccer player who takes one small step out of the closet and one giant leap into the spotlight. The show will include family and workplace comedy. Craig Zadan, Neil Meron, Lonow, and Nardino will executive produce. Rogers is attached as a producer.

ABC has bought a comedy project based on Robbie Rogers, the first openly gay man to compete in a top North American professional sports league, titled “Men in Shorts,” a Universal Television TheWrap. The single-camera, half-hour comedy will be written by Jordan Nardino and Claudia Lonow (“Friends with Benefits,” “Cashmere Mafia”) who will serve as showrunner. Inspired by Rogers’ life as the first out gay man to play for a major American sport, the show describes him as taking “one small step out of the closet and one giant leap into the spotlight.” Also read: ‘No Good Deed’ Producer Sells Father-Son Comedy.

NBC is looking to Claudia Lonow for another slightly off family comedy. The showrunner behind How to Live With Your Parents (for the Rest of Your Life) is teaming with Aaron Kaplan's Kapital Entertainment for comedy Assisted Loving, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. From Universal Television, the comedy — which has received a script commitment from the network — is based on the book of the same name by Bob Morris. The comedy centers on two half-siblings who take care of their father. Morris' 2008 book centers on a man whose love life is a disaster who finds himself looking

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Exclusive: How To Live With Your Parents creator Claudia Lonow has inked an overall deal with Universal Television. Under the pact, Lonow will join the writing staff of the studio’s upcoming NBC comedy series Sean Saves The World starring Sean Hayes and will also develop new projects. Wme-repped Lonow is a rare female comedy writer-producer who has created four shows that have gotten on the air: Accidentally On Purpose for CBS, Rude Awakening for Showtime, Good Girl’s Don’t for Oxygen and most recently How To Live With Your Parents for ABC this past midseason. “Claudia is a gifted writer and producer with a strong female comedic point of view,” Universal TV’s Evp Bela Bajaria said. “We know she’ll contribute greatly to our new comedy Sean Saves The World and enhances our strong roster of creative talent at Universal Television.”...

"How To Live With Your Parents" has been canceled.

ABC has decided not to pick up the comedy, which starred Sarah Chalke as a newly-divorced mom who moves back in with her mom (Elizabeth Perkins) and step-father (Brad Garrett), for a second season.

Creator Claudia Lonow, whose life inspired "How To Live With Your Parents," tweeted about the cancellation with some humor:

Thanks for coming folks.Don't forget to tip your waitresses.

— claudia lonow (@claudialonow) May 11, 2013

"How To Live With Your Parents" -- shortened from "How To Live With Your Parents (For The Rest Of Your Life)" -- made its debut in April and boasted a pretty impressive 8.44 million total viewers and 2.9 rating in the key 18-49 demographic. With the exception of one episode, "How To Live With Your Parents" performed pretty well, mainly staying above a 2.0 rating and 6 million total viewers, a vast improvement from "Don't Trust The B**** In Apartment 23,...

Sarah Chalke, who became known from "Roseanne" as the second Becky as well as nine seasons of "Scrubs," returns to sitcoms Wednesdays on ABC's "How to Live With Your Parents (for the Rest of Your Life)."

The blonde Canadian was a teen when she played Becky, and now her character, single mom Polly, has a daughter of her own on this sitcom, modeled after creator Claudia Lonow's life.

"It is a really cool experience as an actor because there is so much info there, and there is so much more to draw from," Chalke tells Zap2it. "Claudia was telling me about the script and her life, and basically she showed up on her parents' doorstep and said, 'I hope it's not a bad time for you. It is for me.' "

Polly's parents, Elaine and Max (Elizabeth Perkins, Brad Garrett), had been sexually engaged, and are not thrilled to see Polly.

Sarah Chalke makes her regular return to TV with "How To Live With Your Parents (For The Rest Of Your Life)" this week.

The "Scrubs" alumna completes her TV career 180 with the ABC comedy: Chalke, who played eldest Connor child Becky on "Roseanne," is now playing a TV mom.

"How To Live With Your Parents" follows Chalke's Polly, who's just recently divorced her irresponsible husband Julian (Jon Dore). Due to financial struggles, she and her five-year-old daughter Natalie (Rachel Eggleston) move in with her vulgar mom Elaine (Elizabeth Perkins) and uber-chill stepfather Max (Brad Garrett). But the uptight young mother's parenting ideals clash with Elaine and Max's improvisational and eccentric lifestyle. (As you've probably seen in previews, there is underwear in lunchboxes and coffee at bedtime when Natalie is under Elaine and Max's rule -- or lack thereof.)

Below, Chalke opens up to The Huffington Post about her return to TV,...

Arrested Development’s influence is all over ABC’s likable but unfortunately titled How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life) (ABC, Wednesdays, 9:30). Fast cutting, cute onscreen I.D. tags, plinky-plonky music, winsome narration: It’s all here, plus Modern Family’s conventional-unconventional view of suburban life. One of the show’s three executive producers is Arrested Development vet Brian Grazer, but I doubt his presence alone explains the affinity; more likely this is just how creator-executive producer Claudia Lonow (Rude Awakenings, The War at Home) saw the story. Whatever the motivation, the result is quite likable, if knowingly obnoxious at times.Sarah Chalke plays the heroine and narrator, Polly, a recent divorcée with a young daughter named Natalie (Rachel Eggleston). She moves back in with her mom, Elaine (Elizabeth Perkins), and stepdad, Max (Brad Garrett), thinking it’ll be a temporary safe harbor, but...

Babysitting, it appears, is not like riding a bike.

Hence the blank stares Sarah Chalke‘s Polly encounters as she leaves instructions for her parents, who are about to watch their granddaughter for the first time, in this exclusive sneak peek at next Wednesday’s premiere of ABC’s How to Live With Your Parents (for the Rest of Your Life) (9:30/8:30c).

Related | May Sweeps Scorecard 2013: Deaths, Weddings, Births, Sex and More!

The multi-cam comedy executive-produced by Claudia Lonow (Accidentally on Purpose) follows the recently divorced Polly as she moves back in with her eccentric parents, Elaine...

Sarah Chalke and Judy Reyes were for a long time the first ladies of the Zach Braff starring medical comedy, Scrubs as Elliot and Carla. Now Chalke has found her way back into the halls of a busy hospital. This time she’ll appear at Seattle Grace for ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy. The big question is this one: Will she be wearing scrubs again?

The answer is: It’s possible. Grey’s will welcome Chalke as a guest star sometime this spring, as we learned from TV Line. Details about her character, however are severely lacking. Perhaps we’ll learn more soon. Either way, seeing this actress pop up on a new series is always very charming.

Chalke’s stint on How I Met Your Mother in the role of Stella was quite memorable. More recently she enjoyed a four-episode run on Cougar Town as Angie LeClaire. You will...

Deception

When and Where: Mondays at 10 on NBC, beginning January 7th

What’s the deal: The mysterious death of a childhood friend, who also happens to be a modern-day wealthy socialite, causes Detective Joanna Locasto, played by Californication’s Meagan Good (Think Like a Man, Saw V) to go back undercover as a guest of the family she grew up with, as a servant’s daughter, to find out the truth. The cast for this includes Alias’ Victor Garber, The O.C. and Damages’ Tate Donovan, and Breakout Kings’ Laz Alonso. This series replaces the apocalyptic drama Revolution on NBC’s schedule during the latter’s extended hiatus and is created by Liz Heldens, who wrote for Friday Night Lights as well as the Us version of Prime Suspect.

1600 Penn

When and Where: Thursdays at 9:30 on NBC, beginning January 10th

What’s the deal: This traditional sitcom follows a dysfunctional family,...

"The Good Wife" is getting a dose of "Grey's Anatomy."

According to EW, "Grey's" alum T.R. Knight is joining the CBS drama's impressive slew of Season 4 guest stars as a political operative.

Other "Good Wife" guest stars this season include Nathan Lane, Stockard Channing and Maura Tierney.

In other casting news...

Laurie Metcalf is on her way to "The Goodwin Games." The former "Roseanne" star will appear on multiple episodes of the Fox series as Henry's (Scott Foley) boss. [TVLine]

A "Sons Of Anarchy" actor will appear on "Raising Hope." Christopher Douglas Reed will guest star on Fox's "Raising Hope," coming "face to face" with Jimmy (Lucas Neff) and Barney (Gregg Binkley). [THR]

it's a "Knots Landing" reunion on "How to Live With Your Parents (for the Rest of Your Life)." CBS soap vet Michelle Lee will reunite with showrunner Claudia Lonow to guest star on an episode of ABC's midseason comedy.

ABC's midseason comedy How to Live With Your Parents (for the Rest of Your Life) is staging a Knots Landing reunion.

Michele Lee, who starred as Karen on the long-running CBS soap, has been tapped to guest star in an upcoming episode of the comedy from showrunner Claudia Lonow, The Hollywood Reporter has learned exclusively.

Photos: The 100 Fresh Faces of Fall TV

The casting marks a Knots Landing reunion for the writer-producer who co-starred as Diana Fairgate on the soap from 1979 to 1993 before segueing to a behind-the-scenes role on series including Accidentally on Purpose and The War at Home.

Sarah Chalke ...

ABC's midseason comedy How to Live With Your Parents (for the Rest of Your Life) is staging a Knots Landing reunion. Michelle Lee, who starred as Karen on the long-running CBS soap, has been tapped to guest star in an upcoming episode of the comedy from showrunner Claudia Lonow, The Hollywood Reporter has learned exclusively. Photos: The 100 Fresh Faces of Fall TV The casting marks a Knots Landing reunion for the writer-producer who co-starred as Diana Fairgate on the soap from 1979 to 1993 before segueing to a behind-the-scenes role on series including Accidentally

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ABC's midseason comedy "How to Live With Your Parents (for the Rest of Your Life)" has by far the longest title of any new show this season. It also may have the most autobiographical title.

Series creator Claudia Lonow ("Accidentally on Purpose," "Less Than Perfect") says she has lived with her folks for the past 15 years, and she plans on mining her own life for the show for as long as she can.

For instance, as relates to the lead character's (Sarah Chalke) dating life: "I would say that being a divorced woman with a child who lives with her parents is not a selling point," Lonow says. "I had a couple guys drive me home and want to come in, and I'm like ... 'Well, I'm going to break this to you now' ... and they kind of ran to the car to get away."

That said, Lonow does see the...

Diane Haithman contributes to Deadline’s TV coverage. Last August, Leah Remini’s name was in the news as she was ousted from CBS daytime’s The Talk along with Holly Robinson Peete. Now she’s at ABC in the new comedy Family Tools. And at today’s TCA panel on the comedy, she was relentlessly upbeat about the change. “I do believe things happen for a reason, it’s a blessing”, she said. “I started at ABC in 1989 with Living Dolls. My mother said: ‘What part are you playing?’ Yeah”, she cracked. “But it is a blessing to be here, I love being back at ABC, I’d like to stay here and get comfortable”. Remini seems determined to deflect any negatives and called her ouster from the daytime talk program “a learning experience”. After the session, she acknowledged that in hindsight “there were a lot of things I wish I didn’t say,...

Diane Haithman contributes to Deadline’s TV coverage. One of the first questions at today’s TCA panel on the new ABC comedy How To Live With Your Parents (For The Rest Of Your Life) was: Why is the title so long? Not exactly Twitter-friendly, according to the questioner. Is there a line between long, and too long? “This. This is the line”, joked writer/executive producer Claudia Lonow, who appeared on the panel with series stars Brad Garrett, Elizabeth Perkins, Sarah Chalke and executive producer Francie Calfo (executive producer Brian Grazer did not attend). Added Lonow: “I’m sorry, I like it. Do you like it”? The questioner didn’t like it. But Lonow likes it because the show is the story of her life. Just like the lead character Polly (Chalke), Lonow moved back in with her parents after a divorce with a young daughter in tow. Her...

How to Live With Your Parents for the Rest of Your Life's Sarah Chalke is getting a friend. Former Friday Night Lights actress Stephanie Hunt has boarded the ABC freshman comedy as a series regular, The Hollywood Reporter has learned exclusively. Story: 'How To Live With Your Parents' Creator Claudia Lonow Will Never Leave Home (Q&A) Hunt has joined the series about a recently divorced single mom who moves in with her parents as Jenn, a woman who worked at an upscale but relaxed gourmet grocery store who's described as cool, fun and single with a bit of a wild

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The momentum for female TV comedy writers continues. On the heels of the recent success of comedy series created/co-created by women — including Fox’s New Girl, ABC’s Suburgatory and CBS’ 2 Broke Girls – and a second consecutive upfront with multiple pickups of new series from female creators including Fox’s The Mindy Project from Mindy Kaling and ABC’s How To Live With Your Parents from Claudia Lonow, female comedy writes are now making big strides in the boy’s club known as the writing for a comedy series Emmy category. Lena Dunham, creator-star of HBO’s new comedy series Girls, and Amy Poehler, star of NBC’s Parks And Recreation, today landed comedy series writing Emmy nominations alongside Parks & Rec co-creator Michael Schur, Louie creator-star Louis C.K., and Community’s Chris McKenna. Film prodigy Dunham is nominated for the Girls pilot, while Poehler is recognized for writing ”The Debate” episode of Parks & Rec.

For producer Claudia Lonow, How To Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of your Life) is not just the title of her mid-season comedy but also her reality. The showrunner, who got her start in front of the camera as Diana Fairgate on Knots Landing, has been living with her college-bound daughter in her parents’ home for some 15 years. Come spring, that "life crisis situation"-turned-long-term reality wil prove fodder for her long-awaited ABC comedy starring Sarah Chalke as a version of her. Photos: ABC's 2012-13 Season: 'Nashville,' '666 Park Ave' and 'Malibu

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Terry O'Quinn as Gavin Doran in "666 Park Avenue" (ABC/Andrew Eccles)

ABC‘s slate of new shows for fall has a strange flavor to it, and it’s going to be a bumpy ride. The network has about as many new shows as returning ones (if you count all the midseasons), and a good percentage of the returning offerings are a year old or less, making this look a bit like a rebuilding year.

Not only is it a rebuilding year, but it’s the year of bringing back every actor and actress who ever had a decent run on a show before. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a network’s new season slate that was so crammed with people returning from something else. If you can’t make it good, I suppose, make sure viewers recognize the faces.

It’s tricky to get a solid feel...

Sarah Chalke (Scrubs) is returning with a new programme in January next year, taking the lead in ABC’s How to Live with your Parents (For the Rest of your Life).

After Mad Love was cancelled after a short-lived season, following Chalke’s leading role in Scrubs, we heard earlier this year that she’d signed on for a new comedy which has just had its first trailer debut.

Julie Anne Robinson (Weeds, One for the Money) is directing the pilot, from a script by Claudia Lonow (Accidentally on Purpose), with Elizabeth Perkins, Brad Garrett, and Orlando Jones, and Rachel Eggleston playing Chalke’s young daughter.

“Polly (Sarah Chalke) is a single mom who’s been divorced for almost a year. The transition wasn’t easy for her, especially in this economy. So, like a lot of young people living in this new reality, she and her daughter, Natalie (Rachel Eggleston...

Yesterday we brought you a bunch of trailers and clips for the shows coming to NBC soon. Today we bring you a ton of first look trailers for the new series' being developed over at ABC for 2012-2013 seasons. Watch all of the trailers, and let us know which ones look interesting to you! For me it's 666 Par Avenue and Last Resort. 

The Neighbors 

Marty Weaver buys a new home, only to discover, to his wife's horror that the neighbors are aliens masquerading as suburbanites.

From writer/executive producer Dan Fogelman and executive producers Aaron Kaplan, Jeff Morton and Chris Koch. Directed by Chris Koch (pilot)

666 Park Avenue

Welcome to The Drake, Park Avenue's most devilish address, where evil, obsession, and supernatural occurrences are all included in the rent.

From writer/executive producer David Wilcox and executive producers Matthew Miller, Leslie Morgenstein, Gina Girolamo. Directed by Alex Graves (pilot)

Last Resort...

Single mom Polly (Sarah Chalke) needs a fresh start, and so she seeks help from her mom and dad. Whoops.

Chalke ("Scrubs," "Mad Love") plays a woman determined to be the "best single working mom in the universe" in "How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)," which easily takes this season's crown for longest show title. She looks to her folks (Elizabeth Perkins and Brad Garrett) for support and a place to live, but mom and dad are pretty happy with their empty-nest life, and they don't see much upside into changing their ways for Polly and her daughter, Natalie (Rachel Eggleston).

Chalke is an expert at playing tightly wound characters, and Perkins is working some of the same self-centered vibe she did on "Weeds" (though without the nasty streak). Garrett, meanwhile, gets to work his deadpan in a single-camera comedy instead of playing to...

Update Friday Am: I’ve started hearing that drama pilot Zero Hour is heating up again and looks promising for a series order. Previous Thursday 8Pm: With NBC and Fox pretty much done with their new series pickups, ABC, which presents its fall schedule right after them on Tuesday, is at bat next. Here is my last take on the ABC pilot field heading into tomorrow, when the network is expected to make its picks. On the drama side, Nashville is on the schedule. Fellow soaps Americana and Red Widow (formerly Penoza) also look strong, along with the male-skewing Last Resort, which I hear may be launched as a limited/midseason series. In the magical series face-off between 666 Park Ave and Gotham, (Beauty & The Beast has dropped out of contention), 666 seems to have the upper hand but that could change. I hear Marc Cherry’s Devious Maids is fading fast...

I’ve learned that ABC’s comedy pilot Counter Culture is being shelved following last week’s injury suffered by one of its stars, Delta Burke, who fell on the set during pre-shoots two days before the multi-camera pilot’s main taping in front of studio audience. The producers had been hoping for a quick recovery that would allow the pilot to shoot and be in consideration for fall but that didn’t happen. I hear the matter is now in the hands of the insurance company, which has to sort out a host of issues surrounding the shutdown, including compensation for the cast and crew. The actors have not been formally released, allowing the network and producer Sony Pictures TV to film the pilot after the upfronts, though that doesn’t appear likely.

Written and executive produced by Stephnie Weir and executive produced by Claudia Lonow, Counter Culture was...

I’ve learned that ABC’s comedy pilot Counter Culture is being shelved following last week’s injury suffered by one of its stars, Delta Burke, who fell on the set during pre-shoots two days before the multi-camera pilot’s main taping in front of studio audience. The producers had been hoping for a quick recovery that would allow the pilot to shoot and be in consideration for fall but that didn’t happen. I hear the matter is now in the hands of the insurance company, which has to sort out a host of issues surrounding the shutdown, including compensation for the cast and crew. The actors have not been formally released, allowing the network and producer Sony Pictures TV to film the pilot after the upfronts, though that doesn’t appear likely. Written and executive produced by Stephnie Weir and executive produced by Claudia Lonow, Counter Culture was...

I’ve learned that production on ABC’s comedy pilot Counter Culture has been stopped because of an injury suffered by one of its stars, Delta Burke, who had a fall on the set yesterday. The multi-camera pilot had been doing pre-shoots, with the main taping in front of a live audience scheduled for tomorrow. Word is Burke will be sidelined for at least a week, but producers are still hoping to finish the pilot in time for fall consideration. Written and executive produced by Stephnie Weir and executive produced by Claudia Lonow, Counter Culture revolves around three sisters — Billie (Kerri Kenney), Nonie (Burke) and Joyce (Margo Martindale) — running their family diner together in West Texas who find that sibling dynamics are always getting in the way of getting the job done. The pilot, produced by Sony Pictures TV, co-stars Doris Roberts as the sisters’ aunt.

I’ve learned that production on ABC’s comedy pilot Counter Culture has been stopped because of an injury suffered by one of its stars, Delta Burke, who had a fall on the set yesterday. The multi-camera pilot had been doing pre-shoots, with the main taping in front of a live audience scheduled for tomorrow. Word is Burke will be sidelined for at least a week, but producers are still hoping to finish the pilot in time for fall consideration. Written and executive produced by Stephnie Weir and executive produced by Claudia Lonow, Counter Culture revolves around three sisters — Billie (Kerri Kenney), Nonie (Burke) and Joyce (Margo Martindale) — running their family diner together in West Texas who find that sibling dynamics are always getting in the way of getting the job done. The pilot, produced by Sony Pictures TV, co-stars Doris Roberts as the sisters’ aunt.

Exclusive: Veteran actor and SAG President Ken Howard has landed one of the last regular roles this pilot season — he is set to co-star in the ABC comedy Counter Culture. The multi-camera pilot, written and executive produced by Stephnie Weir, executive produced by Claudia Lonow and produced by Sony TV, revolves around three sisters, Joyce (Margo Martindale), Nonie (Burke) and Billie (Kerri Kenney, running their family diner together in West Texas who find that sibling dynamics are always getting in the way of getting the job done. Howard, repped by Greene & Associates and manager Randy James, will play Joyce’s working-class husband Ken who is the caretaker of the diner. Ironically, Counter Culture is produced under AFTRA jurisdiction. However, as SAG president, Howard has been leading the charge for merging the two actor unions. Howard, who has been recurring on 30 Rock, is currently filming Acod opposite Catherine O’Hara is...

Exclusive: Designing women alumna Delta Burke is set as a lead of another comedy about sisters running a business together, ABC/Sony TV’s multi-camera pilot Counter Culture. Written and executive produced by writer-actress Stephnie Weir and executive produced by Claudia Lonow, Counter Culture revolves around three sisters, Billie (Kerri Kenney), Nonie (Burke) and Joyce (Margo Martindale), running their family diner together in West Texas who find that sibling dynamics are always getting in the way of getting the job done. Nonie is the put upon middle sister, a dreamer. Orlando Jones has joined Claudia Lonow’s other ABC comedy pilot, How to Live With Your Parents For The Rest Of Your Life, which she wrote. The single-camera comedy, from 20th TV and Imagine, centers on Polly (Sarah Chalke), a recently divorced single mom, who moves in with her eccentric parents, Elaine and Max, (Brad Garrett, Elizabeth Perkins) a couple...