Scrubs (tv program)

The future of "Life on Mars" looks more certain at ABC, now that the network has renewed "Boston Legal" for a fifth season. David E. Kelley's Emmy-winning legal drama will return to ABC in the fall, albeit with a somewhat tighter budget. The network...

Fast National ratings for Thursday, April 26, 2007. It may look like April outside, but on your TV it's May Sweeps, which was good news for CBS and ABC on Thursday. Overall, CBS averaged a 9.9 rating/16 share to win the night, beating ABC's 8.6/14....

Round up the troops, put out an all points bulletin, cue up your TiVo, because Team TV Gal is going on a search for characters who are missing in action. Sure we know why Bree hasn't been around Wisteria Lane lately, but there are a few characters I am...

The cast and crew of "Scrubs" are going back to work this week, even as the show remains caught between two networks. The NBC comedy will put the finishing touches on an episode that began production before the writers' strike, and it may also film a...

Fast National ratings for Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009 The People's Choice Awards didn't score very big ratings Wednesday, but on an otherwise soft night they were good enough to lead CBS to a narrow ratings win. CBS averaged a 5.7 rating/9 share in...

Predicting Emmy's acting nominees is difficult because of a complicated, two-tier voting process that combines judges' scores with a popular vote of the academy's actors. Especially tough this year is sizing up the two most competitive races: best actress...

Actor Unlike in the series categories, the Emmys don't force voters to view DVDs in the movie and miniseries categories. Nominees are chosen by a popular vote of industry actors, which favors name recognition. It's the same process used in the Academy...

NBC will be super-sizing its Thursday comedies for much of May sweeps, but the network isn't stopping its novel promotional efforts there. The folks at the Peacock are aiming to engage viewers' noses as well as their eyes with a breakthrough it's calling...

Given the underwhelming ratings it's earned in its few weeks on the air, "Andy Barker, P.I." was probably a longshot for renewal next year anyway. But that shot just got longer. NBC has bumped "Andy" from its Thursday schedule this week and moved the...

As TV and film writers and their employers dig in for a potentially long strike, production is grinding to a halt. Writers are in their third day of pickets Wednesday as they strike over residual payments for work distributed over the Internet and...

Fast National ratings for Thursday, April 5, 2007 With ABC's big guns resting Thursday night, CBS picked up a dominant ratings win on the backs of its two drama series. CBS averaged a 10.3 rating/17 share for the night, doubling up on second-place ABC's...

ABC Studios has cut ties with more than 20 producers with overall deals at the studio, citing "force majeure" brought on by the writers' strike. The cuts came late Friday at the Disney-owned studio and primarily involved writers and producers who aren'...