ABC has renewed 11 series, including vet Grey's Anatomy, which will enter its 10th season, and freshman series Nashville. However, the network also canceled Happy Endings, Body of Proof, Red Widow, Malibu Country and How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life).
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A NASCAR overrun powered Fox to a victory Sunday.
The network averaged 5.8 million viewers and a 2.1 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic after NASCAR delayed prime time by 25 minutes.
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"You're just not for everybody," comedic curmudgeon Marc Maron is told — by the more popular TV clown (at least among a comic-store backroom of Twitter nerds) Dave Foley, who plays a rather unflattering version of his real self, as does Maron, in IFC's new dark-side-of-laughter comedy series Maron (Friday, 10/9c). Sunnier than FX's Louie if only by virtue of being filmed in California, the sardonically squirm-inducing Maron alternates between slice-of-rant sitcom and self-obsessed podcast from the comedian's garage, where he vents on his unhappy personal life, his diarrhea-prone cats and his unruly, taunting Twitter following: "Who are these people? Don't they have lives?" You might well ask the same about Maron, although if he was happy (shades of Louie) there'd be no show.
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The Good Wife closed out its fourth season on a good note.
The drama drew 9 million viewers and a 1.6 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic, up a tenth from last week. Lead-out The Mentalist (8.7 million, 1.5) and lead-in The Amazing Race (9.1 million, 2.3) both dipped a tenth.
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The Masters boosted CBS to a win Sunday.
The dramatic final round, which saw Adam Scott defeat Angel Cabrera in a two-hole sudden-death playoff, delayed CBS' prime-time lineup by 57 minutes, but lifted every show for an average of 12.4 million viewers and a 2.6 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic for the night. (Preliminary numbers are not available for The Mentalist, which aired after 11 p.m. ET.)
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