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Better with You
- Metascore64
- 2010-2011
- 1 season
- ABC
- Comedy
Two sisters are at different stages in their respective relationships.
- Metascore64
- 2010-2011
- 1 season
- ABC
- Comedy
Two sisters are at different stages in their respective relationships.
JoAnna Garcia Joins Justin Kirk Comedy Animal Practice
JoAnna Garcia has been cast as the new female lead in NBC's new comedy Animal Practice, TVLine reports. Animal Practice stars...
JoAnna Garcia Swisher Lands CBS Comedy Pilot
Better With You actress JoAnna Garcia Swisher has landed the lead role in a new CBS comedy pilot...
ABC Orders More Happy Endings Scripts; Revenge, Suburgatory Get Full Seasons
For Emily VanCamp, Revenge is sweet. ABC has given a full-season order to the contemporary take on The Count of Monte Cristo, TVGuide.com has confirmed. Suburgatory, starring Jane Levy and Jeremy Sisto, has also been...
Ratings: American Horror Story Scares 5 Million; Suburgatory Slips Slightly
To borrow a phrase from A Clockwork Orange: Ratings for the American Horror Story premiere were "real horror show" — meaning, real good. The new drama from Glee bosses Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk attracted 3.2 million viewers at 10/9c and slightly more than 5 million counting the encore airing.
Suburgatory Proves to Be No Ratings Limbo; The X Factor Down
Suburgatory scared up 9.81 million souls, according to preliminary Nielsen info. The new ABC sitcom at 8:30/7:30c grabbed a 3.3 rating among 18-to-49-year-olds, marking a 27 percent improvement over last year's tenant of the time slot, Better With You. The comedy, starring Jane Levy and Jeremy Sisto, follows The Middle, which was down to 8.55 million from last week's 9.35 million. Similarly, most of Wednesday's ratings were lower than last week, though to varying degrees.
JoAnna Garcia Checks Into Royal Pains As the New Doc in Town
JoAnna Garcia is checking into Royal Pains for multiple episodes this season, TVLine reports. The actress, 32, will play Dr. Nina Greene, an intelligent nephrologist (aka kidney doctor) who may possibly also be a...
Better with You Producers Developing My Formerly Hot Life Comedy
Former Better with You executive producers John Hoberg and Kat Likkel are developing a single-camera comedy based on Stephanie Dolgoff's bestseller My Formerly Hot Life for ABC Studios, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Get the rest of today's newsThe book was adapted from Dolgoff's blog about ...
Ratings: Interest Grows in American Idol
Interest is growing in American Idol as crunch time approaches. Wednesday's 90-minute performance show, in which the Lady Gaga-mentored final four performed the songs of Leiber and Stoller, averaged 22.37 million viewers and notched a 6.9 rating among 18-to-49-year-olds. That's up 5 percent from last week in the demo and 1 percent from the comparable year-earlier program (which jumped some 17 percent in viewership from 19.2 million).
Ratings for Inside The Royal Wedding Are Less Than Majestic
Just how high is interest in Their Highnesses? If the ratings for NBC's Inside the Royal Wedding are any indication, most TV viewers won't be setting their alarms for the pre-dawn hours to see Prince William marry Kate Middleton.
25 Bubble Shows --- Which Will Survive?
Will Chuck's luck finally run out? Is Season 8 the end of the road for One Tree Hill? Does Outsourced have a prayer for renewal? Just a few weeks remain before the networks decide which shows will and won't be back this fall. Are your favorites on the chopping block, or can you breathe an early sigh of relief? We offer an analysis of what's to come, so you can brace yourselves (looking at you No Ordinary Family fans, wherever you are) if things aren't looking so hot. Fall TV scorecard: Which shows are returning? Which aren't?$#*! My Dad Says (CBS)Thursdays at 8:30/7:30cThe Good News: Despite negative critical response, the show debuted to 12.5 million viewers and held about 80 percent of The Big Bang Theory's audience. The Bad News: In what is rarely a good sign, the show wrapped up its freshman season in a hurry in February to make room for new comedy (and fellow bubble show) Mad Love. Its final episode...
ABC Announces Finale Dates
ABC has announced its finale dates that include a two-hour episode of Desperate Housewives and a one-hour episode of Cougar Town. Fall 2011 TV scorecard: Which shows are returning? Which aren't? Check out ABC's full list of season finales:
Ratings: American Idol's Beatles Show Is Fab
American Idol's relatively fab numbers for its Beatles show — averaging some 22.6 million people over two hours — was enough to have the other networks singing: "Help!" Read our American Idol recaps In prime time's first hour, Survivor: Redemption Island, which last week suffered its lowest-rated premiere ever with 11.2 million viewers, held about the same number. ABC's The Middle lured nearly 8.1 million viewers; Better With You, at 8:30/7:30, attracted some 5.9 million for the second straight week. Part 1 of Minute to Win It got nearly 3.9 million on NBC. And some 2.3 million checked out the 16th season premiere of America's Next Top Model.
Ratings: Two Minds Are Better Than One?
Two Minds are better than one? The premiere of Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior rounded up 12.9 million viewers in prime time's final hour Wednesday night, building slightly on the 12.8 million people who watched Criminal Minds at 9/8c, according to preliminary Nielsen figures.
The Biz: Which Shows Will Be Canceled?
The broadcast networks are at work on their new fall shows, which means some of your favorites will be moving on. Here are the series facing an uncertain future. ABCThe network wants to bring back Desperate Housewives but still has to make deals with the show's stars. "Everyone is hopeful and optimistic that we'll be returning for an eighth season," executive producer Marc Cherry tells TV Guide Magazine. "But until the women have signed on, there's no guarantee." ABC needs Housewives for at least another year to launch something new in the slot that follows it, especially if ...
Exclusive: James Burrows to Direct Two Broke Girls
Sex and the City alum Michael Patrick King and comedian Whitney Cummings have just won the TV pilot equivalent of the Super Lotto. Comedy directing master James Burrows has signed on to direct King's...
Keck's Exclusives: Larry King Books First Post-CNN Gig
When he signed off his CNN talker at the end of 2010, Larry King promised that wouldn't be the last time we'd see his mug. Some were doubtful, considering that Johnny Carson promised the same thing when he ended his talk show and was never seen on screen again. But true to his word, Larry's already lined up his next gig. He has agreed to play a part he knows well — himself, in an upcoming episode of the ABC sitcom Better With You. The episode, shooting the week of January 17 and tentatively scheduled to air in early March, finds Ben (Josh Cooke) running in to...
ABC Renews Grey's, Castle and More --- But Which Shows Were Left Out?
Six ABC series have received early renewals, the network announced Monday.Medical dramas Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice, crime drama Castle and the network's three sophomore comedies, The Middle, Modern Family, and Cougar Town will each return next season. Winter Preview: Get scoop on all your favorite shows "We really stood by our Wednesday comedy block and who would have thought a year ago that The Middle, which I think is such an underrated show, would kick off what I think is one of the best nights of comedy," ABC President Paul Lee said at the Television Critics Association's winter previews. "That's a core part of our schedule." Lee also said Grey's and Private Practice "were really at the top of their creative form" this season...
People's Choice, Live to Dance Ratings Tumble
The 37th People's Choice Awards were not the people's first choice on TV. The populist awards show, airing 9-11 p.m. on CBS, averaged less than 10 million, down 21 percent from last year. Check out red carpet arrivals from the 2011 People's Choice Awards The Middle took ...
Million Dollar Money Drop's Ratings Drop
With reruns galore as Christmas approaches, TV audiences were down as Wednesday night's three top networks averaged fewer than 5.5 million viewers — and everyone else even less. At 8/7c, first-run episodes of Fox's Human Target and NBC's Undercovers (still dumping the inventory after its untimely demise) reeled in audiences of 5.7 million and 4.2 million, respectively. Meanwhile repeats of ABC's The Middle and Better With You attracted 6.1 million viewers and 5.1 million viewers, respectively, and CBS' annual...
Ratings: The Sing-Off Keeps Up Its Solid Run
The Sing-Off kept up its solid ratings performance Wednesday, placing a strong second to its CBS competition, the penultimate episode of Survivor: Nicaragua and a new episode of Criminal Minds. Survivor scored a 3.5 rating in the adults 18-to-49 demographic and 12.8 million viewers, followed by Minds at 9, which posted a 3.2 and 13.8 million. But the two-hour...
Joanna Garcia Weds Yankee Nick Swisher
Joanna Garcia has married Nick Swisher, according to People. Check out the rest of today's news The Better With You star and the New York Yankees' right fielder were wed Saturday in front of family and friends at the Breakers Hotel and Resort in Palm Beach, Fla. Among those in attendance:
ABC Premiere Dates: Mr. Sunshine Bumps Cougar Town
It's a Friends war: Chandler has pushed Monica off the ABC schedule. The network announced that the prized post-Modern Family timeslot will be filled by Mr. Sunshine, a new comedy starring Matthew Perry. The show will debut Wednesday, Feb. 9 at 9:30/8:30c, while the Courteney Cox comedy Cougar Town goes on hiatus until...
Better With You's JoAnna Garcia Talks Babies and Marriage
JoAnna Garcia knows plenty about rocking a chic baby bump. After all, she donned a preggie pillow not once but twice as knocked-up teen Cheyenne on Reba. Now she's wearing it yet again as Better With You's free-spirited Mia, who's pregnant and engaged to a guy she's known for just seven weeks. But there's still one thing making the 31-year-old actress understandably nervous ...
Tonight's TV Hot List: Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010
Survivor: Nicaragua8/7c CBS The 10 remaining castaways have endured a lot thus far on their quest to win $1 million. They've put up with NaOnka's annoying rants and her food thefts, contentious bickering between Marty and Jane, and existing on little food and less sleep. But all of that pales in comparison with what the players discover tonight and must figure out how to endure. They return to the Libertad camp and find it in ashes following a devastating fire. Benry sums it all up well: "This is a day from hell." — Tim Holland Read on for previews of Human Target, Better with You, Circus, South Park, Top Chef: Just Desserts and 25 Years of Sexy: People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive!.
Mega Buzz: A Bones Epiphany, Housewives' Dallas Homage and Castle Mommy Issues
Every week, senior editors Mickey O'Connor and Adam Bryant satisfy your need for TV scoop. Please send all questions to megascoop@tvguide.com. When is Brennan finally going to wake up and see what she's missing with Booth on Bones? — SaraADAM: Sooner than you think. In the midseason finale, Brennan investigates the murder of a workaholic, and Bones quickly draws parallels to her own life. "She's forced to face feelings that she's never had to deal with before," executive producer Stephen Nathan says. "She confronts the fact that this woman was running her whole life from feeling anything and she has to confront whether she's going to run her whole life from feeling anything. It butts right up against her relationship with Booth and the past five years of history." I'm so excited about Episode 10 of Desperate Housewives. Please give me some hints about it. — DeanMICKEY: TNT may have people buzzing about Dallas again, but it's Desperate Housewives that will pay homage to the classic soap by asking:
Stars Turn Out for 44th Annual CMA Awards
The country-music industry sure is a welcoming bunch. While the genre's heavy hitters — like big winners Miranda Lambert and fiancé Blake Shelton — were the guests of honor at last night's 44th annual CMA Awards, Nashville also rolled out the red carpet for stars from Hollywood, the sports world and even Vegas showrooms.Here's who we spotted on the rug:Better with You star Joanna Garcia arrived with ...
Fall TV Report Card: How Is the New Class Doing?
Despite a relatively lackluster development season, a few shows have struck a chord with audiences: CBS' Hawaii Five-0 has dominated on Monday nights and the CW's Nikita has proven that the network can launch more than shows for young women. Boardwalk Empire's record premiere bodes well for HBO, which already has a hit in its stable with True Blood. On the flip side, Lone Star's early cancellation shocked critics, if not the general viewing public. No such uproar greeted the axings of My Generation, Outlaw and The Whole Truth. For now, everything else seems to be treading water. Here's how we see fall TV's freshman class thus far...
ABC's No Ordinary Family, Better With You Get Full Season Pick-Ups
ABC has ordered full seasons for freshman series No Ordinary Family and Better With You, the network announced Monday. The Whole Truth, meanwhile, has become ABC's second casualty this season, following the quick demise of My Generation. The series, which only pulled in 4.45 million viewers in its last outing, will...
Debra Jo Rupp on Her New Role as a Modern Mom
After portraying maternal throwback Kitty Forman for eight seasons on Fox's That '70s Show, Debra Jo Rupp is thankful to go back to the present. In ABC's comedy Better With You — about a family dealing with the youngest daughter's pregnancy and quickie engagement — the actress plays a decidedly more modern mom."I think [being a] matriarch is in the stars now, given my age, but this is a different kind of role. Kitty was ever cheerful, but Vicky, not so much. And she has a nice hairdo," says Rupp.When That '70s Show ended its run in 2006, Rupp took time off ...
Ratings: Whole Truth Improves; Other Legal Dramas Fall
The Whole Truth may have just granted itself a continuance. The freshman ABC legal drama drew 4.5 million viewers Wednesday, according to overnight Nielsen estimates, but the show reversed its downward trend in the 18-to-49 demographic, bouncing back 17 percent. The show was still...
VIDEO: Better With You Stars Play Very Different Sisters
What is JoAnna Garcia most excited about for Better With You's first season? "I can have ice cream sundaes because I'm pregnant this year on TV!" she says. Best new fall shows: Our editors' picks
Ratings: New Law & Order Has Solid Debut; New Shows Fall Hard
NBC's latest entry in the Law & Order franchise premiered to solid numbers, while several freshman shows substantially slipped, according to overnight Nielsen estimates. Law & Order: Los Angeles drew 10.5 million viewers and easily won the 10/9c time slot among the 18-to-49 demographic. The show even built on...
Ratings: Modern Family Sets a Record as New Shows Falter
Modern Family's recent Emmy win gave the show a boost: The ABC comedy drew its highest rating ever on a night when several new shows failed to get much attention.Family's Season 2 premiere drew 12.6 million viewers and was the night's highest-rated show among adults 18 to 49, according to overnight Nielsen estimates. That demo rating was also a 19 percent improvement over the show's debut last fall.Before Family, ABC's new comedy Better with You drew 8 million viewers and The Middle pulled in 8.8 million viewers...
Fall TV Popularity Contest: What Did You Think of Undercovers, Better with You?
NBC's spy series, Undercovers, and CBS' buddy-lawyer drama, The Defenders, premiered Wednesday, along with ABC's comedy, Better with You, and The Whole Truth — a legal procedural with a twist. We want to know what you thought of them — and what you think of every new show this season.Vote: Which fall premieres won you over? Which flopped?Is Undercovers going to be another ...
The New Wednesday in Review: Undercovers, Defenders, Truth and ABC's Comedies
Wednesday is one of those nights when the returning shows have most of the juice — most notably ABC's Modern Family, returning to anchor ABC's terrific sitcom block with a best-comedy Emmy to its credit. (The season opener, alas, was not available for review.)Want more TV News and Reviews? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!But let's start with the new shows fighting for attention, starting with the splashiest...
Matt's Picks: September 20-23
Lone Star (Monday, 9/8c, Fox)My favorite new drama of the fall season is a provocative and twisted romance with a touch of Dallas-style oil intrigue, as a con man (charmer James Wolk) juggles a double life with a rich wife in Houston and a down-home sweetie in a small town where he's pulling a swindle. How long can he get away with it? We'll see. The show faces competition from NBC's heavily hyped conspiracy thriller-fantasy-adventure hybrid The Event, cloaked in mystery and hobbled by a convoluted time-jumping script. But Jason Ritter as the everyguy hero embroiled in the madness is so likable you can't help but want to tune in next week to see what happens. DVR alert...
PaleyFest Fall Preview: No Ordinary ABC Night
On September 14 stars and producers of ABC's fall shows came out for the PaleyFest: Fall TV Preview Party, sponsored by TV Guide Magazine and we got the scoop from their upcoming seasons.Stephen Collins, now a series regular on ABC's new dramedy No Ordinary Family, told TV Guide Magazine that he's excited about his upcoming guest spot on Brothers & Sisters as Saul's love interest, Charlie. "They asked me to do an episode. I really like the show a lot, and I've been friends with Ron Rifkin for over 20 years. When you get a chance to work with people that you really love and respect, you just do it," says the actor...
ABC Announces Fall Premiere Dates
Dancing with the Stars and Castle will kick off ABC's fall season on Monday, Sept. 20, the network announced on Thursday. Check out our day-by-day guide to all the networks' fall schedules Two-hour episodes of Dancing will air at 8/7c followed by Castle at 10/9c. Tuesdays launch Sept. 21 with the freshman cop drama Detroit 1-8-7 at 10/9c. The show will be joined by new superhero family series No Ordinary Family at 8/7c and the Dancing with the Stars results show at 9/8c on Sept. 28. ABC's Wednesday night comedy block...
Joanna Garcia and N.Y. Yankee Nick Swisher Engaged
Privileged star Joanna Garcia is engaged to New York Yankees right fielder Nick Swisher, according to People. Garcia was previously engaged to...
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