ABC Orders Comedy Pilots From Apartment 23, Man Up! Creators
Man Up!
- Metascore36
- 2011-2012
- 1 season
- ABC
- Comedy
Three modern men try to get in touch with their inner tough guys and redefine what it means to be a 'real man.'
- Metascore36
- 2011-2012
- 1 season
- ABC
- Comedy
Three modern men try to get in touch with their inner tough guys and redefine what it means to be a 'real man.'
Weekend TV Review: Family Guy's 200th, Wedding Band, Sunday's Logjam
It's a good time to be Seth MacFarlane, with a hit movie (Ted) under his belt, a gig as Oscar host in his future, and a mini-empire on the Fox network, whose Sunday "Animation Domination" lineup is overrun with his shows, most notably and memorably Family Guy. Not many shows that got canceled early in its run (after several seasons of incredibly incompetent scheduling), only to be resurrected on the strength of DVD sales and a cult cable following, manage to live on to mark a 200th-episode milestone.
Ratings: Work It Premiere Worse Than Man Up!
This is how much of a drag the premiere of the poorly reviewed Work It was: the show put up numbers worse than those that got its predecessor, Man Up!. canceled. The new series — which has already been criticized by GLAAD and deemed "an instant early candidate for Worst Show of 2012" — posted a 2.0 rating among 18-to-49-year-olds. That's 17 percent below the opening demo of the time slot's previous occupant, which managed to attract 7.7 million viewers for its debut, according to Nielsen overnights. (The series sank to 4.8 million viewers by its final outing.)
ABC Pulls Man Up!
ABC has pulled its struggling freshman comedy Man Up!, effective immediately. The sitcom will be replaced with reruns of Tim Allen's Last Man Standing, until the premiere of Work It on Tuesday, Jan. 3.
Ratings: Victoria’s Secret, Rudolph Specials Win Big for CBS
The annual parade of sexy women in sexy Victoria's Secret lingerie won the final hour of Tuesday's prime time for CBS. Hard to believe! It also posted its largest demo rating ever in the nine years that it's aired. On a more wholesome note, Rudolph with his nose so bright and his venerable TV special (with Burl Ives' narration) led off a night that the network easily won in both viewership and 18-to-49-year-olds. But it was a rerun of NCIS — the current season's No. 1 show after 10 weeks — that snared the night's most viewers.
Ratings: Dancing Finale Down Sharply
Dancing with the Stars determined the winner of its Mirrorball trophy to an audience of 19.45 million, but its 4.1 rating among 18-to-49-year-olds, down some 20 percent from a year ago, was its lowest-rated fall finale of all time, according to Nielsen overnights.
Fall TV Analysis: Inside ABC's Hot Streak
When ABC announced its fall schedule in May, the network's critics and competitors were skeptical. Not only were its aging dramas quickly eroding, but ABC faced a formidable task in launching a whopping 13 new series. It seemed like a tall order for ABC Entertainment Group president Paul Lee, who was coming off his first full development season at the network. But as NBC sinks into an even deeper slump, ABC has somehow managed to defy the odds. It doesn't yet boast the ratings prowess of top-rated CBS and Fox, but Lee is encouraged by his network's ability to debut a handful of promising new series.
Tim Allen Saves the Family Sitcom with Last Man Standing
All Tim Allen wants for the holidays are a few cool outdoor gadgets. But don't expect him to use any of them. "I love the thought of me out there fishing and hunting and camping," says Allen, on a break from rehearsals for his ABC hit Last Man Standing. "But I don't do it."
Ratings: NCIS Hits Season High
CBS' ratings juggernaut NCIS hit a season high with 20.31 million viewers Tuesday night, preliminary Nielsen data shows.
Fall TV Popularity Contest: We Have a Winner!
TVGuide.com users have named their favorite new show!Fall TV: Get the lowdown on this season's must-see new showsOver the past several weeks, we've conducted a series of polls in our Fall TV Popularity Contest, asking users which shows they liked and which they didn't. The competition was fierce, but a champion has emerged...
Ratings: Man Up! Debuts with 7.8 Million Viewers
Man Up! Ratings meh! Last Man Standing? Nearly 3 million standing ... and walking away. The debut of the ABC sitcom about three guys (Christopher Moynihan, Mather Zickel and Dan Folger) sussing out what it takes to be a modern man (and whether it includes using pomegranate body wash) grabbed 7.8 million viewers at 8:30/7:30c, posting a 2.4 rating among industry-prized 18-to-49-year-olds — third in its time slot by both measures. Reviews deemed the show insultingly bad. At 8/7c, a week after Tim Allen's new sitcom debuted to 12.95 million viewers, the show had 10.20 million tuning back in — a 21 percent drop. It also garnered a 3.0 demo rating, down from 3.5 a week ago.
Fall TV Popularity Contest: Are You Going to Man Up!?
Man Up! Are you ready to delve into the travails of modern masculinity? Tell us what you thought of the new ABC sitcom — and what you think of every new series this season.Vote: Which fall premieres won you over? Which flopped?Will you tune in to watch three 30-something guys (Christopher Moynihan, Mather Zickel and Dan Folger) try to figure out what it means to be a man these days (and whether it entails pomegranate body wash)?
Matt's Guide to Tuesday TV: Man Up! a Downer, Plus: X Factor's Top 16!
Oh, ABC. How adorable that you felt that your sad new sitcom Man Up! (8:30/7:30c) deserves an exclamation point. As in, maybe: Yikes, this sucks! The network describes this latest "comedy" about male insecurities as being "in the vein of The Hangover." Only in the vein of people who watch The Hangover and think: Boy, I wish I could be that funny.
Matt's Guide to Tuesday Night TV: New and Returning Shows
Continuing a weeklong series of new-season analysis and previews, here's my take on how I see the new Tuesday lineups playing out. Tuesday in a Nutshell: The no-brainer: CBS will continue to rule with its NCIS-NCIS: LA combo, and the new procedural-with-a-twist Unforgettable should fit right in, possibly putting a dent in ABC's midseason surprise Body of Proof, which roughly targets the same audience for female-driven crime dramas. Fox should make significant inroads with the younger demos, especially if Glee gets back its groove in this transitional graduation season (for some characters, anyway). The delightful New Girl deserves to break out, and may bolster the fortunes of my favorite comedy from last season, Raising Hope. On NBC, The Biggest Loser provides stability if not much excitement ...
9 Fun Facts About ABC's Revenge and 3 Upcoming Sitcoms
Suburgatory's Jane Levy has an awesome life, Man Up! is not the Chris Moynihan show and that isn't all of Emily VanCamp's real body on the hot Revenge promo all over the country.
Fall TV Paley Festival Features New Girl, Criminal Minds, Ringer
Eager for fall TV to begin? PaleyFest has your remedy! The Paley Center for Media has teamed up with media partners TVGuide.com and TV Guide Magazine to host "PaleyFest: Fall TV Preview Parties," where fans can get a first look at the broadcast networks' new slate of series. Get the scoop on the new and returning fall TV shows here Beginning next week, the Paley Center will offer screenings along with Q&A sessions with cast and executive producers of series including Fox's New Girl, starring Zooey Deschanel, CBS' Criminal Minds and CW's Ringer, which marks Sarah Michelle Gellar's return to TV. Check out a full schedule, and get more information here on how you can score a free ticket:
Critic's Notebook: The ABC Upfront
Through the first two days and three networks of the upfront week, a nagging thought keeps occurring to me. When people ask me what to look forward to in the fall, I fear my answer is going to be: Just wait until midseason!Once again, as with Awake and Smash on NBC and Alcatraz on Fox, some of my most visceral and enthusiastic knee-jerk responses ...
Upfronts: ABC Announces Fall Schedule
ABC's fall lineup will include seven new shows, featuring a second comedy block on Tuesdays.Tim Allen's sitcom, Last Man Standing, will anchor Tuesdays at 8/7c, leading into another new comedy, Man Up. Suburgatory will join the Wednesday comedy block at 8:30/7:30c, while midseason fan favorite Happy Endings will move up an hour into the 9:30/8:30c berth. It will be followed by Revenge, a retelling of The Count of Monte Cristo at 10/9c.Charlie's Angels lands the cushy Thursdays-at-8 spot, while dramas ...
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