Two freshman series, ABC's drama "Private Practice" and CBS' comedy "The Big Bang Theory" got full-season pickups Thursday.
ABC and CBS ordered nine additional episodes from each series, bringing the total for both "Practice" and "Bang" to 22 episodes.
The ABC Studios-produced "Practice," a spinoff of the hit medical drama "Grey's Anatomy," has emerged as the highest-rated new series this season among adults 18-49.
Meanwhile, "Big Bang," co-created by "Two and a Half Men" co-creator Chuck Lorre, has fit nicely into CBS' Monday night comedy block.
"Practice" and "Bang" join "Gossip Girl," which received a full-season pickup last week.
Thanks for providing the article. Good news for PP and BBT.
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Originally posted by tvismyjob: Hollywood Reporter
In 'Theory' and 'Practice': Both get full season
Two freshman series, ABC's drama "Private Practice" and CBS' comedy "The Big Bang Theory" got full-season pickups Thursday.
ABC and CBS ordered nine additional episodes from each series, bringing the total for both "Practice" and "Bang" to 22 episodes.
The ABC Studios-produced "Practice," a spinoff of the hit medical drama "Grey's Anatomy," has emerged as the highest-rated new series this season among adults 18-49.
Meanwhile, "Big Bang," co-created by "Two and a Half Men" co-creator Chuck Lorre, has fit nicely into CBS' Monday night comedy block.
"Practice" and "Bang" join "Gossip Girl," which received a full-season pickup last week.
Breaking: Private Practice, Big Bang Get Full Season Add Private Practice and The Big Bang Theory to the list of freshman shows getting full-season orders. Additionally, CBS has given the green light to a full season of The Unit.
An ABC spokesperson confirms that the network picked up Private Practice's back-nine, for a grand total of 22 episodes. The gradually-improving Grey's spin-off ranks as the No. 1 new show of the season.
CBS, meanwhile, confirmed the extensions of Big Bang and The Unit, the latter of which notched its best ratings since February with this week's episode. Big Bang's no slouch either, consistently building on its How I Met Your Mother lead-in.
This show has really grew on me, I hated th epilot, but it's got better. So, good news!
One question, i'm not a fan Christine but, what will happen to Monday's when it returns midseason since all the Monday comedies have 22 episode orders?
Originally posted by theclassfan: This show has really grew on me, I hated th epilot, but it's got better. So, good news!
One question, i'm not a fan Christine but, what will happen to Monday's when it returns midseason since all the Monday comedies have 22 episode orders?
They could always do another "The Class" and aire all the episodes of one of the 3 comedies, from that night, non stop untill they have all aired.
A lot may depend on what happens with the writers strike. if it is prolonged, non of the mondy comedies have all their scripts, so it could step in as fresh material and give one of the others a rest.
Good episode again tonight. Watched this one with the family who all seemed to enjoy it. We even watched a minute of 2.5 Men at the end and had a laugh before we realized we had better things to do.
