Fox Has Kelsey Grammer's Back
Fox has invited Back to You back for more.
The network has picked up a full season of the freshman comedy, ordering an additional 11 episodes to bring the total number of episodes to 24.
Back to You stars Emmy-owning sitcom veterans Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton as coanchors (and former lovers) at a Pittsburgh TV station. They are reunited at the news desk after Grammer's character, Chuck Darling, has an on-air fall from grace at his previous job.
So far, the series has been averaging 7.4 million viewers each week—respectable, but not enough to make it the top-rated new comedy of the season.
That distinction is held by ABC's Samantha Who?, starring Christina Applegate as a reformed bad girl struggling to make over her life after a bout of amnesia.
So far, the network has ordered six additional episodes, but is said to be preparing to commit to a full-season order, after already picking up full seasons of promising newcomers Pushing Daisies and Private Practice. ABC gave a shakier endorsement to another rookie comedy, Carpoolers, requesting another three scripts. No word yet on the net's Cavemen, arguably the highest profile new comedy of the fall season. After a promising premiere, the show has been stinking up the Nielsens, and the network's reticence on the Geico-spawned sitcom's future is not a good sign.
Meanwhile, ABC has been busy reconfiguring its fall schedule to make room for the latest crop of midseason replacements.
- October Road is scheduled to premiere Nov. 22, taking over Big Shot's coveted post-Grey's Anatomy slot for one night only; after that, the show will move to its regular 10 p.m. time slot on Mondays, taking over the spot vacated by The Bachelor.
- Following Dancing with the Stars' final bow on Nov. 26, pregnancy comedy Notes from the Underbelly will return to the airwaves, paired with Samantha Who? in the 9 p.m. hour.
- Starting Nov. 2, Men in Trees and 20/20 will switch time slots, with Trees airing at 8 p.m. and the newsmagazine returning to its usual 10 p.m. spot.





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