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ABC gives full seasons to 'Scandal,' 'The Neighbors'
'Nashville,' 'Last Resort' and '666 Park Avenue' still await news
Some human custom must really perplex "The Neighbors"
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It took a little while, but ABC finally gave out its first back-nine orders of the fall on Monday (October 29) afternoon.
Interestingly, the first full-season order for a new show didn't go to the exhaustively hyped and and enthusiastically received "Nashville" or "Last Resort."
Instead, ABC's first full-season order for a freshman series went to "The Neighbors," which hasn't been as well-reviewed, but has done an acceptable job of retaining viewers from its Wednesday lead-in "The Middle." The alien comedy was originally scheduled for Wednesdays after "Modern Family," but was shifted to the earlier slot in favor of "Suburgatory" (which has, like everything else in the 9:30 slot, struggled to hold onto the "Modern Family" audience).
Also getting a full compliment of episodes is the Shonda Rhimes drama "Scandal," which had been ordered for 13 episodes, but will now get 22 for its second season.
"Scandal," which stars Kerry Washington, has lost a lot of viewers from its "Grey's Anatomy" lead-in, but the drama was expected to continue after last week's announcement that Rhimes' third ABC series, "Private Practice," would be wrapping its six-season journey after 13 episodes this season.
In addition to "Nashville" and "Last Resort," ABC still hasn't decided the short-term fate of the Sunday drama "666 Park Avenue," while the network's other new comedy, "Malibu Country," won't premiere until this Friday. Both "Last Resort" and "666 Park Avenue" received orders for additional scripts.
ABC was the last network to hand out a single back-nine order. CBS, NBC and FOX have all extended several of their new shows, while The CW has given a back-nine order to the freshman hit "Arrow."
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October 30, 2012 at 6:30AM EST Reply to CommentNashville and Last Resort are the best new shows. I hope they get a chance to grow.
Max
October 30, 2012 at 9:07AM EST Reply to Comment"The Neighbors" is one of the worst shows I've ever seen and continues to get less funny every week. They cast the absolute wrong people in the leads, I hate this show more than any show I've seen in recent memory. Probably gonna be on for 8 years. "Last Resort" had a stunning pilot, but I knew as soon as it ended, it was going to devolve into a crisis-of-the-week show and could never sustain the level of quality the pilot had. I was right. The local crime boss plot has taken way more time than it should have, considering the Captain being a military man, should have been the type (seeing as how he's going to launch a nuke to make a point) that would simply hunt them down and kill them. It's not like he doesn't have the resources. It's boring and the longer they stay there, the worse it gets. It's a very limited idea and I honestly think they should wrap it up in a single season. Anything more would be stretching credibility to the breaking point.
craptvrules "Probably gonna be on for 8 years."
October 30, 2012 at 10:31AM ESTI believe that was the shelf life for 'According to Jim'.
Balaji K
October 30, 2012 at 9:08AM EST Reply to CommentI guess 666 Park Avenue and Last Resort are toast. Nashville is still hanging in there.
I haven't watched the Neighbours and I dropped Scandal after the first season.