ABC wants to know what's ahead for What About Brian. The network has ordered four additional scripts, on top of the initial 13-episode order it made for this fall season, according to The Hollywood Reporter. What About Brian is about a lone bachelor among a group of 'attached' friends. It barely got a second season after just five episodes last spring, but viewership is growing. The hour-long drama has consistently placed third in its Monday 10 pm time slot, with an average of six million viewers. Last week, however, it edged out Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip to rank second in the ratings.ABC has also ordered four more scripts from Men in Trees, Help Me Help You and The Nine, on top of the 13-episode commitment. The only new show on ABC this fall that hasn't received another script order is J.J. Abrams' Six Degrees (What About Brian is also an Abrams production). The network has not yet given a greenlight for the extra scripts to actually go into production, but the order is a good sign.
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11-07-2006 @ 9:59PM
Heath said...
It seems that two great shows have no lead in support -- what about brian and men in trees and two shows with great lead in support are losing it -- Six Degrees (from Grey's) and The Nine (from Lost). Can ABC wake up and smell the whatever while these two shows still have viewers to make a change?
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11-03-2006 @ 9:46PM
dwacon said...
A lone bachelor surrounded by married peeps?
Too close to home...
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11-03-2006 @ 9:56AM
Porchland said...
It finished third this week behind "CSI:Miami" and a fill-in new episode of "Friday Night Lights."
NBC's schedule shows a two-parter for "Studio 60" the next two Monday nights, so who knows where NBC was going with the "FNL"-on-Monday experiment.
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