‘Goldbergs,’ ‘Conners,’ ‘Rookie,’ ‘Million Little Things,’ ‘Home Economics’ Renewed at ABC

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“The Mosquito Coast” has been renewed for Season 2 at Apple.News of the renewal comes ahead of the Season 1 finale, which will drop on Apple this Friday.

Blink and you might miss it! Shortly after welcoming her second child, daughter Mae, Home Town’s Erin Napier revealed that the little one got a special shout-out on season 5 of This Is Us.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“Breeders” has been renewed for Season 3 at FX.The comedy series starring Martin Freeman and Daisy Haggard wrapped up its second season on May 17. Season 3 will debut in 2022.“Delighted that we’ve got three seasons,” said series showrunner and co-creator Simon Blackwell.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“Firefly Lane” has been renewed for Season 2 at Netflix.Season 1 of the series debuted in February. The series stars Katherine Heigl and Sarah Chalke and is based on the novel of the same name by Kristin Hannah.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“The Wheel of Time” series at Amazon has been renewed for Season 2 just as production is ending on Season 1, Variety has learned.Based on the Robert Jordan novel series, “The Wheel of Time” was first ordered at Amazon back in 2018.

The Little Things starring Denzel Washington and Rami Malek has made a Number 1 debut on the Official Film Chart, leading the list of the UK’s most popular films as the week’s biggest release on DVD and Blu-ray.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterFox’s 2021 upfront presentation focused in large part on the fact that both Fox and the streaming service Tubi are entirely supported by ads, standing in contrast with other streamers associated with broadcast networks.Numerous references were made to the fact that Tubi has no paywall like other streamers, with plenty of jabs at the competition.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“The Great North” has picked up an early Season 3 renewal at Fox. The news comes just after the animated comedy’s first season finale.This is not the first time “The Great North” has gotten an early renewal.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“The Resident” has been renewed for Season 5 at Fox.The news was made as part of Fox’s upfront presentation for the 2021-2022 broadcast season. Season 5 of “The Resident” will bow in the fall, while Season 4 had aired at midseason.Season 4 of “The Resident” jumped forward to a point in time when the COVID-19 pandemic has come and gone.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe multi-cam comedies “United States of Al” and “B Positive” have been renewed for second seasons at CBS.Both shows hail from Chuck Lorre Productions, which has three other shows on CBS at present. That includes the Allison Janney led multi-cam “Mom,” which recently ended after eight seasons.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterComedies “American Housewife” and “Mixed-ish” and dramas “For Life” and “Rebel” have all been canceled at ABC.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterABC has given out series orders to the reboot of “The Wonder Years,” drama series “Queens,” and comedies “Maggie” and “Abbott Elementary.”The new version of “The Wonder Years” is a coming of age story set in the late 1960’s that takes a nostalgic look at a black middle-class family in Montgomery, Alabama through the point-of-view of imaginative 12 year-old Dean (Elisha “EJ” Williams).

ABC has picked up a fourth season of A Million Little Things.

Amid strong ratings, ABC has ordered a second season of the Topher Grace-fronted comedy series Home Economics, from Lionsgate and ABC Signature.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“Black-ish” has been renewed for Season 8 at ABC, which will also be the show’s last.The announcement was made by series creator Kenya Barris on Friday. “To ALL the people in the world I love, honor, respect and care for it is both exciting and bittersweet to share that black-ish been RENEWED by ABC for it’s EIGHTH… and FINAL SEASON,” Barris wrote in part on Instagram.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe ABC single-camera comedy pilot “Adopted” is no longer moving forward at the broadcaster, Variety has learned.The project was a holdover from the 2020 pilot season that was delayed due to the pandemic. It hailed from the team of Shawn Vance, Daril Fannin, and Jimmy Kimmel.

ABC is the broadcast network with the most outstanding current scripted series whose fate has not been decided.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“Days of Our Lives” has been renewed for Season 57 and Season 58 at NBC.“We couldn’t be happier to bring our loyal fans two more seasons of ‘Days of our Lives’ and continue what has been an absolutely remarkable achievement in television,” said Michael Sluchan, executive vice president of scripted series & kids programming for NBCUniversal Television and Streaming.