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ABC last week canceled four series, ranging from veteran American Housewife, which had run for five seasons, to rookie Rebel, whose cancellation came after only five airings. In-between them were sophomores Mixed-ish and For Life.

Dollface will be returning for a second season despite production delays caused by the Covid pandemic.

The Bachelor was conspicuously absent from ABC’s 2021/22 schedule or the bumper list of reality shows that it recently renewed ahead of today’s upfronts.

ABC believes that its year-round development cycle will mean that it can give creators of pilots such as Kevin Costner’s National Parks and Epic from Once Upon a Time creators Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis a better shot of landing on the schedule.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterSince gaining oversight of ABC Entertainment in a December reorg at Walt Disney Co., Hulu Originals chief Craig Erwich has taken charge of “a bigger chessboard” to make programming moves.“The reorganization has given me the space to really focus on creative matters, as the excellence of our programming continues to drive our business forward,” he told Variety ahead of Disney’s big upfronts presentation Tuesday afternoon.Now that Erwich is shepherding two networks, one

ABC’s flagship drama series, Grey’s Anatomy, was just renewed for a record-extending 18th season. In announcing the pickup after original cast members  Ellen Pompeo, Chandra Wilson and James Pickens Jr. closed new deals, ABC did not call Season 18 a final one.

Kumail Nanjiani will play Chippendales founder Somen “Steve ” Banerjee in an upcoming Hulu limited series called “Immigrant.” The show was announced Tuesday morning by Hulu and ABC chief Craig Erwich during Disney’s upfront press briefing.“Immigrant” is the true story of Somen “Steve” Banerjee (Nanjiani), the Indian-American entrepreneur who started Chippendales.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeWhen it comes to discussing the so-called streaming wars, Hulu is often overlooked. The attention, of course, is usually on the sheer volume and weight of Netflix, the deep pockets of Amazon, the IP gold mine of Disney Plus or even the strategies behind the new kids on the block, be it HBO Max, Apple TV Plus, Peacock or the upcoming Paramount Plus rebrand.But there’s at least one space that is far from ignoring Hulu: The world of awards.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterRob Mills has been upped to executive vice president of unscripted and alternative entertainment at Walt Disney Television, expanding his role to lead the newly formed alternative programming production unit, Walt Disney Television Alternative.“I am honored to be leading this new enterprise as our company continues its efforts to grow the direct-to-consumer business and build on our success at ABC,” said Mills.

Disney is the latest traditional media company to consolidate its content creation across streaming and linear as traditional media companies adjust to the streaming age.

The Punisher. Bernthal received critical acclaim for his performance in the Netflix series, which was unfortunately cancelled after just two seasons back in February, 2019.Since then, Craig Erwich, who is the senior Vice President of originals over at Hulu, has teased that the streaming service would be interested in bringing the show back, while Disney’s Kevin Mayer had even said there was a chance that Disney+ might bring back the Marvel show, too. During his recent interview on the Geek House

There’s been an update about the status of The Lizzie McGuire Show revival – and we’re sad to say that it’s not the news we were looking for.

, Hulu's head of original content, Craig Erwich, said it's highly unlikely that Lizzie McGuire will join the Disney+ shows that were repurposed for Hulu, like High Fidelity and Love, Victor. Crushing all our dreams, Craig said, "I appreciate her fandom.

By Peter White

Blessed be the fruit. 

Blessed be the fruit. 

By Peter White

Actors and comedians Steve Martin and Martin Short are coming to Hulu with a true-crime spoof.