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CBS schedules The Captain' for midseason
"Jericho" isn't the only show to earn a midseason pickup from CBS.
In addition to the much-hyped return of the drama series, the network also has ordered six episodes of a comedy called "The Captain," the showbiz trade papers report. It's a single-camera show, which marks a departure from the network's current slate of traditionally shot, multi-camera comedies.
"The Captain" centers on a young writer (Fran Kranz, "The TV Set," "Orange County") who moves into a famous old Hollywood apartment house (from which the show takes its title). The cast also includes Jeffrey Tambor, Raquel Welch, Chris Klein, Joanna Garcia, Al Madrigal and Valerie Azlynn.
Scrubs' creator back in ABC fold
"Scrubs" creator Bill Lawrence is packing his bags, sort of, and moving on to a new deal with the studio that produces the NBC series.
Lawrence has signed a four-year agreement with ABC Studios, which produces "Scrubs," to remain with the show for its seventh, and most likely last, season and develop new projects. The studio will take over the last year of his current contract with NBC Universal TV, the showbiz trade papers report, and extend it by three more.
The new pact is a return of sorts for Lawrence to ABC Studios although Lawrence never completely left in the first place. The studio has produced "Scrubs" from its inception in 2001, although Lawrence has been working under a deal with NBC Universal TV for most of that time.
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