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USA Today: TV comedies laughing all the way to the bank
USA Today reports that TV comedies are having the last laugh this season.
In a season which has seen the cancellation of several prime time dramas, the report touts impressive viewership numbers for network comedies: “Modern Family” (ABC) is up 35%, “The Middle” (ABC) is up 29%, “Glee” (Fox, and questionably classified as a comedy) is up a whopping 43%, and “The Big Bang Theory” (CBS) is up 5% on a new night.
The story goes on to note that six comedies fall in the top ten programs with prized young adult viewers. Only three comedies landed in that category last season.
Quotes from ABC and Fox executives — one of whom claims that viewers are growing tired of crime procedurals and reality programs (please let this be true) — are included in the full story, here.
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