@Sandrene, I know you weren’t saying that at all and I do agree with you. I still feel that although there’s technically two leads with Castle, the show is primarily about Nathan Fillion’s character with Stana Katic as just one of the supporting cast. Should Castle make it to four seasons, like Bones, I just can’t see Katic getting an executive producer credit alongside Fillion as both David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel get for Bones. Having said that though, I love both shows and am just as pleased Bones got an extra 2 seasons as I am that Castle could get a possible 22 episodes over the next 12 months.

So I must also say “Well done ABC for showing faith in Castle!”

My Life in Four Cameras, Season 4.

So very, very close.

Multi-cam comedies which are taped in front of a studio audience are shot in one night (not counting pre-taped segments, i.e. outdoor locations) on a soundstage. Nowhere even close to the shoots of single-camera comedies, which generally average 7 to 10-day shoots. Then there’s the fact that multi-cam half-hours typically employ recycled exterior shots and music cues and most single-cam half-hours do not. Finally, camera operators are paid diddly.

@Heather – Shooting multi-camera drastically cuts down on in-production time because they don’t have to shoot multiple angles of the same scene. A scene with just two characters will usually have a wide shot of the characters and their surrounding, a tighter shot of both characters and then close-ups for each character. That’s 4 different angles, if they don’t shoot from multiple directions for any of those. Average 10 takes per angle, that’s 40 takes. If you use multiple cameras for 3 of those angles (it’s hard to use multi-cameras for very wide shots), you bring it down to 20 takes, cutting your production time in half. That’s half as much studio time and many cast and crew members work on a day rate, so that’s half as much that you’d have to pay them as well. Plus, for action scenes that require a lot of live effects, that budget is cut in half, too. And depending on the show, that’s often a huge part of a the budget.

Riff – I knew all along, Castle would be renewed however True Beauty was a surprise because the point of the first season was that the people didnt know it would be about inner beauty and now they will so season 2 would be kind of odd.

Stacey – Nick C is right, Castle will at first get 13 episodes and depending on how it performs it could extend to 22. And the series will likely be airing in the post Dancing slot on Mondays unless ABC decides to put a comedy at 9:30.

I bet ABC will have a big loss especially its still the recession!

Renewing Scrubs and Better Off Ted will kill again Tuesday’s Line Up or whatever day they put it on!

The Scrubs renewal must be all about the syndication deal and ABC’s desperation to launch a comedy block, although why they think Scrubs is going to help there I’m not entirely sure. I agree with those that have said that this years season finale was a great ending and was probably the right point to end it. We’ll see what happens next year but I don’t have much confidence that this is going to last.

Oh, if only I had a Nielsen box

Regarding the Scrubs renewal, the most troubling thing is the absence of ANY mention of Judy Reyes. I can’t believe that Lawrence would write something as idiotic as Turk and Carla getting divorced, so I can’t see Faison being a regular without Reyes there. I mean, unless he has her die in childbirth or something, which would be just wrong. And he can’t break up J.D. and Elliot either or there’ll be hell to pay, so I just don’t see where he could go with the main cast. It makes sense to keep McGinley as the new chief. But if Eliza Coupe is unavailable, then the spinoff potential is also limited since she was by far the most interesting new character.

However, after 10 episodes, I think it’s a bit unfair and premature to compare the Castle/Beckett relationship after just 10 episodes to the Brennan/Booth relationship after 84 episodes.

I feel confident with Castle deservedly getting a second season that Fillion (who imho has always been a fantastic character actor) and Katic will grow into their roles and make Castle a sophomore success story.

SW? had 2 seasons in one of the best spots on the ABC schedule to find it’s viewers. Tested on Thursdays, not only it performed badly, but it lost almost 1.5M viewers from the first airing on Thursday to the others. It shown no potential for growth. I would not be surprised if it was canceled, but the recession is creating havoc in all forecast systems.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118003771.html?categoryid=14&cs=1

“Scrubs” was… a little more desperate. Nevertheless, all hail “The Scrubs Arms!”

Yay!!!

I hope Flash Forward and V are hits, because lost is ending next year and if ABC can’t get new hit shows it will become NBC. DH and GA will only be for 2 years more.
And Courtney Cox’s sitcom will fail because it would probably be paired with a stupid comedy

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i505437152ed71367b14b89a4b157dea2