Fox backs 'Back to You' for full-season pickup
By Nellie Andreeva
Oct 25, 2007
It's "back 11" for Fox's freshman comedy "Back to You."
The multi-camera comedy starring Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton received
a full-season pickup Wednesday, when the network ordered 11 additional
episodes, bringing the total to 24 half-hours, two more than a regular
22-episode order.
"Back," from comedy veterans Steve Levitan and Christopher Lloyd, stars
Grammer and Heaton as co-anchors at a local TV station reunited after an
acrimonious breakup years ago.
While short of the blockbuster status of Grammer and Heaton's former series
"Frasier" and "Everybody Loves Raymond," "Back" has been a solid performer
for Fox in the Wednesday 8 p.m. time slot, opening a night that has been
traditionally challenging for the network.
Last week, the series drew 7.0 million viewers and a 2.4 rating/7 share among
adults 18-49.
The 20th TV-produced "Back" is the first new Fox scripted series to receive a
full-season order. The network also picked up another cycle of another new
Wednesday show, the unscripted "Kitchen Nightmares," and ordered additional
scripts from rookie drama "K-Ville."
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