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Wednesday, October 2, 2013

The Question, Wednesday 10/2/13: Will ABC Round Out a Super Fun Night of Comedy?


After a week and a half of mixed at best results for ABC's new family comedies, it's finally time for ABC to use its biggest family comedy lead-in... on a non-family comedy. The critically-drubbed Super Fun Night is here, a show that seems to have been greenlit and given a good timeslot just so ABC could lock down rising star Rebel Wilson. That kind of "greenlight a star rather than a show" situation hasn't worked so well for Fox with The Mindy Project, but maybe Rebel's brand of humor has a broader appeal. Will ABC round out a Super Fun Night of comedy? That's The Question for Wednesday, October 2, 2013.


Post-Modern Family Launches
4.4 (Cougar Town, 9/23/09, 4.2 Modern)
3.7 (Mr. Sunshine, 2/9/11, 5.1 Modern)
2.8 (Happy Endings, 4/13/11, 3.9 Modern)
2.9 (Apartment 23, 4/11/12, 4.2 Modern)
3.2 (The Neighbors, 9/26/12, 5.5 Modern)
2.8 (Suburgatory s2, 10/17/12, 4.7 Modern)
2.9 (How to Live, 4/3/13, 4.2 Modern)

For all the talk about how Modern Family is a "bad" lead-in, ABC has aired plenty of incompatible shows after Modern Family in the past, and they still haven't had a genuinely disappointing series premiere rating yet. But I'm not giving up hope! I'm just not sold that a large contingent is turning on their TVs for Rebel Wilson. Modern Family will remain big enough (probably coming down a few tenths from last week's 4.2) that it'll keep this show from getting into We Are Men territory. But it's the same kind of weird pairing.

Over/Under: 2.35.

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