ABC Family Renews Melissa and Joey and Baby Daddy, Orders More Episodes of Bunheads and Cancels Jane By Design

According to TVLine's Michael Ausiello, ABC Family has renewed Melissa & Joey, Switched at Birth and Baby Daddy for another season. They've also ordered additional episodes of Bunheads, while Jane By Design has been canceled. Here's an excerpt from the article:



The Bunheads extension (which is rumored to be around eight episodes) ensures that Monday’s episode will be a summer and not a series finale. The Sutton Foster-Kelly Bishop dramedy is expected to resume production in October and return on air in early ’13.

Melissa & Joey will be heading into its third season, while Switched at Birth and Baby Daddy will both be entering Season 2. (The second half of SaB‘s rookie season bows Sept. 3; Baby Daddy and Melissa & Joey wrap Season 1 and Season 2, respectively, on Aug. 29.)

Finally, the decision to pull the plug on the struggling Jane By Design comes just weeks after the show ended its first season with 1.2 million viewers and a 0.4 demo rating, representing half of its Pretty Little Liars lead-in.



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My thoughts: I absolutely love Melissa and Joey, Baby Daddy and Switched at Birth, so I'm beyond thrilled that they've all been renewed. Melissa and Joey and Baby Daddy aren't the best TV shows ever, but they are still pretty good and a lot of fun to watch after a long day. Switched at Birth is also a really great show, so I'm really happy that it's been renewed. I've only seen one episode of Jane By Design, but I really liked it, so I'm definitely kind of sad about it being canceled. As for Bunheads, I haven't watched that show, so I don't really have an opinion about that show other than it doesn't look very good based on the promos for the show that I've seen. I loved Gilmore Girls, but I'm not planning on watching on Bunheads.

Jane By Design: Episode 1x18 "The Bonus Check" Promo (Season Finale) (HD)

Here's the promo for next week's episode, episode 1x18 "The Bonus Check".

Jane By Design: Episode 1x17 "The Sleepover" Promo (HD)

Here's the promo for next week's episode, episode 1x17 "The Sleepover".

Jane By Design Preview: Teri Hatcher Creates Turmoil for the Quimby Kids-TVLine

Here's an article by TVLine's Vlada Gelman, which gives a preview of tonight's episode, episode 1x14 "The Second Chance" with scoop from Erica Dasher who plays Jane and David Clayton Rogers who plays Ben. In the article, Rogers and Dasher talk about tonight's episode and Teri Hatcher's 4-episode guest-star story arc as Jane and Ben's mother, Kate, and the impact that Kate's return will have on their lives. Here's an excerpt from the article:



Mom Kate has been gallivanting the world and spending time at ashrams — but what she’s really been up to is “starring on Desperate Housewives [as Susan] for 10 years,” jokes David Clayton Rogers, who plays her son, Ben. Rogers’ on-screen sis, Erica Dasher (Jane), adds that their fictional mom is “a bit of a free spirit” who’s “afraid of commitment. She’s a very bohemian character.”

Kate’s so boho, in fact, that she abandoned her children to travel the globe. But now the earth mother has come home determined to make things right – and to seek refuge. “She’s at a point in her life where maybe she’s starting to reexamine things — and maybe running away from something else,” reveals Dasher, who adds that Hatcher’s character definitely has some secrets and “even a man that she’s involved with” (played by One Life to Live‘s John Brotherton).

Kate’s biggest threat, though, may come from her own son, who stepped up to become Jane’s guardian following their father’s death and who isn’t too happy to see his mom. Whereas Jane is “really excited to have her back, and [wants] to build a relationship with her,” Dasher says, her older brother is “much more wary.”

“She definitely upsets our happy little family,” adds Rogers. “She comes back and causes a rift between Jane and Ben, because [he] can remember how much it hurt for mom to choose to leave us, and that still stings. Jane was so young that she just misses having a mom.”

Naturally, Jane rebels against Ben’s overprotective nature, as teenagers tend to do, but there’s no doubt in Dasher’s mind about who’d win if her alter ego had to choose between her bro and her mom. “Teri’s wonderful, but Jane would have to go with Ben,” she says. “They’ve been together her whole life. He’s done nothing but take care of her. He gave up his life to raise her.”

It’s a sacrifice Rogers says his character would willingly make again. Although a parental figure has stepped back into their lives, allowing Ben to pass off some responsibility and reclaim his old life, he realizes “that maybe this is what he wants to be doing,” says the actor.



Link to the full article:Jane By Design Season 1 Episode 14 Preview Teri Hatcher - TVLine



My thoughts: I heard that Teri Hatcher had booked a recurring guest-star role on Jane By Design several months ago, but I honestly didn't know what the premise of show was until this morning when I looked up the title of tonight's episode. The premise of the show sounds very similar to the premise of the movie Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, which was one of my favorite movies when I was a kid, so now I'm definitely going to watch the show. Jane By Design sounds like an awesome show that I would absolutely love.

Jane By Design: Rita and Ben related scoop from TVLine's Michael Ausiello

Here's some scoop on Jane By Design from this week's (Posted on 6/19/12) Ask Ausiello column. 

Question: I’ve read every Ask Ausiello for the past three years and now I have a question for you — any scoop on Jane By Design? —Sandra
Ausiello: Sounds like Rita is going to regret letting Ben go so easily in last week’s episode. “A rival for Rita [comes] into the picture, so there will be a little bit of a love triangle going on,” teases Ben’s portrayer, David Clayton Rogers, who reveals that the nemesis (played by Cougar Town breakout Briga Heelan) is a new teacher — and former classmate of Ben and Rita’s — that “has her eyes set on the bachelor.” The ensuing conflict sets up a “Mean Girls-esque” battle between the two women.



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