NBC also said it was moving its three “Chicago” dramas from Dick Wolf Productions (“Med,” “Fire,” “P.D.”) to a single bloc Wednesday night. [Many TV executives are trying to follow ‘Roseanne’ down the path of 1990s revivals. In 2011-2012, a total of eight comedies cracked the TV-ratings top 20 among the all-important 18-to-49 demographic. The big numbers for ABC’s “Roseanne” revival (and the 2018-2019 pilot orders in a similar vein) testify to that. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, but mostly you’ll cry.

Source: Washington Post May 14, 2018 19:52 UTC