Bob Saget is Surviving Suburbia on ABC Now Instead of The CW

Bob Saget is Surviving Suburbia on ABC Now Instead of The CW

By Josh Clinton February 4, 2009 Post a comment | Email the author

Surviving Suburbia, a comedy initially intended for The CW, is moving into a higher-end neighborhood.

The series, which stars Bob Saget as a husband and father who finds it hard to be left alone in his suburban neighborhood, has found a new home at ABC. The show will debut at 9:30 p.m. ET Monday, April 6, following Dancing with the Stars.

Surviving Suburbia was initially part of The CW’s deal with studio Media Rights Capital to program the fifth-place network’s Sunday night and was slated for a November premiere. When the other MRC shows tanked, however, The CW severed its deal, and it appeared that the series would join the likes of The Ortegas, Fearless and The Singles Table as shows that were picked up but never aired.

ABC, however, was in the market for a family-friendly comedy and entered into talks with MRC about acquiring Suburbia, which has 13 episodes in the can. The deal results in a huge upgrade for the show, which will have a lead-in audience of about 18 million to 20 million people, thanks to Dancing with the Stars. That’s about 27 times bigger than the audience for In Harm’s Way, the show Suburbia was to have followed on The CW.

The pickup results in something of a homecoming for Saget, who starred in Full House and hosted America’s Funniest Home Videos on ABC in the early ’90s.

Surviving Suburbia also stars Cynthia Stevenson (Men in Trees) as Saget’s wife and Jared Kusnitz and G Hannelius as their kids. Dan Cortese (What I Like About You) and Jere Burns (Good Morning, Miami) will have recurring roles.

Roseanne and Reba veteran Kevin Abbott created the series and is executive producing with Michael Hanel and Mindy Schultheis.

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