ABC GIVES A FULL-SEASON ORDER TO HIT NEW COMEDY ‘SINGLE PARENTS’

(October 17, 2018) — Hit freshman comedy “Single Parents” has been given a full-season order, Channing Dungey, president, ABC Entertainment, announced.

SINGLE PARENTS – ABC’s “Single Parents” stars Kimrie Lewis as Poppy, Devin Trey Campbell as Rory, Tyler Wladis as Graham, Leighton Meester as Angie, Ella Allan as Amy, Marlow Barkley as Sophie, Brad Garrett as Douglas, Taran Killam as Will, Mia Allan as Emma, and Jake Choi as Miggy. (ABC/F. Scott Schafer)

In the Live + 3 Day ratings, ABC’s “Single Parents” is the No. 2 new comedy of the season in Adults 18-49, behind only ABC’s “The Conners,” and ranks No. 2 in its highly competitive Wednesday, 9:30 p.m. half-hour. On average through its first three episodes, the ABC freshman comedy is drawing an audience of 5.6 million viewers and is delivering a 1.6/7 in Adults 18-49.

The series is from 20^th Century Fox Television and ABC Studios. JJ Philbin and Elizabeth Meriwether are creators and executive producers. Katherine Pope, Erin O’Malley and Jason Winer are also executive producers.

This ensemble comedy follows a group of single parents as they lean on each other to help raise their 7-year-old kids and maintain some kind of personal lives outside of parenthood. The series begins when the group meets Will Cooper, a 30-something guy who’s been so focused on raising his daughter that he’s lost sight of who he is as a man. When the other single parents see just how far down the rabbit hole of PTA, parenting and princesses Will has gone, they band together to get him out in the world and make him realize that being a great parent doesn’t mean sacrificing everything about your own identity.

The series stars Taran Killam as Will Cooper, Leighton Meester as Angie D’Amato, Kimrie Lewis as Poppy Banks, Jake Choi as Miggy Park, Marlow Barkley as Sophie Cooper, Tyler Wladis as Graham D’Amato, Devin Trey Campbell as Rory Banks, Mia Allan as Emma Fogerty, Ella Allan as Amy Fogerty and Brad Garrett as Douglas Fogerty.

“Single Parents” airs Wednesdays at 9:30 p.m. ET on The ABC Television Network.
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