Anger Management Coming to Broadcast Syndication in Fall 2014; Boy Meets World Sequel Series, Girl Meets World, Possibly Coming to Disney Channel

Monday, November 05, 2012

Anger Management Coming to Broadcast Syndication in Fall 2014; Boy Meets World Sequel Series, Girl Meets World, Possibly Coming to Disney Channel

Anger Management - Charlie Sheen and Martin Sheen

We mentioned a few months ago that Anger Management, starring Charlie Sheen, had been picked up for a second season that will begin airing on FX in January 2013. The sitcom is the highest-rated new comedy series on cable in 2012, averaging 4.53 million total viewers and 2.5 million adults in the coveted 18-49 demo. It premiered in June as the most-watched primetime scripted comedy premiere in cable history. When it performed well in the ratings and reached certain thresholds, it was guaranteed an order of 90 additional episodes and sent the show into broadcast syndication.

The Fox Television Stations have acquired the show, which is produced by Lionsgate Television and distributed by Debmar-Mercury, for a fall 2014 premiere. Fox will air it in nine of their markets: WNYW/WWOR New York, KTTV/KCOP Los Angeles, WFLD/WPWR Chicago, KDFW/KDFI Dallas, WTTG/WDCA Washington, D.C., KRIV/KTXH Houston, KSAZ/KUTP Phoenix, KMSP/WFTC Minneapolis and WOFL/WRBW Orlando. The deal is for four years or throughout its network run, with an option for three more years. Fox will give the show double airings in access (7-8pm ET/6-7pm CT) and late fringe (11pm-2am ET/10pm-1am CT) Monday through Sunday.

Fox already has syndication's top-rated sitcom, The Big Bang Theory, in their lineup. As we reported a couple of years ago, Modern Family is coming to broadcast syndication in fall 2013. The Emmy Award-winning series will also be airing on USA Network next fall.

Boy Meets World - Cory and Topanga Wedding

Disney Channel is in the very early stages of developing Girl Meets World, a sequel to Boy Meets World, according to TVLine. The original series ran for seven seasons on ABC from 1993-2000. Disney is trying to get two of the original stars, Ben Savage (Cory Matthews) and Danielle Fishel (Topanga Lawrence Matthews), to reprise their roles in the new series. Cory and Topanga were married in the seventh and final season. Girl Meets World would focus on their preteen daughter. Boy Meets World creator and executive producer Michael Jacobs is currently casting the project.

What do you think of this potential series? Would you watch it? Discuss it on our Boy Meets World message board. View photos in our galleries.

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Paul Rudd (Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later/Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp/Wild Oats) - Watch Paul on a repeat of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
Ken Jeong (Dr. Ken/Community) - Ken appears on a repeat of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS. He also talks about Crazy Rich Asians on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
Debra Messing (Will & Grace) - Debra is a guest on a repeat of The Late Late Show with James Corden at 12:37am on CBS.
Nick Offerman (Parks and Recreation) - Nick appears on a repeat of The Late Late Show with James Corden at 12:37am on CBS.
Ed Helms (The Office) - Ed chats with the ladies of The View on a repeat on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
Craig T. Nelson (Coach) - Craig is a guest on a repeat of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
Molly Shannon (Divorce/Kath & Kim/Cracking Up) - Molly appears on a repeat of The Talk on CBS at 2pm ET/1pm CT-PT.
Peter Facinelli (Nurse Jackie) - Peter chats about the film Breaking & Exiting on LIVE! with Kelly and Ryan, so check your listings.
Portia de Rossi (Arrested Development) - Portia is a guest on a repeat of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, so check your local listings.
Lori Loughlin (Fuller House/Hudson Street/Full House) - Lori appears on a repeat of Harry, so check your local listings.
Yara Shahidi (grown-ish/black-ish) and Trevor Jackson (grown-ish) - Yara and Trevor are guests on a repeat of The Real, so check your local listings.
Melissa Peterman (Baby Daddy/Reba) - Melissa guest co-hosts Access Live, so check your local listings.
Rob Riggle (Rob Riggle's Ski Master Academy/Golan the Insatiable/Gary Unmarried) - Rob talks about Rob Riggle’s Ski Master Academy on Chatter on PeopleTV at 8pm.
Christina Milian (Grandfathered) - Christina dances on a repeat of Rachael Ray, so check your local listings.
Debby Ryan (Insatiable/Jessie/The Suite Life on Deck) - Debby talks about Insatiable's on Access Live, so check your local listings.