ABC will keep Trophy Wife and The Goldbergs, but maybe not the rest of its new comedies
Amid a difficult season for new comedies, ABC has rewarded two of its moderate successes, Trophy Wife and The Goldbergs, with back-nine orders. Trophy Wife continues to quietly coalesce into one of the stronger sitcom ensembles seen in a while, and definitely the strongest collection of weird little kids. The latter continues to burn through ’80s pop culture references at a pace that should have them making jokes about Haircut 100 and Edwin Meese by May, or hopefully downplaying them in favor of concentrating on character development, now that it can relax a little.