‘Great Indoors,’ ‘Man With a Plan’ Get Full Season Orders at CBS

CBS has announced full season pickups for The Great Indoors and Man With a Plan, ordering six more episodes apiece for the rookie comedies. The network, which prides itself on its stable schedule, previously gave full season orders to first-year dramas Bull and MacGyver and comedy Kevin Can Wait.

Starring Joel McHale, The Great Indoors is averaging 8.67 million viewers, with a 1.9 rating in adults 18-49. Starring Matt LeBlanc, Man With a Plan is averaging 6.96 million viewers, with a 1.5 rating in adults 18-49.

CBS has also ordered three more episodes of second-year medical drama Code Black.

Michael Malone

Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.