WB renews Life , cancels Sabrina

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The WB Television Network has placed an early next-season order for 22 new episodes of
Carsey-Werner-Mandabach-produced sitcom Grounded for Life.

The WB took over Grounded, starring Donal Logue, in February, when Fox
decided not to place a full-season order for the show and aired only a few new
episodes of the show this fall.

That will leave The WB with a total of 30 original episodes it can air next
season.

The WB has been pleased with the show's performance on Fridays at 9:30 p.m.,
maintaining virtually all of Reba's lead-in and gathering strong ratings
in the network's key young adult demos.

Meanwhile, the network has canceled seven-year veteran Sabrina the Teenage
Witch. The show, starring Melissa Joan Hart, will end Thursday night with
back-to-back episodes.

Paige Albiniak
Paige Albiniak

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.