ABC Orders Three Additional Scripts for Four Fall Shows

ABC has ordered three additional scripts for four of its fall shows: "A Million Little Things," "The Rookie," "The Kids Are Alright" and "Splitting Up Together."

"The Kids Are Alright" series premiere averaged a 1.4 rating in adults 18-49 and 6.5 million viewers, airing immediately after "The Conners" last week. "The Rookie" premiere averaged a 1.0 and 5.4 million viewers. "A Million Little Things" has so far averaged just a 0.9 and 4 million viewers after four episodes. "Splitting Up Together" is currently down over 20% in both measures from its first season with a 0.9 and 3.3 million viewers an episode.

Last week, ABC gave out full season orders for "Station 19" and "Single Parents."

"A Million Little Things" follows a group of friends from Boston who bonded under unexpected circumstances. Some have achieved success, others are struggling in their careers and relationships, but all of them feel stuck in life. After one of them dies unexpectedly, it's just the wake-up call the others need to finally start living. Along the way they discover that friends may be THE ONE thing to save them from themselves.

Set in the 1970s, "The Kids Are Alright" follows a traditional Irish-Catholic family, the Clearys, as they navigate big and small changes during one of America's most turbulent decades. In a working-class neighborhood outside Los Angeles, Mike and Peggy raise eight boisterous boys who live out their days with little supervision. The household is turned upside down when oldest son Lawrence returns home and announces he's quitting the seminary to go off and "save the world." Times are changing and this family will never be the same. There are 10 people, three bedrooms, one bathroom and everyone in it for themselves.

"The Rookie" follows small-town guy John Nolan who, after a life-altering incident, is pursuing his dream of being an LAPD officer. As the force's oldest rookie, he's met with skepticism from some higher-ups who see him as just a walking midlife crisis. If he can't keep up with the young cops and the criminals, he'll be risking lives including his own. But if he can use his life experience, determination and sense of humor to give him an edge, he may just become a success in this new chapter of his life.

Based on the Danish series, "Splitting Up Together" is the story of a couple (Jenna Fischer, "The Office," Oliver Hudson, "Scream Queens") whose marriage is reignited by their divorce. Emily Kapnek ("Suburgatory") writes and serves as executive producer of this new comedy, along with Ellen DeGeneres.

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