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Great news! Fox’s midseason series The Goodwin Games has finally been assigned a premiere date. The comedy will have a summer run, launching on May 20 at 8:30 PM and running for seven consecutive weeks. While not officially cancelled, Goodwin Games is considered dead, and its cast members were allowed by Fox to take other jobs.
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If you’re waiting on the edge of your seat for FOX’s midseason comedy “The Goodwin Games,” you might want to lean back. It could be a while. FOX Entertainment chairman Kevin Reilly said Tuesday (Jan. 8) that “The Goodwin Games” — which stars Scott Foley and Becki Newton and comes from three producers of “How I Met Your Mother” — probably won’t be on the air until later in the spring, or possibly the summer.
“If I thought ‘Goodwin Games’ was going to be an injection of life to the [Tuesday comedy] block, I’d bring it on earlier and upset things,” Reilly says. “‘Goodwin Games’ is a nice show. I’m not sure it’s going to improve our lot ratings-wise, so we’re going to hold off on it.”
Reilly says he’s been frustrated with the low ratings for the Tuesday comedies — “Our shows weren’t rejected, they weren’t even really sampled” — but he’s keeping the lineup intact with hopes that stability will give some traction for “Raising Hope,” “Ben and Kate,” “New Girl” and “The Mindy Project.”
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Bad news you guys! FOX has trimmed the order on its midseason comedy “The Goodwin Games” — because, the network says, it doesn’t need as many episodes. Why? The series starring Scott Foley, Becki Newton and T.J. Miller got a standard 13-episode order when FOX picked it up for midseason. Last week, though, the network decided to trim the order to just seven episodes. When the cast and crew wrapped episode 7 Friday (Nov. 2), they were done for the season.
The reason for the shortened order, a network rep tells Zap2it, has more to do with FOX’s other comedies than with “The Goodwin Games” itself. FOX has already ordered 24 episodes of “Raising Hope,” “New Girl” and “The Mindy Project” for this season, along with 19 episodes of “Ben and Kate.” That means less room for 13 “Goodwin Games” episodes on the midseason schedule.
The show wasn’t part of FOX’s midseason premiere dates announcement, but it will likely debut in the spring after “Ben and Kate” ends its season. “The Goodwin Games” comes from “How I Met Your Mother” creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas and “HIMYM” writer-producer Chris Harris. It’s about three siblings (Newton, Foley and Miller) who stand to inherit a sizable fortune — if they can play by the rules set forth in their late father’s (guest star Beau Bridges) will. Kat Foster and Melissa Tang also star.
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We added first promotional stills & promoshoot photos from Becki’s new show premiering in January 2013, The Goodwin Games from the creators of How I Met Your Mother! It looks so funny! Can’t wait! If you haven’t seen the preview go here!
THE GOODWIN GAMES: Henry, Chloe and Jimmy are three estranged siblings who return home after the loss of their father and unexpectedly find themselves poised to inherit a vast fortune – if, and only if, they can adhere to their late father’s trivial wishes in the new comedy THE GOODWIN GAMES slated for midseason on FOX.
    
GALLERY LINK:
The Goodwin Games > Season 1 > Episode Stills > 1×01 Pilot
The Goodwin Games > Season 1 > Promotional Pictures > Promotional Shoot
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Fox has made its first series pickups of the season with a trio of half-hours. In its bid to beef up its live-action offerings, the top-rated network has ordered single-camera comedies from both 20th Century Fox TV and Universal Television. Ben & Kate, previously Ben Fox Is My Manny, and The Goodwin Games hail from the former; the Untitled Mindy Kaling comedy comes from the latter.
Games comes from How I Met Your Mother scribes Carter Bays, Craig Thomas and Chris Harris and stars HIMYM guest star Becki Newton along with Scott Foley and Jake Lacy as siblings who inherit their late father’s fortune — if they agree to his terms. The HIMYM trio created the project with Newton in mind after the actress guest-starred on their long-running CBS hit, which already has been renewed for next season.
Congrats Becki and the rest of the cast and the crew of The Goodwin Games!! We’re so happy!! Can’t wait to see it!
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