ABC Cuts Order For The Castle And The Unusuals

ABC is looking to reduce the order on two of its midseason drama series, The Castle and The Unusuals. The network has cut the order for The Castle, from 13 to 10. It also has approached Sony TV, producer of The Unusuals, for the same type of episode cutback. The Castle stars Nathan Fillion as a horror novelist who helps the NYPD solve crimes. The Unusuals is an ensemble dramedy set in a New York police precinct co-starring Amber Tamblyn. The order reductions came the same day ABC pulled the plug on midseason comedy series Single With Parents.

The network maintains the cutbacks are not for creative but for inventory reasons, as ABC has Lost as well as six new scripted series launching in midseason, The Castle, The Unusuals, hourlong Cupid and comedies In the Motherhood, Better Off Ted and The Goode Family. They could be joined by the Bill Lawrence/Courteney Cox comedy Cougar Town, which was fast-tracked last week with a pilot order targeted for midseason.