Private Practice

Good news for fans of American comedy with word today that ABC in the US has renewed Modern Family, Cougar Town and The Middle for new seasons.

The multi Emmy award-winning Modern Family has been given a third season alongside thirds for both Cougar Town and The Middle.

Drama Grey’s Anatomy and its spin-off Private Practice have also been greenlit for new seasons, with and eighth confirmed for Grey’s and a fifth for Private Practice.

Castle will also return with a fourth season.

ABC is yet to commit to new seasons for Desperate Housewives and Brothers & Sisters, with the latter given only a 50% chance of returning.

Source: Digital Spy

8:00pm Thursday, September 23 on LIVING

More medical drama comes to LIVING this week as the third series of Grey’s Anatomy spin-off Private Practice continues. Viewers who are after tales of a pressure-cooker profession that tests relationships to breaking point need look no further than the examination rooms of Oceanside Wellness. The upscale LA clinic has been home to Dr Addison Montgomery (Kate Walsh) since she fled Seattle Grace. The sleek US series chronicles the lives of the lovable-but-flawed doctors as they struggle with interpersonal entanglements and ethical quandaries.

Maya’s wedding day finally arrives this week but it is still unclear if an enraged Naomi will be attending. In the absence of the mother of the bride, the task of planning the shotgun wedding has fallen to Sam, with a lot of help from Violet. Will this unlikely duo of wedding planners be able to pull off the perfect big day for a pregnant 16-year-old girl? And can any celebration be perfect without Maya’s mother’s participation?

As one romance is set to begin, the fall out from the collapse of another continues as Coop grows suspicious of Charlotte’s new boyfriend. Coop finds it odd when his ex’s new lover, a fellow doctor, approached him for a prescription for pain medicine, claiming a bad back. Is Charlotte involved with a drug addict, and is the health of patients being put at risk? Meanwhile, Pete and Addison confront the parents of a premature baby with the toughest decision they will ever face – continue treating the deathly ill child or allow it to pass away in peace?Drop Dead Diva Series 2

10:00pm Thursday, August 26 on LIVING

More medical drama comes to LIVING this week as the third series of Grey’s Anatomy spin-off Private Practice continues. Viewers who are after tales of a pressure-cooker profession that tests relationships to breaking point need look no further than the examination rooms of Oceanside Wellness. The upscale LA clinic has been home to Dr Addison Montgomery (Kate Walsh) since she fled Seattle Grace. The sleek US series chronicles the lives of the lovable-but-flawed doctors as they struggle with interpersonal entanglements and ethical quandaries.

The crossover with Grey’s Anatomy continues this week as Seattle Grace’s Dr Mark Sloan takes his pregnant daughter to LA so Addison can perform surgery on the foetus. But Mark and Addison have more than just a professional relationship. Their long romantic history bubbles to the surface once more, complicating Addison’s feelings about the case in hand, annoying Sam and leading Mark to toy with the idea of moving to California. Will another doctor from Seattle be moving down the coast to start a new life in sunny Los Angeles?

Meanwhile, Coop continues to fight with Charlotte, and Sam struggles to come to an agreement with Naomi about how to raise their rebellious daughter Maya, who seems more out of control by the day. What kind of trouble has she landed herself in this time? When she approaches her ‘aunt Addy’ for a quiet confession, the truth finally comes out, and it is a shocker – this week exclusively on LIVING.

10:00pm Thursday, August 12 on LIVING

More medical drama comes to LIVING this week as the third series of super-successful Grey’s Anatomy spin- off Private Practice continues. Viewers who are after tales of a pressure-cooker profession that tests relationships to breaking point need look no further than the examination rooms of Oceanside Wellness. The upscale LA clinic has been home to Dr Addison Montgomery (Kate Walsh) since she fled Seattle Grace.

The sleek US series chronicles the lives of the lovable-but-flawed doctors as they struggle with interpersonal entanglements, ethical quandaries and the stress of holding lives in their hands. Troubled relationships between parents and children are a theme this week as Addison’s estranged father comes to town hoping to build bridges, and Naomi and Sam must band together to deal with their unruly teenage daughter Maya. When Naomi catches the girl sneaking out to school in revealing clothes, it is clear she is growing up way too quickly…

Elsewhere, Addison and Pete tackle the complicated case of a pregnant 60-year-old woman whose foetus has serious abnormalities. Addison recommends risky surgery to save the pregnancy, and is touched when her dad asks to observe. But Addison’s rekindled relationship with her philandering father looks likely to be short-lived when it emerges that he has made another conquest – and this one is far too close to home.

1:00am Thursday, January 1 on LIVING

The third series of sleek US series Private Practice continues, tracing the life of Dr Addison Montgomery. The hit Grey’s Anatomy spin-off follows Addison to LA where she joins a posh private clinic. There is life-and-death drama this week when Sam and Addison go hiking and come across a couple of car-crash victims – one a pregnant woman trapped in her crumpled car, the other her husband who needs constant attention to stay alive. The stakes are raised further when Addison climbs into the car to aid the woman, only to become trapped as well. Will Sam be able to rig up an impromptu medical device to keep the husband breathing while he rushes off to get help?