ABC reduces orders for two series

November 06, 2008 "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." Sources close to the network stress that the cutbacks are not for creative but for inventory reasons, as ABC has "Lost" as well as six new scripted series launching in midseason, "Castle," "Unusuals," hourlong "Cupid" and comedies "In the Motherhood," "Better Off Ted" and "The Goode Family."

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