Twentieth's 'Raising Hope' Cleared in 80% of U.S.

Twentieth Television has sold Raising Hope in more than 180 markets, clearing 80% of the country for a fall 2014 debut.

The show also is sold in the top ten markets, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Boston, San Francisco and Atlanta.

Station groups acquiring the show include Sinclair, Cox, Raycom, Lin and Block. Groups to have previously acquired the show include CBS, Weigel, Gannett, Sinclair, Meredith, Local TV, Adell, London Media Group, Lockwood Broadcasting and The CW 100+.

Raising Hope stars Lucas Neff, Shannon Woodward, Garret Dillahunt, Martha Plimpton and Cloris Leachman as a multi-generational family raising a toddler together. The show is produced by Amigos de Garcia Twentieth Century Fox Television, created by Greg Garcia and executive produced by Mike Mariano.

Season four premieres on Fox on November 15.

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.