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The Scoop for April 17, 2018

David is finally back but is it a good thing?; Prince has a book coming out later this year; there’s more Yoda in your future; Uncle Jessie is a dad…

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ABC has given a thumbs up to an untitled spinoff comedy that follows characters from The Goldbergs. Coming in the 2018-19 season, the spinoff will be set in 1990s and follow the teachers from William Penn Academy — including Tim Meadows’ Principal Glascott, Bryan Callen’s Coach Mellor and AJ Michalka’s Lainey Lewis — who, despite their eccentricities and crazy personal lives, are heroes to their students.

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