Starz announced today that they have ordered a series renewal for the Spartacus franchise TV series for a third season. This, before the 2nd season even gets under way! Wow, that’s fast.
Spartacus: Vengeance is the second season of the series, whose season premiere is set to air come Friday, January 27, 2012 at 10 PM.
And though they don’t have a full working title for the third season yet, they expect production to kick into gear starting sometime in early 2012.
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If you’re a fan of the FX fright fest called American Horror Story, you’re in a bit of luck there. FX has renewed the series for a second season of haunted ghosts and haunting neighbors.
The second season of American Horror Story will be a 13-episode order.
The show has been growing in ratings to such a degree that it is apparently on track to become possibly the best ever rated first season for a cable series on FX.
But it’s also possible that the second season will not have the same cast. Right now the series cast includes Dylan McDermott and Connie Britton.
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AMC has stepped up to the plate and renewed showrunner Glen Mazzara’s The Walking Dead for a third season.
The premiere and 2nd episode of the series have aired and the series is setting basic cable records from the AMC TV show. The premiere raked in 7.3 million viewers. And as far as I’m concerned, it gets a “so far, so good” from me. So far.
FOX International also debuted The Walking Dead to over 10 million viewers in over 120 countries. Which means that zombies are the international focus of fans around the world.
It’s unclear how many episodes the network will commit to yet for the 2012 TV season, but for fans, I’m sure it’s good news.
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Of a curious note, the press release still annotates Frank Darabont as an executive producer. And we all know he was booted from the series some time back in the summer.
Check out the AMC press release below:
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If you had not heard by now, a few shows got their renewal notices.
First up, True Blood, starring Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer, got itself a fifth season by HBO… with a 12-episode order.
Hot on the tail of Comcast dumping Eureka, Syfy renews the apparently cheaper to produce sci fi series, Warehouse 13 starring Eddie McClintock and Joanne Kelly. And it’s for a 13-episode season.
Also, In Plain Sight, starring Mary McCormack, has been renewed by USA Network for an 8-episode fifth season. But on the down side, this fifth season will be its last.
I’ve enjoyed this show and it will be a sad final season… but at least they can close the show out properly.
BTW, also USA renewed Suits.
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Today I’ve got some TV news bits about Syfy‘s Merlin, Mark Valley casting news, The Vampire Dairies casting bits, ABC’s Rookie Blue, MTV’s Teen Wolf, Glee, and the sad news regarding Men of a Certain Age. Scroll on through to your favorite bit to see what’s up…
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Syfy renewed Merlin for a fourth season! Colin Morgan, Bradley James, Angel Coulby, Katie McGrath, Anthony Head, Richard Wilson and John Hurt are returning with the fourth season.
New cast will include Nathaniel Parker and guest stars Gemma Jones and Phil Davis.
The third season of Merlin averaged 1.9 million viewers, which was 12% increase from the season before.
[tvguide.com: Syfy renews Merlin]
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Mark Valley fans can rejoice once again. Though all his fans were sad to see Human Target go by the wayside, Valley is joining Harry’s Law as a regular cast member in the second season of the series.
Karen Olivio is also joining the cast.
[ew.com: Mark Valley to Harry's Law]
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Did you catch the news that David Gallagher from 7th Heaven, is joining The Vampire Diairies this next upcoming season? Yep, it’s true. Well, he’ll be in the first two episodes at least.
Gallagher will be playing a werewolf named Ray Sutton who has to deal with Klaus.
The Vampire Diaries returns to your TV set with new episodes for a 3rd season, starting September 15th.
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Syfy Channel has renewed the ‘hidden camera’ series called Scare Tactics for its fifth season. It found itself getting a 13 episode order and will premiere in the Spring of 2012.
Scare Tactics is a show about friends setting up friends with practical jokes.
The one thing I’d love to see is a change up in how they show the background set ups to the scenes. It’s one thing to see them set up the target, but to have this little story developing outside the main scene as if it’s real has always been a bit distracting.
Also from what I can tell there are a lot of folks that aren’t too happy about the show’s renewal. Me, I like practical jokes and intermittently enjoy the show.
For the fans of the show, if you’re wondering, the 2nd half of the present season, the fourth season, will return in October.
[Syfy Press]
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Hooya! Though not a surprise to many, I am relieved to say that FX has announced that renewal of Justified for a third season.
Justified stars Timothy Olyphant, as the steely-eyed Waylan Givens, is a favorite in my household and on top of that, ratings have been good for the show. They’ve especially noted that the Live Plus 7 (DVR) ratings jump nearly 60%. This is a series I feel comfortable recommending to anyone interested.
The show averages four million viewers, but when adding the telecast replays, they’re seeing just over seven million viewers each week.
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I know that it was more or less a given, but CBS has renewed NCIS for its ninth season! In the process, CBS signed up Mark Harmon for a two-year extension of his contract with the studio. That’s what 20+ million viewers can do for a TV show.
As the president of CBS put it, it has “compelling stories and characters with intrigue and humor.”
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MERLIN with (L to R) Colin Morgan and Bradley James
The Syfy Channel has gone ahead and picked up the 3rd season (series) of Merlin. The 3rd series will air on BBC in the U.K., then the 13 episodes will come to Syfy in early 2011.
Merlin stars Colin Morgan as the young Merlin, Bradley James as the young Arthur, Buffy alum, Anthony Head as Uther Pendragon & the voice work of John Hurt as the dragon!
Merlin is about the young days of Merlin and Arthur as Merlin looks to keep an eye out for his charge. The upcoming third season is said to have some great new twists in store for us!
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According to EW.com, it’s being reported that signs point to ABC picking up Ghost Whisperer.
If indeed ABC does pick up Ghost Whisperer, would this possibly tie some kind of new record for a show, as to how many networks the same show has been on?
And if they do pick it up, where does it fit into the scheme of things on ABC’s new fall 2010 season schedule?
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