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    • Suits Renewed For Season 3

    USA Network has announced that sophomore series Suits has been renewed for a third season. The show has continued to be a solid performer, earning the distinction of being this summer's top drama on cable among adults 18-49.

    The network has ordered another 16 episodes for Season 3 of Suits, matching its current season total. The show is currently in a mid-season break, with a return scheduled for January to air its final six second-season episodes.

    No return date has been penciled in for Season 3 at this time.

    (Source: TV by the Numbers)
    • The USA drama is returning for 16 more episodes
    • 4,304 views
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    Fox Gives Full Season to Ben And Kate

    Fox announced today that it has ordered six additional episodes of freshman comedy Ben and Kate, topping up its first season to 19 episodes.

    This is promising news for the new show, which over its first two episodes has averaged a modest 1.9 rating among adults 18-49.

    (Source: TV by the Numbers)
    • The new comedy's debut season has been topped up.
    • 1,269 views
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    The Mindy Project Picked Up For Full Season

    Fox announced today that nine additional episodes have been ordered for freshman comedy The Mindy Project. This brings its total up to a full season of 22 episodes.

    The show has aired two episodes to-date, averaging a decent 2.2 rating among adults 18-49. It is also the #1 new comedy of the season with adults 18-34.

    (Source: TV by the Numbers)
    • Fox has given the new comedy a full season order.
    • 1,540 views
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    NBC Orders Full Season Of Go On

    NBC announced today that it has issued a full season order of new sitcom Go On. The series is Matthew Perry's latest venture into prime time comedy - the previous being last year's Mr. Sunshine, which was cancelled after a 9-episode first season.

    Go On has aired three episodes since premiering on September 11 and has so far averaged a 3.2 rating among adults 18-49, making it the #1 new comedy so far this fall season.

    (Source: TV by the Numbers)
    • <p><em>Matthew Perry&#39;s latest sitcom has been picked up for the full season.</em></p>
    • 1,508 views
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    Revolution Given Full Season Order

    NBC announced today that it has picked up freshman series Revolution for a full season. The sci-fi adventure drama is three episodes into its first season and has pulled in strong numbers for each airing in its Monday 10:00pm time slot, so far averaging a 3.6 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic.

    “We’re impressed with the imagination and creative direction of the entire team on ‘Revolution,’ not to mention the immediately strong response we got from the audience,” said NBC Entertainment president, Jennifer Salke. “Ordering the full season of this show is a pleasure. Thanks to J.J. Abrams, Erik Kripke, Jon Favreau, and everyone at Bad Robot and Warner Bros. Television for their dedication to making a truly unique series. And I personally love to escape into a world where there is no power, the phone doesn’t ring, and the pace of life slows down -- if only for one hour a week!”

    New comedies Go On and The New Normal were also given full season orders today.

    (Source: TV by the Numbers)
    • NBC has picked up the sci-fi drama after an impressive start.
    • 3,925 views
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    Boardwalk Empire Renewed For Season 4

    HBO announced today that Boardwalk Empire has been renewed for a fourth season. The Emmy Award-winning drama, which chronicles the life of "Nucky" Thompson during 1920s prohibition in Atlantic City, only recently began its third season on September 16, 2012.

    “Terry Winter, Martin Scorsese and the rest of their outstanding team continue to produce a stunning show that never fails to surprise and entertain,” said the network's president of programming, Michael Lombardo. “We are excited to bring this unique series back for a fourth season.”

    No time frame has been announced for the show's fourth season at the time of this writing.

    (Source: TV by the Numbers)
    • HBO has ordered more of the award winning drama.
    • 1,421 views
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    Franklin & Bash Renewed For Season 3

    TNT has announced that sophomore drama Franklin & Bash has been renewed for a third season. The series stars Breckin Meyer and Mark-Paul Gosselaar as two street-smart lawyers and longtime friends who are recruited into a legendary, but uptight, law firm.

    “Franklin & Bash, with its winning cast and some of the sharpest dialogue on television, is a refreshingly clever, light-hearted take on the courtroom drama,” said network executive VP Michael Wright in a press release. “We look forward to spending another season with Breckin, Mark-Paul and the rest of the terrific cast and crew of Franklin & Bash.”

    The number of episodes ordered is not known, nor is the expected return date, but each of the show's previous two seasons have started in early June with a run of 10 episodes. The same is expected for season 3

    (Source: TV by the Numbers)
    • TNT has ordered another season of the legal drama.
    • 1,307 views
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    TNT Renews Major Crimes

    TNT has renewed freshman drama Major Crimes for a second season. 15 new episodes have been ordered for summer 2013 after a successful start to its first season that saw the show rank as cable's #1 new series for the year-to-date.

    The first season of Major Crimes is scheduled to conclude on October 15, 2012.

    (Source:TV by the Numbers)
    • The drama will return next year for a second season.
    • 1,371 views
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    Covert Affairs Renewed For Season 4

    USA Network announced today that it has renewed Covert Affairs for a fourth season. The Toronto-produced drama was picked up for 16 episodes, although no time frame has been set for its return.

    The network also announced renewals of White Collar and Royal Pains for additional seasons.

    (Source: TV by the Numbers)
    • The spy drama has been picked up for 16 new episodes.
    • 5,406 views
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    Episodes Renewed For Season 3

    Showtime announced that the sophomore sitcom Episodes has been renewed for a third season. The network has picked up nine more half-hour installments of the Matt LeBlanc comedy, in which he plays a fictionalized version of himself.

    No return date has been set for Season 3 of Episodes, but production is slated to begin in 2013.

    (Source: TV by the Numbers)
    • The Matt LeBlanc comedy will return with nine new installments.
    • 1,769 views
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    White Collar Renewed For Season 5

    USA Network announced today that it has renewed White Collar for a fifth season. The network ordered 16 additional episodes of the dramedy. No return date has been set, but filming will begin in 2013.

    White Collar is currently in the middle of its fourth season. 10 episodes have aired so far, with the remaining six episodes scheduled to start airing in January 2013.

    (Source: TV by the Numbers)
    • USA has picked up 16 more episodes of the dramedy.
    • 1,805 views
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    NBC Pulls Saving Hope

    NBC has taken Saving Hope off its schedule effective immediately. The low-rated medical drama still has two episodes remaining in its first season, which will now only be shown online for US audiences at NBC.com.

    The Canadian-based series will still continue for viewers in its native land, as the show has already been picked up for a second season by CTV.

    (Source: TV Line)
    • The medical drama will still continue for Canadian audiences.
    • 1,425 views
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    The Killing to Be Revived on DirecTV or Netflix?

    But, as with other AMC series The Walking Dead, sometimes the dead rise from the grave.
    According to TVLine, DirecTV and Netflix might just be interested in reviving the show. Both companies are famous for sustaining shows that were axed on other networks. DirecTV saved Friday Night Lights and Damages, while Netflix performed perhaps the most lauded television resurrection of all time by bringing back adored sitcom Arrested Development for a fourth season, which will premiere next year.

    DirecTV and Netflix are reportedly talking to Fox TV Studios about picking up The Killing for a third season, though both companies were characteristically coy about any negotiations.

    Both companies are regarded as the saviors of cancelled television shows, with fans mounting campaigns after the cancellation of pretty much every low-rated show with a fanbase (The River and Terra Nova being two recent shows that were rejected for revival).

    While I don't know how many viewers would be willing to tune into more episodes of The Killing (after the bad rap it got), but it'd certainly be nice for stars Mireille Enos and Joel Kinnaman to continue fleshing out their fantastic performances as Linden and Holder, respectively.

    One can't help but think, though, that this could have happened to a better AMC show. Rubicon, slow-burner that it was, became one of the most intriguing freshman shows in recent memory -- and the first original scripted programming to be axed by AMC. I'm still holding a candle for the show to receive a DVD release, and I certainly wish that DirecTV and Netflix had been benevolent enough toward that show as it's reportedly being toward The Killing.

    But I digress. What do you think? Should DirecTV or Netflix pick up The Killing for a third season, or have you had just about all of the rain-soaked murder mystery you can take?
    • About a month ago, AMC decided to pull the plug on its mystery drama The Killing. The series had disappointed viewers and critics alike with its refusal to reveal who killed Rosie Larsen until the second season finale -- a wait most viewers deemed to be too long. The show's ratings went down with its second season, and even the final revelation of how Rosie died wasn't enough to save the series from the great television executioner.[
    • 1,630 views
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    Doctor Who Series 7 Premiere Confirmed as September 1

    Series 7 will contrinue the trend started by series 6, in that the episodes will air the same day in the UK and US. The UK will get the episodes a few hours earlier due to the time differences, but Americans won't have to wait for weeks at a time to be on the same footing as the Brits (even though, to be fair, the Brits paid for it).

    The first five episodes of series 7 will air this fall, with a Christmas special in December, and then the remaining eight episodes airing next spring. Here's a glimpse at the schedule of episodes:

    September 1: "Asylum of the Daleks" (Season Premiere)

    September 8: "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship"

    September 15: "A Town Called Mercy"

    September 22: "The Power of Three"

    September 29: "The Angels Take Manhattan"

    So, there it is. Like a brief breeze during a hot day, Doctor Who's series 7 will be gone just as soon as you know it, not even making it to October. There's a reason the episodes are divided this way, though: these first five episodes will feature an arc that will eventually culminate in the Doctor having to say goodbye to Amy and Rory, who will depart from the series (under as-yet unknown circumstances) in "The Angles Take Manhattan." Undoubtedly it will be an episode that draws plenty of viewers to tears.

    Doctor Who Series 7 will premiere September 1 in the UK and the US. Glad we can fnally have that cleared up.
    • It looks like BBC America has fooled us all again. It was announced on Wednesday that the seventh series of the long-running British sci-fi series Doctor Who will premiere on September 1, 2012, instead of the originally anticipated (and advertised) date of September 8. While this poorly-hidden switch-up threw a lot people off-balance, there's really no need to fret -- we get the new season of Doctor Who sooner than we thought!
    • 1,494 views
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    TNT Renews "Perception" For A Second Season

    Perception stars McCormack as a brilliant but mentally damaged neuroscientist/professor named Dr. Daniel Pierce, who is brought in to help the FBI with some of its harder to solve cases. He was recommended for the job by his former student Kate Moretti (Rachel Leigh Cook), who now works as a special agent at the bureau. Other cast members include Arjay Smith (Nickelodeon's former "Allen Strange"), The O.C.'s Kelly Rowan, Battlestar Galactica's Jamie Bamber, and Star Trek: TNG's LeVar Burton as Dr. Pierce's boss at the university.
    • While the critical reviews have been decidedly mixed, the ratings for former Will & Grace star Eric McCormack's return to series TV have been well above the cable average. In fact, Perception is the #2 new scripted cable series of the year, behind only fellow TNT series Major Crimes. Thus, Deadline reports the crime drama has now been renewed for a second season.
    • 1,410 views
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    'Welcome Back, Kotter's' Horshack passes away

    Palillo was apparently found by his partner, Joseph Gramm, around 4:00 a.m. Palillo was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 63 years old.

    Palillo was best known for playing Arnold Dingfelder Horshack on Welcome Back, Kotter, but he did also appear on Ellen, Darkwing Duck, Laverne and Shirley in the Army and he appeared in Friday the 14th Part VI: Jason Lives.

    In recent years, Palillo taught at G-Star School of the Arts for Motion Pictures and Broadcasting in Palm Beach County, Florida. He also produced his first full-length play, the Lost Boy, in 2005 and, in 2007, he introduced a clothing line spcializing in limited-edition t-shirts created by Rotter and Friends.

    Earlier this year, "Kotter" co-star Robert Hegyes, who played Epstein, also passed away, also from a heart attack.

    Rest in piece, Ron Palillo.
    • TMZ has reported the sad news that 'Welcome Back, Kotter' has suffered its second loss in a year as Ron Palillo, the actor who played Horshack, passed away this morning near Palm Beach, Florida, from an apparent heart attack.
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    James Remar Helps Injured Man

    Remar, who used to work as a emergency medical technician, went into the store and bought a bandage and antiseptic cream, then returned to clean and dress the man's wound.

    He also reportedly gave the man advice on how to treat the wound and prevent it from being infected.

    Besides the starring role on Dexter, Remar has appeared on Sex and the City, the Mortal Kombat movies, 48 Hours, Miami Vice (television show), the Unit, Battlestar Galactica and X-Files, among others.

    He is returning for the show's seventh season, which begins Sept. 30. It will be the pentultimate season of the series.

    It's good to read stories like these. It humanizes people and shows us that sometimes people do good things just to do them. Remar didn't seek out attention for doing the humane thing - it was captured by a fan's camera phone.
    • James Remar, who plays Dexter's father Harry Morgan, provided aid to an injured homeless man, according to TMZ. Remar reportedly approached the man, who was suffering from a "massive, bloody head wound," outside of a Los Angeles grocery store.
    • 1,723 views
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    John Barrowman Joins Cast On New Superhero Series

    It was announced on Wednesday that John Barrowman would be joining the cast as a “well-dressed man” who is “as mysterious as he is wealthy … he is an acquaintance of the Queen family and a prominent figure in Starling City," according to Entertainment Weekly, who broke the news. The role will be a recurring one.

    The DC Universe is filled to the brim with mysterious wealthy men, and since my knowledge of those men is limited to Bruce Wayne, I'll leave speculation on the comic counterpart of Barrowman's new character to the more qualified comic book experts. EW speculates that Barrowman will be playing Stanley Dover Sr., who in the comics tries to use his son's pet monster, a benevolent demon, to open a gateway to Hell. I don't know if Arrow will be venturing into the arcane, but this seems to be too strange a role.

    Whoever Barrowman is playing, I'm certainly getting "big bad" vibes from his character description. A mysterious, prominent figure with ties to Queen's family? Seems like the perfect combination for a moonlighting supervillain who becomes Queen's biggest enemy.

    Barrowman's certainly got the acting chops to pull it off; his biggest role is of Jack Harkness in both Doctor Who and spinoff series Torchwood, for which Barrowman has received considerable acclaim. The 45-year-old actor has also appeared in a recurring role on ABC's Desperate Housewives, with other appearances in various British television shows.

    Arrow is slated to premiere on the CW Wednesday, October 10.
    • The series has added a rather recongizable face to its ranks: actor John Barrowman. But who will he be playing?
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    Dish Network Kicks The Walking Dead To Curb

    Referencing the network's hit zombie drama The Walking Dead in his comments, Ergen noted that most of their customers "live on farms and ranches" and apparently wouldn't want to watch AMC programming because of their rural location. The other metric the esteemed chairman used to determine viewer interest was his family, as Ergen couldn't recall anyone in his family ever watching "one second" of the other channels that were to be bundled with AMC, including IFC, WEtv, and Sundance.

    Regarding AMC's other critically-acclaimed series such as Mad Men and Breaking Bad, Ergen claimed that they weren't widely viewed by Dish's audience and that customers could go to iTunes and download the shows at the same time they air on television. In fact, he went so far as to suggest that it would be cheaper for Dish to foot the entire iTunes bill for their customers than to pay for the AMC Networks package. Content to let history decide his fate, the effusive satellite magnate acknowledged that the analysts would have their opinion next year.

    Although the "New York" part of his comment was apparently directed toward an AMC promotional event in NYC, the irony is that virtually the entire Walking Dead series has taken place in rural areas and on a farm. If you have Dish Network, will you be switching providers to keep up with your favorite AMC programs?
    • Declaring that his customers aren't interested in "looking at zombies in New York City," Dish Network chairman Charlie Ergen assured analysts in a conference call today that although they may lose existing customers and be unable to attract new ones, his company's decision to drop AMC Networks from its services would prove to be good for business in the long run.
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    New Girl Season 2 Nabs Justified Star as Future Nick

    The character will be encountering an older version of himself the second episode of season 2, and according to The Hollywood Reporter, the elder version of the character won't be played by actor Jake Johnson in make-up. Instead, he'll be played by Justified actor Raymond J. Barry.

    Barry will play a character who claims to be an older version of inventor Nick. When he shows up at Nick's bar claiming to be from the future, Nick is fascinated to hear the drunken man's version of his future.

    New guest stars for New Girl's second season include Parker Posey, Anna Maria Horsford, and Nelson Franklin.
    • The quirky FOX sitcom will be entering its second season in the fall, and one episode will feature a bit of future shock for Nick.
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    Richard E. Grant confirmed as a guest on Doctor Who

    The shows official Twitter feed announced early last night it had a large casting announcement to be made at midnight today. Further news on the role he is set to play is yet to be announced, although Grant has already played the main role of the Doctor on two occasions. Once in a comedy sketch for Comic Relief and once in a animated webcast of the show.
    • Richard E. Grant has been confirmed to appear as a guest star on the new series of Doctor Who.
    • 1,255 views
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    Mysterious New Character on Once Upon a Time

    True Blood alum Michael Raymond-James was announced to have been added to the series on Saturday. His role will be a recurring one, though ABC and Once Upon a Time executive producers have been extremely tight lipped about exactly which role he'll be playing.

    Raymond-James is perhaps most famous for playing True Blood's first big villain; he played Rene in the show's first season. Following that, he nabbed a starring role on FX's canceled-too-soon Terriers. He also showed up in The Walking Dead's second season for one episode ("Nebraska"), in which he played a potential threat of a character who was quickly dispatched by Rick Grimes when he attempted to kill our heroes. Once Upon a Time will return for its second season with the episode "Broken" September 30 on ABC.
    • ABC's Once Upon a Time has added a new cast member to the show's second season.
    • 4,787 views
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