Starz Renews Survivor’s Remorse for Season 2
Starz has pushed freshman series Survivor’s Remorse into overtime!
On Friday, the premium cable network renewed Survivor’s Remorse for a second season.
The renewal comes one week after the LeBron James-produced series launched on the network.
Season 2 will be upgraded. Season 1 features just six episodes, while Season 2 will contain 10 half-hour installments.
H/T: TVLine
ABC Gives Full Season Orders to How To Get Away With Murder and Black-ish
ABC is the first network to grant full-season orders to freshman series. Ratings hits How To Get Away With Murder and Black-ish have been picked up for full seasons.
Murder‘s freshman run was always designed to last 15 episodes, while Black-ish will run 22 episodes.
Murder debuted to 14.3 million total viewers and a 3.9 demo rating, becoming fall’s No. 1-rated new series. Black-ish debuted to 11 million / 3.3 in the 18-49 demo, making it the fall’s No. 1-rated new comedy.
H/T: TVLine
AMC Renews The Walking Dead for Season 6
AMC has renewed The Walking Dead for a sixth season just a few days before its fifth season premieres.
Scott M. Gimple will continue on as showrunner.
AMC President Charlie Collier in a statement said:
We could not be more excited for October 12 as we share new episodes of The Walking Dead with fans around the globe. In advance of Sunday’s Season 5 premiere, AMC proudly confirms a sixth season order of this extraordinary series. Thank you to Robert Kirkman, Scott Gimple, the terrific executive producers, and the entire team who brings this compelling world and these rich characters to life. There’s plenty more Dead ahead thanks to their impressive, collective effort.
Last month, AMC ordered a pilot to be shot for a spinoff of the series.
H/T: TVLine
GAME OVER: BET Announces The Game Will End After Season 9
BET’s The Game will end following its ninth season. The series was renewed by the network earlier this year for Season 8 (which is currently filming for an early 2015 premiere).
BET posted the following statement:
All good things must come to an end, and after celebrating four successful seasons of The Game on BET, the network has announced production is underway on the show’s final two seasons.
The Game made its debut on The CW where it ran for three seasons before finding a second home on BET.
H/T: TVLine
Showtime Revives the Cult Classic Twin Peaks
Showtime confirmed on Monday that it has given the green light to a nine-episode revival of David Lynch and Mark Frost’s cult classic ’90s drama series Twin Peaks. Lynch and Frost will write the entire series, with Lynch directing each episode.
The limited series will be a continuation of the original series and will film in 2015, with a 2016 airdate (which marks the 25th anniversary of the series’ finale).
H/T: Inside TV @ EW
ABC Renews Mistresses; Alyssa Milano to Depart Series
ABC announced Wednesday that their steamy summer series Mistresses will return in the summer 2015 for its 3rd season. The renewal comes a month after the series’ Season 2 finale. Much like Seasons 1 and 2, Season 3 will consist of 13 episodes.
Hours after ABC renewed the series, star Alyssa Milano posted on her Twitter and Facebook pages: “Sadly, I won’t be returning to #Mistresses.” She linked to a post on her official website that gave a detailed description as to why she will not continue on with the summer series.
After two wonderful seasons in Los Angeles, the studio has decided to shoot Season 3 of Mistresses in Vancouver, Canada for financial reasons. It’s with a heavy heart that I have decided that I can’t relocate.
I have two babies under 4. Being a mother and wife comes first, and I just can not uproot my children and separate the family by moving away.
I will miss this job desperately and wish everyone the absolute best.
Mistresses‘ second season closed with Milano’s Savi about to find out that her sister was in flagrante delicto with her ex-husband on a beach. Let’s hope that Milano returns for at least an episode or two to properly finish up her character’s storyline.
H/T: TVLine
CBS Renews Big Brother
CBS announced Wednesday that summer TV staple Big Brother will return for at least two more seasons. Julie Chen will return as host for seasons 17 and 18 (airing in the summer of 2015 and 2016).
Big Brother‘s companion series on POP (formerly TVGN) titled Big Brother After Dark has been renewed for 2015.
H/T: TVLine
The Bachelor Australia‘s Blake Garvey Has the International Community Swooning
Earlier this summer, The Bachelor Australia launched its second season, showcasing Blake Garvey’s rose-filled journey. The romantic reality competition series instantly started trending on Twitter.
Blake Garvey, a 31-year-old real estate auctioneer from Perth, Australia has sent the international community’s hearts a flutter with his towering height, deep voice and supermodel good looks.
With 24 of the Australia’s most eligible bachelorettes all vying for Blake’s affection and most importantly, the sought-after red rose, there’s no doubt it’s going to be one emotional journey.
Here’s a peek at Season Two of The Bachelor Australia:
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FX Renews The Strain for Season Two
FX has renewed the vampire-virus thriller The Strain, from executive producers Guillermo del Toro and Carlton Cuse, for a 13-episode second season that will debut in summer 2015.
John Landgraf (CEO, FX Networks and FX Productions): “It is thrilling when you have a show that is a creative and commercial hit, which is a rare accomplishment in this increasingly crowded marketplace. We look forward having [The Strain] on FX for as long as Carlton, Guillermo and Chuck Hogan need to tell this epic tale.”
The Strain drew 12.7 million total viewers for its series premiere. The horror series has averaged 4.5 million viewers for first-run episodes, including DVR playback. That number jumps to 11 million viewers across if you fold in repeats, On Demand and online viewership. Among adults ages 18 to 49, FX claims the show is the highest-rated new basic cable drama of 2014.
H/T: Inside TV @ EW
ABC’s Dancing With the Stars Announces Professional Dancers for Season 19
The professional dancer lineup for Dancing With the Stars season 19 was revealed Wednesday on ABC’s Good Morning America.
Here’s a list of the professional dancers:
⋅ Mark Ballas (two-time champ, seven-time finalist)
⋅ Cheryl Burke (two-time champ, seven-time finalist)
⋅ Whitney Carson (SYTYCD alum, entering her second cycle as a DWTS pro)
⋅ Artem Chigvintsev (Strictly Come Dancing champ, first-time DWTS pro)
⋅ Val Chmerkovskiy (Season 16 finalist, entering his seventh cycle as a pro)
⋅ Tony Dovolani (Season 15 champ)
⋅ Allison Holker (SYTYCD all-star, Emmy-nominated DWTS choreographer, first-time pro)
⋅ Derek Hough (five-time champ, Emmy-winning DWTS choreographer)
⋅ Keoikantse Motsepe (Burn the Floor tour vet, first-time DWTS pro)
⋅ Peta Murgatroyd (Season 14 champ)
⋅ Emma Slater (Burn the Floor tour/Broadway show vet, Season 17 DWTS finalist)
⋅ Karina Smirnoff (three-time finalist, Season 13 champ)
The celebrity / professional dancer pairings will be announced September 4 on GMA.
Hosted by Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews, Dancing With the Stars launches its new season Monday, September 15 at 8pm ET / 7pm CT.
H/T: TVLine