The CW has added four additional episodes to Season 2 of DC's Legends of Tomorrow. The superhero series, which features characters spun off from DC Comics shows Arrow and The Flash, will now air a total of 17 episodes in its sophomore season.
Legends of Tomorrow is now one of four series on The CW that the follow heroes from the DC Comics Universe, after Supergirl's move to the network from CBS. The show premiered earlier this year as a mid-season entry, performing well during the winter and spring months. Its solid ratings made a case for The CW to move the series to the fall schedule for 2016-2017, where through its first four weeks has been putting up decent numbers.
Netflix announced today that Longmire has been renewed for one last season. The veteran crime drama will return next year for what will be its third season on the streaming service and sixth overall.
The much-loved series originally started out on cable network A&E back in 2012, where it aired for three seasons before being cancelled in 2014. The show's devoted fan base immediately cried foul - so loud that Netflix took notice and revived the series less than three months later.
Longmire fans who are subscribed to the streaming service have since enjoyed an additional two seasons, and will now get one final run that will give the show a chance to say goodbye with a proper conclusion.
Season 6 of Longmire will consist of another 10 episodes and is slated to premiere in 2017 in the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
Fox had some good news for Lucifer fans this morning, issuing an order for nine additional Season 2 episodes of the devilish drama. The pickup comes after a solid start through the opening five weeks of the fall, and gives the series its first full season of 22 episodes.
Lucifer premiered as a mid-season entry back in January of this year and impressed the network by becoming its 2nd-highest-rated new series of the season, as well as ranking in the top 5 among all freshman broadcast series in the adults 18-49 demographic. Its performance not only earned it an early renewal, but also a move to the fall lineup.
That move, which paired it with Gotham on Monday nights, appears to be paying off so far. Lucifer has been keeping pace with its lead-in, giving a the network a consistent prime time duo to start each week.
It was announced today that Saving Hope will be coming to a close after its upcoming fifth season. The veteran medical drama, which is produced out of Canada, currently airs on ION Television for U.S. audiences.
The series originally started out on NBC in 2012, airing only 11 episodes before the network pulled it from its scheduled due to soft ratings. The show continued for Canadian audiences only until 2014, when ION picked up its rights and brought the show back to the states.
Look for the fifth and final season of Saving Hope in 2017.
CBS announced today MacGyver has been topped up to a full 22 episode first season. The 2016 update to the 1980s action-adventure series is four weeks into its debut run, where it has so far surprised with solid ratings in its Friday night time slot.
Expectations for the series were decidedly low, and early reviews have not been kind. Despite its uphill battle, the show's numbers have told a different story, with an overall improvement in its time slot vs. last year in both total viewers and the adults 18-49 demographic.
The network has commissioned nine new episodes to add to the already-ordered 13, hoping that the show's strong start amounts to more than just the nostalgia factor.
AMC announced this evening that The Walking Dead has been renewed for an eighth season. The good news comes one week ahead of the much-anticipated Season 7 premiere that has fans anxiously awaiting the big reveal of which character met their fate at the hands of newly-introduced villain Negan.
The long-running drama has continued to maintain its prime time dominance, garnering ratings that rank it as one of television's top series. That streak should continue with Sunday's return thanks to last season's cliffhanger ending.
Another 16 episodes have been ordered for Season 8 of The Walking Dead, which will see the comic book-based series surpass the 100-episode milestone with its premiere episode in 2017.
It is being reported that Van Helsing has been renewed for a second season by Syfy. The freshman vampire hunting drama is just four episodes into its 13-episode debut run on the cable network, with new episodes currently airing on Friday nights.
Van Helsing is a re-imagining of the perennial Dracula brand that follows the resurrection of Vanessa Helsing, a descendent of the legendary Van Helsing lineage of warriors, and her quest to lead mankind against a world controlled by vampires in the post-Rising landscape.
Fox has issued an order for five additional episodes of Lethal Weapon, making it the first new fall series on the network to earn what amounts to a full-season pickup. The dramatic comedy, which is based on the hit film franchise of the same name, is three episodes into its freshman run and off to a solid start as a lead-in to flagship series Empire on Wednesday nights. Today's pickup increases the number of Season 1 episodes to 18.
Lethal Weapon is one of the latest attempts at bringing movie-adapted fare to network prime time. Today's full-season order is a positive sign that this could be one of the rare entries to escape an early demise that has befallen other big-screen-based series such as Rush Hour, Limitless, Minority Report, and Uncle Buck - all of which only lasted one season or less before getting the axe.
While TV shows based on movies tend to have better odds on cable, broadcast networks seem to have more trouble getting it right. Whether Lethal Weapon will earn that elusive second season will depend on how its ratings fare over the coming months.
Freeform announced today that Stitchers has been renewed for a third season. The sophomore drama has been a solid performer for the cable network, ranking as its second-highest rated new series of the past two seasons among adults 18-49, behind only Shadowhunters.
Stitchers premiered in 2015, back when Freeform was known as ABC Family. The series, which follows a young woman who is able to 'stitch' herself into the minds of the recently-deceased, is the network's first procedural drama.
Look for Season 3 of Stitchers in early to mid 2017.
