Showtime announced today that Homeland has been renewed for Seasons 7 and 8. The two-season pickup is part of an overall 3-season deal that was just closed with Fox 21 TV Studios, which includes the already-announced sixth season. Star Claire Danes is confirmed to be on-board through Season 8, as is showrunner Alex Gansa.
Season 6 of Homeland will be premiering in January 2017, with the show's setting shifting back to the United States after taking place on other continents for the previous two seasons.
USA Network announced today that Suits has been renewed for a seventh season. The long-running drama continues to be a solid performer in the cable landscape on Wednesday nights, where it is currently airing new Season 6 episodes.
USA is keeping the status quo for Season 7, ordering another 16 episodes for a return in 2017, likely in the early summer. With today's pickup, Suits is now guaranteed to reach to 100-episode milestone.
A few months after Game of Thrones was renewed for a seventh season, HBO has confirmed that plans are in place to end the series after Season 8, which has yet to be formally announced. The move doesn't come as a complete shock, as rumors ahead of its previous renewal speculated that showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss were eyeing two last seasons to end the show.
The adaptation of George R.R. Martin's fantasy drama has been a massive hit for HBO, and even after eight seasons will still be going out on top, as its ratings show no sign of slowing down any time soon. With such huge numbers, it's no surprise that the cable network has stated that they'd be happy to do plenty more seasons of the show, but as it stands now, they are letting the showrunners take the lead as to when to conclude the series.
Fans might be interested to hear that, while nothing as been announced, the possibility of a future Game of Thrones spinoff is on the table. HBO programming president Casey Bloys said today that he's open to the idea down the road as long as the producers are on board and it makes sense creatively.
TNT announced today during its TCA presentation that The Last Ship has been renewed for a fourth season. The action drama has continued its solid performance for the network as one of basic cable's top scripted summer series among key demographics, with its current third season averaging 7.6 million viewers.
TNT has ordered another 13 episodes for Season 4 of The Last Ship, which will return in the summer of 2017.
During today's San Diego Comic-Con panel for Wynonna Earp, it was announced that the show has been picked up for a second season. The comic book adaptation premiered back in April for a 13-episode run, with its story following the great granddaughter of Wyatt Earp fighting to bring demons and other paranormal beings to justice.
Syfy has ordered 10 new episodes for Season 2 of Wynonna Earp, down three episodes from its Season 1 count. Look for the new season in 2017.
The end is near for the Salvatore brothers. As many expected, The Vampire Diaries will be concluding after Season 8. The official announcement was made today at the show's Comic-Con panel in San Diego, where a farewell video by the cast was aired for its gathered fans in Ballroom 20.
While today's news makes it official, discussion of the long-running drama's end has been swirling for quite some time. Back in April, star Ian Somerhalder told fans at a convention that Season 8 would be the show's last. And despite the The CW maintaining at the time that no decision had been made, many saw the writing on the wall.
The Vampire Diaries was a key part of The CW's lineup for a good part of its run. While its ratings have certainly taken a hit in recent seasons, the show was a flagship series for the network for a number of years, even spawning spin-off The Originals back in 2013.
Look for the farewell season of The Vampire Diaries to premiere on Friday, October 21.
Netflix announced today at San Diego Comic-Con that Daredevil has been renewed for a third season. The sophomore drama, which was the first Marvel superhero series on Netflix, will return to the streaming service in 2017.
Doug Petrie and Marco Ramirez, who took over showrunner duties for Season 2, will stay on with Daredevil going forward.
MTV announced today that Teen Wolf will be coming to an end after its upcoming sixth season. Word came this afternoon from Executive Producer Jeff Davis at the show's annual panel at Comic-Con in San Diego.
The veteran werewolf drama, which is the network's longest-running scripted series, was previously renewed for its now-final season at last year's Comic-Con, where it was confirmed that 20 episodes have been ordered. In total, the series will end at the 100 episode mark.
Starz announced today that the upcoming fourth season of Black Sails will be its last. The adventure drama, which was renewed for Season 4 back in 2015, is set to return with its final 10 episodes in 2017.
Black Sails will end as the first Starz original series to reach four seasons. The show has averaged a healthy 3.6 million viewers across multiple platforms through its first three years on the air, and also picked up two Emmy Awards in 2014 for Outstanding Special and Visual Effects in a Supporting Role as well as Outstanding Sound Editing.
AMC announced today that Preacher has been renewed for a second season. The freshman comic book-adapted drama is just over a month into its debut run, which so far has it ranked as the #2 new series on cable in 2016 among key demographics.
The cable network is increasing the episode count for Season 2 of Preacher, ordering 13 episodes for the show's return, which is slated for 2017.
