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Lie to Me wins full season
Good news for fans of Lie to Me, and especially Network TEN, with confirmation the series has been picked up for a full season.
It follows an order for three more scripts last month by FOX.
The Tim Roth procedural series averaged 7.3 million viewers in its most recent episode in the US, and last night in Australia took 974,000. At 9:30pm it has been a good follow on after TEN’s strong NCIS lead in.
That makes a bunch of TEN’s US titles getting pick-ups including Glee, The Cleveland Show, Modern Family, NCIS: LA …
Supernatural back for TEN’s summer
New episodes of Supernatural, The Office, Numb3rs, Law and Order, Californication, Glee and Futurama are coming to TEN over summer.
The network has revealed its first week of programming for the non-ratings season, beginning November 29th.
It will premiere Family Guy spin-off, The Cleveland Show and launch new Jenna Elfman comedy Accidentally on Purpose.
White Collar, which premieres on November 25th, continues.
It will also repeat The Simpsons, Merlin, Little Britain USA, Bondi Vet, Lie to Me, Rules of Engagement, Law and Order: CI.
TEN airs US game shows Don’t Forget The Lyrics and, for the …
American Dad wins sixth season
American Dad has receieved a sixth season from the FOX Network.
The show, which continues to resonate with men 18-49 and adults 18-34 in the US, is now assured of staying on air through to at least the 2010-11 season.
That’s good news for Seven which has both American Dad and Family Guy from Seth MacFarlane.
His new show The Cleveland Show airs on TEN next year.
Source: Variety
No risk for 20-TEN
A year ago when TEN unveiled its programming for 2009 it brazenly shocked the nation when it said Big Brother would be replaced by a cooking show. And it promised other local titles including Talkin’ ’Bout Your Generation, Guerilla Gardeners, Bondi Vet and even some that never eventuated: Australia’s Hidden Genius and Undercover Boss.
Unveiling its 2010 titles last night in Melbourne, TEN programmer David Mott played it both safe and sure, only promising one new local title, the Junior Masterchef spin-off. …
Family Guy has “a couple more years”
If Seth MacFarlane has his way, Family Guy will do a few more years then bow out gracefully.
“I don’t want to go 20 years like The Simpsons,” MacFarlane told Toronto’s Sun Media. “Ideally we would go another couple of years and then wrap it up. That would be my perfect scenario.
“I mean, I can already see it coming. I can already see the … we’re in season eight, and it gets harder, it gets harder and harder to do new stuff. I mean, every show starts to suck after a certain …
NCIS: LA for 2010 on TEN
TEN programmer David Mott recently told TV Tonight about some of the network’s US acquisitions.
Despite admitting that every year most networks like to trumpet their bags as a ‘best ever’, this year he believes he has come back with some hot shows. About a decade ago, he confides, he came back with practically nothing of worth.
One of the most anticipated new series is the NCIS sequel, NCIS: LA.
“That’s a no brainer for us,” he said. “Straight away that will solve a timeslot for us next year.”
Next year? Not this year?
“No, I’m …
King of the Hill to end
The FOX network has decided animated comedy King of the Hill will not proceed beyond its current 13th season.
But the news is no big surprise given Greg Daniels and Mike Judge have moved on to other projects, and FOX is developing new animated comedies, including one based on Aussie sitcom Sit Down Shut Up.
Daniels is behind The Office, while Judge has The Goode Family, launching on ABC in midseason.
The Texas-based series which began life in 1997 was voiced by Judge, Kathy Najimy, Pamela Adlon, Brittany Murphy, Tom Petty, Toby Huss, Johnny …