TV Worth Blogging About

Despite WGN America only covering 62% of the country with a single feed, Salem‘s April 20 premiere averaged an impressive 3.4 million total viewers and 1.5 million adults 18-49 in Live+7. Through its first two telecasts in Live+3 viewing, Salem has logged nearly 1.7 million total viewers and 806,000 among Adults 18-49, a 776% increase over the network’s Adults 18-49 season-to-date average on Sundays at 10 PM ET.

 A&E Network’s drama, Bates Motel has been renewed for a 10-episode third season to begin production in the fall. The contemporary Psycho prequel series debuted to 3 million Live+same day viewers last season, with its second season opener inching up. With DVR viewing factored in, the Season 2 premiere averaged 4.6 million viewers in Live+7 as Bates Motel continues to be A&E’s top-rated drama series in adults 18-49. “The incredible writing team and talented Bates Motel cast has made this series one of the most compelling original dramas on television,” said A&E EVP David McKillop. 

Its official Pretty Little Liars will be the longest lasting original show to ever air on ABC Family. The season 5 premiere of PLL is set to air tonight at 8pm, and will pick up right where the season 4 finale ended. This is abcfamily’s first ever multi-season pickup . The soapy mystery has been renewed for a sixth season , to air in mid-2015, and for a seventh season , to air in mid-2016.  Pretty Little Liars, is ABC Family’s No. 1 series ever in total viewers (3.8 million) and all target demos: adults 18-34 (1.5 million/2.2 rating), women 18-34 (1.3 million/3.7 rating), adults 18-49 (2.0 million/1.6 rating), women 18-49 (1.7 million/2.7 rating), people 12-34 (2.6 million/2.8 rating) and females 12-34 (2.3 million/4.9 rating). 

Game of Thrones has become a monster hit for HBO and the network has decided to treat it as such. HBO has renewed the series for a fifth and sixth season. So fans can rest assured their favorite show will be around for the forceable future. How far the show will go is still in the hands of the novels’ writer George R.R. Martin , who is still writing Book 6 in the seven-book series. But

  Spike TV is adding a 5th season including 16 more episodes of Ink Master to its line up. These 16 one hour episodes will premiere sometime this fall. Ink Master features tattoo artists from around the country battling it out each week in permanent ink for a $100,000 cash prize and an editorial feature in Inked magazine. This show continues to be a cornerstone of Spike TV's original programming slate. The network plans to add more tattoo related programming within the next year.

  The Syfy thriller about a team of scientists battling a mankind-threatening outbreak, turned out to be a breakout hit for the network. It comes as no surprise then that Syfy has decided to renew the series for

TV lands first and longest running comedy series, starring one of TV's oldest stars has been renewed for an unprecedented 6th season. A gigantic 24 episode order is in store for the shows 6th season. With season 6 , Hot in Cleveland's total episode count will rise to

"Chase would screw a snake if someone would hold its head" -Todd Chrisley This and other Todd-isms will return to USA for a second season. Chrisley Knows Best , Is a bonafide unscripted USA Network breakout hit. Chrisley Knows Best is described as a real-life family comedy, it follows Atlanta-based self-made multimillionaire Todd Chrisley, his wife Julie, and their five children who live a seemingly picture-perfect Southern life with everything money can buy. The cable network has renewed the half-hour reality series for a 12-episode second season. Season two will

WeTV has renewed Braxton Family Values for a mega sized 26 episodes season four, and has paired it with a sophomore season of SWV Reunited for an expanded 10 episode season. Braxton Family Values centers on the turbulent yet relatable relationships, careers and personal lives of sisters Toni, Tamar, Towanda, Trina and Traci Braxton and matriarch Miss E. The most recent

AMAZON 2014 UPFRONTS Amazon Studios has decided that it’s here to stay. They are not backing down from creating their own content for their streaming service. In fact, Amazon is hosting its own upfront presentation and has picked up four of their five pilots to series. Unlike most other networks, Amazon allows any interested viewer to watch any of their pilots and comment on them. The pilots that create the most buzz are then picked up to series. This year, amazon is expanding into original dramas.  New Original Series: 

  FX has renewed the animated spy series for season 6 and season 7 . With the double season pickup Archer has enough episodes to reach syndication, in fact Comedy Central has picked up the off network rights to Archer. So be sure to catch Archer from the beginning on Comedy Central. Both Season 6 and Season 7 will be

TBS’ freshman class is killing it, both Men at Work and Sullivan and Son have been renewed for a second season. Although Ground Floor started off slow, it too will be a part of TBS’ newest crop of sophomore series. Set in the modern world of corporate America, Ground Floor, centers on modern coporate ameria and stars Brody (Astin), a young, hot-shot investment banker who thought he was just having a one-night stand with Jennifer (Heelan), a beautiful woman he met at an office party. He quickly discovers, that she works in the maintenance department for the building where his investment bank– Remington Trust – is located.

MTV has decided to renew their new hit reality show, "Are you the One" . Are You The One was social experiment on modern love. In this 10-week social experiment where 10 women and 10 men participated in a rigorous matchmaking process created to quantify compatibility, including weekly tests of physical attraction, personality traits and relationship history assessments. According to MTV, Season 2 will

Bones joins Sleepy Hollow, Glee, The Simpsons, Sleepy Hollow and Bob's Burgers all of which have been RENEWED for another season on FOX. Its official, Bones will air more that 200 episodes and at least 10 seasons worth of story lines featuring Temperance Brennan and FBI agent Seeley Booth. Yesterday, Bones got an early season 10 renewal and the promise of a move back to its regular Monday Night time slot beginning March 10 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) . Bones has been a fan favorite series for years, and seems to thrive regardless of where it is put on the schedule. 

 Lifetime’s freshman hit series Devious Maids returns for a second season on Sunday, April 20, at 10PM ET/PT. S tarring Ana Ortiz, Dania Ramírez, Roselyn Sánchez, Edy Ganem and Judy Reyes as five maids with ambition and dreams of their own while working for the rich and famous in Beverly Hills. Devious Maids is set in a world where murder and mayhem collide in the mansions of Beverly Hills’ wealthiest and most powerful families. Class warfare has never been as fun and dirty as it is in the tiny enclave where the staff is as clever, witty and downright as devilish as their employers. The series centers on a close-knit group of maids, Marisol (Ortiz), Rosie (Ramírez), Carmen (Sánchez), Valentina (Ganem) and Zoila (Reyes), who are bonded together by their jobs, life struggles and the melodramatic universe that engulfs their lives.

DOG AND BETH: ON THE HUNT and GUNTUNCKY RENEWED FOR SEASON 2   After a great season 1, GUNTUCKY will return for a 2nd Season in March of 2014 on CMT. Season 2 will consists of eight 1 hour episodes. GUNTUCKY follows the Sumner’s family-owned business, Knob Creek Gun Range, is one of the most recognized names in the industry. Customers from around the world visit their Kentucky range to try out, pawn and purchase a broad range of legal firearms. This season the family bands together for some of their loudest adventures to date, including vintage tanks, martial arts, war reenactments, monster truck fireballs and an explosive range wedding.     After setting record breaking ratings on CMT , DOG AND BETH: ON THE HUNT, has been renewed for 11, one-hour episodes set to premiere Spring 2014 . DOG AND BETH: ON THE HUNT documents The world’s most famous bounty hunters! Dog, Beth, Leland and Dakota are back on the road, crisscrossing the country to train fell...

     The Blacklist gets an Early Renewal for Season 2 When NBC gets a hit, they snap it up quick! NBC knows they've  got a hit on their hands and have decided to double down on their Success. The Blacklist is NBC’s most-watched new drama eight weeks into its run in 19 years. Starring the Emmy Award winner, James Spader as “Red” Reddington, a world-renown terrorist on the FBI’s Most Wanted List who decides one day to turn himself in and help the U.S. government catch international criminals     It has twists and turns, intrigue, secrets, guns, spies, and action sequences rarely done on television, if you haven’t given it a chance before it time to do so now. NBC made the announcement of the 22 episode, Second Season renewal on December 2nd. Having only aired its first 10 episodes so far, the rest of the season will pick up where the show left off on January 13th will 12 more new episodes! We Know it’s early but what do y...

The hit television show based on the Melissa de la Cruz novel (who I love by the way) is being picked up for a second season, after an amazing freshman run. Witches of East End starring the beautiful Jenna Tatum and Rachel Boston, is about a family of witches that live in the little town of East Haven is receiving a 13 episode second season which is slated to premiere in 2014. Rob Sharenow, EVP and General Manager of Lifetime believe that “The show’s perfect mix of premium execution with content that is in the zeitgeist is drawing new viewers to Lifetime and we’re very excited to be bringing it back for a second season.” Witches of East End is one of the youngest skewing show on the network and it averages 3.0 million total viewers, 1.7 million Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 viewers, and 1.3 million Women 18-49 and Women 25-54 viewers on a Live+7 basis through five weeks. If it keeps these types of numbers it will probably be back for a 3rd season as well. Are you a fan of...