AMC has handed out a seventh season renewal to ratings juggernaut The Walking Dead, the network announced on Friday. Sixteen episodes have been ordered for season seven, which is set to premiere next fall. 
Fox has trimmed the order for midseason drama Lookinglass (formerly known as The Frankenstein Code) to eleven episodes, down from the 13 episodes they initially ordered back in May, TVWise has confirmed. 
ABC is extending the run of The Muppets. The network has ordered three additional episodes of the half-hour comedy series, bringing the total order for its first season to some 16 episodes.
Longtime Fox exec Joe Earley, who last summer was promoted to the position of Chief Operating Officer for the newly aligned Fox Television Group, is exiting the company at the end of the year. 
HBO has firmed up launch dates for the new seasons of comedy series Girls and Togetherness, and the new Mick Jagger produced rock & roll drama Vinyl. 
ITV has made the case that the BBC should be banned from acquiring international formats as well as U.S. drama and comedy series and films. In a submission to the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee for their review of the BBC Charter, ITV said that the BBC should not be acquiring U.S. content - ranging from feature films to drama and comedy series, "under any circumstance". 
Several days ahead of the series premiere, Starz has renewed Ash Vs Evil Dead for a second season to air in 2016. The network has not specified the size of the episode order, but season two is expected to consist of at least ten episodes - matching the size of the order for season one. 
Some 24 hours after Fox handed out a back-nine order to Rob Lowe comedy The Grinder, the network has done the same with time-slot companion Grandfathered, picking it up for a full 22 episode season.