HBO has renewed their period drama series Boardwalk Empire for a fifth season. The network has ordered 12 more episodes of the Atlantic City-set 1920s gangster drama series, with the fifth season set to air in 2014.
BBC One has released a trailer for their upcoming dramedy series Truckers, which is set to premiere on Thursday October 10th at 9pm.
Fresh off of announcing that Law & Order: UK will be returning for a new season, ITV has announced that relative newcomer Ben Bailey-Smith (Hunted) has joined the cast of the drama as a series regular for its upcoming 8 episode eighth season. Production on season eight is slated to commence next month, with ITV eyeing a 2014 premiere.
When mini-series The Bible airs on Channel 5 later this year it will feature a different narrator than was used on the cut of the series that was transmitted on the History channel in the United States earlier this year.
A+E Networks UK has announced that they have reached a twelve-month multi-media partnership agreement with Citizen Watch UK for the upcoming launch of the female skewing Lifetime.
ABC has renewed their freshman drama Mistresses for a second season of 13 episodes, which is slated to air next Summer, alongside fellow ABC drama Rookie Blue.
Just as Breaking Bad is about to wrap its run, series creator Vince Gilligan has sold a new drama series to CBS. The eye has picked up Battle Creek, a drama from Gilligan and House creator David Shore, with a 13 episode straight-to-series order.
ITV has renewed their long-running crime drama Law & Order: UK for an eighth season. The show’s eighth season has received an order for 8 episodes. Production is slated to commence next month, with ITV eyeing a 2014 premiere.