BBC One has renewed its drama series The Village for a second season of six episodes, slated to air in 2014. The renewal comes after the series proved to be a hit for the BBC, over the course of its six episode first season the series has been averaging a consolidated audience of 7.1 million viewers in its Sunday night 9pm time-slot
ITV has commissioned Ecosse Films to produce a new four part drama titled The Great Fire of London, which examines the effect of the fire on the residents of the city. Casting is currently underway, with production slated to commence later this year.
CBS has renewed its veteran comedy series Two And A Half Men for an eleventh season.
The CW has picked up its The Vampire Diaries spin-off The Originals to series with a 13 episode order and also renewed drama series Beauty and the Beast and Hart of Dixie. Beauty and the Beast will return for a second season, while Hart of Dixie will return for a third season.
BBC One has ordered a 60 minute one-off TV movie adaptation of David Walliams’ childrens novel Gangsta Granny. The adaptation comes after the BBC successfully adapted Walliams’ Mr Stink last year. Word is that, much like Mr Stink, Gangsta Granny will form part of BBC One’s Christmas line up and comes after BBC Two commissioned an adaptation of Diane Setterfield’s novel The Thirteenth Tale, also for their Christmas schedule.
NBC has handed early renewals to drama series Chicago Fire, Grimm, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Parenthood and Revolution.
EXCLUSIVE: Following on from renewing Bluestone 42 for a second season, BBC Three has renewed another of its established series. I’ve just learned that executives at BBC Three have renewed their comedy series Pramface for a third season of 6 episodes, slated to air in early 2014. Created by Chris Reddy, Pramface follows the daily lives of two soon-to-be teenage parents who should still be concentrating on their education. The comedy series is produced by Little Comet and stars Scarlett Alice Johnson, Sean Michael Verey, Anna Chancellor, Angus Deayton, Dylan Edwards and Yasmin Paige. The executive producers are Mark Freeland and Lucy Robinson.
FOX has closed a deal with NBCUniversal International Television Distribution to acquire USA Network’s dramedy series Monk, TVWise has learned.