It didn’t take an airplane’s wheel plummeting to earth and landing in Showtime’s front door for them to make the decision to renew Shameless and two other comedies.  Today, the premium cable network announced it is renewing Shameless for a third season, Californication for a sixth season and newcomer House of Lies for a second season.  The ratings for Shameless’ second season are up 30% over its first season, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

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It looks like ABC Family’s Pretty Little Liars won’t be figuring out who A is anytime soon.  According to Deadline, the cable network has renewed PLL for a third season of twenty-four episodes.  Pretty Little Liars returns for the second half of its second season on January 2. 

It looks like Simon Cowell has worked his TV magic again. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Fox has renewed The X Factor for a second season.  The reality series hasn’t pulled in American Idol sized ratings, but it has helped Fox strengthen its fall lineup, by grabbing around 13 million viewers. 

FX has renewed American Horror Story, according to The Hollywood Reporter.  Reportedly, the series, starring Connie Britton and Dylan McDermott, has set series highs in 18-49 and 1834 adult demos. FX president Jon Landgraf had this to say about co-creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk.

“It’s one thing to have the ambition and guts to reinvent a genre in a way that makes it captivatingly fresh for a broad audience -- it’s something else entirely to have the craft to back that ambition up,”

Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk have hit the trifecta with Nip/Tuck, Glee and now American Horror Story, which will be scaring FX’s viewers to death for many years to come.”

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ABC has thrown Charlie’s Angels out of television heaven and cancelled the franchise’s latest small screen incarnation, according to Deadline.  Reportedly, ABC intends to air the episodes it has already filmed. This comes the day after ABC ordered a full season of Revenge.

Yes kids, that sound you hear is yours truly hitting her dougie! TVLine is reporting ABC has given the thumbs up for a full season of its sexy new drama Revenge. According to the site, the mouse house has ordered a full 22 episode series in part due to the stellar ratings. Last night, Revenge went up 13 percent in ratings and snagged the coveted 18-49 demo.

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Revenge airs Wednesdays at 10 PM EST on ABC.

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