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TV Renewals & Rejections: 'Shameless,' 'Californication,' 'Lies' to return on pay cabler -- Showtime has ordered new seasons of "Shameless," "House of Lies" and "Californication."
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TV Renewals & Rejections: Pilot has been seen by 3.3 million viewers -- HBO is betting big on "Luck" and has given the series a second season.
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TV Renewals & Rejections: Ryan Murphy on board for new season -- "The Glee Project" is officially getting a second verse, and Ryan Murphy will be on board for it. Though the reality series had begun casting for season two back in September, only now is the show finally getting the network-approved greenlight.
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TV Renewals & Rejections: Animal Planet sets fifth season for series -- Animal Planet's "Whale Wars" has been renewed for a fifth season after months of back-and-forth over whether the show's protags, a militant animal-rights group called the Sea Shepherds, would be able to find any whalers to chase away after apparently scaring away Japanese whaling concern the Institute of Cetacean Research at the end of season four.
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TV Renewals & Rejections: Cabler renews Bourdain show, picks up 8 new series -- Travel Channel has picked up eight new unscripted series for 2012 and renewed six, including "Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations," which will return for its eighth season, and "Ghost Adventures" (its sixth). Net is also developing two new skeins.
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TV Renewals & Rejections: Cabler gives fourth season renewal to show -- Syfy has given a fourth season renewal to scripted drama "Warehouse 13."
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TV Renewals & Rejections: Season five gets 15-episode order for 2012 -- TNT drama "Leverage" has been renewed for a fifth season by the cabler, with 15 episodes to air next summer.
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TV Renewals & Rejections: Net ends series after single season -- After televising the Brit import for a single season, the cabler has canceled the show about a group of sexually active teens.
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TV Renewals & Rejections: Fox drama also has spin-off in the works -- Fox drama "Bones" is expected back for a seventh season, per a message issued via Twitter late Monday from star David Boreanaz.
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TV Renewals & Rejections: Animated series set for third season -- HBO has renewed "The Ricky Gervais Show" for a third season.
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TV Renewals & Rejections: Jeff Probst inks deal to stay on as host -- CBS has renewed "Survivor" for two more cycles, ensuring the reality juggernaut runs through the 2011-12 season.
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TV Renewals & Rejections: ABC reality spinoff casting now for new season -- ABC's summer series "Bachelor Pad" is married to a second season.
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TV Renewals & Rejections: 'Loser,' 'Sing-Off,' 'Think' to return in 2011-12 -- NBC is showing love for its alternative series: "The Biggest Loser," "Who Do You Think You Are?" and "The Sing-Off" have all been picked up through the 2011-12 season.
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TV Renewals & Rejections: Series to return for third season -- Science Channel has ordered a third season of "Meteorite Men."
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TV Renewals & Rejections: Network gives early season pickups to primetime hits -- ABC has given early pickups to six of its primetime staples, including no-brainers like "Modern Family" and "Grey's Anatomy."
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TV Renewals & Rejections: Net greenlights third season -- TruTV has greenlit a third season of "Hardcore Pawn."
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TV Renewals & Rejections: Network axes detective drama -- After extensive research that concluded the show was too "subtle" to build an audience, FX has muzzled "Terriers" after one season.
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TV Renewals & Rejections: '30 Rock' moves to 10 p.m., gets 2011-12 renewal -- As it attempts to stanch the primetime bleeding, NBC is about to perform radical triage this midseason.
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TV Renewals & Rejections: Strong aud retention yields 13-episode second season pickup -- AMC has doubled down on "The Walking Dead," ordering a 13-episode second season of the zombie drama -- more than twice as many episodes as this fall's six-episode run.
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TV Renewals & Rejections: Series to end run after upcoming fifth season -- Polygamy drama starring Bill Paxton as a Utah husband with three wives will end its run following the fifth season that begins Jan. 16.