Category — Renewals & Rejections

TV Renewals & Rejections: AMC brings original drama back for more — AMC has greenlit a second season of original drama “Breaking Bad.” Cabler picked up 13 episodes of the skein, which comes from scribe Vince Gilligan and Sony Pictures TV.

TV Renewals & Rejections: ABC, Kelley still in talks on ‘Mars’ — The verdict is in, and “Boston Legal” will indeed be back on ABC next fall.

TV Renewals & Rejections: Fox nabs ‘ ‘Fringe,’ ‘The Inn’ — It may be an unusual year for the network biz, but web execs have spent the weekend doing what they always do in the days before upfront week: weighing skedding plans and handing out pilot pickups and pinkslips.

TV Renewals & Rejections: Network also orders ‘Filthy Rich’ — The world’s most famous zip code is officially moving to the CW.

TV Renewals & Rejections: Whedon’s ‘Dollhouse’ comes in midseason — Fox isn’t expected to mess with its fall schedule — but that didn’t stop it from kicking off a flurry of pickup activity over the weekend.

TV Renewals & Rejections: Network also picks up Kutcher’s ‘Opportunity’ — ABC’s betting there’s “Life on Mars.” The quirky sci-fi thriller, based on the hit BBC series of the same name, is expected to be one of the few new series to make it on the Alphabet’s fall sked.

TV Renewals & Rejections: Network unveils stable slate — ABC will launch its 2008-09 campaign with the most stable schedule of any network in years.

TV Renewals & Rejections: Network sets ‘90210,’ ‘Filthy Rich’ on Tuesdays — CW is sticking with the status quo for the most part in its third season on the air.

TV Renewals & Rejections: Four primetime favorites set for next season — The Eye signaled its intent to boost the comedy quotient on its 2008-09 sked in a big way by giving renewals to “How I Met Your Mother” and bubble comedies “The New Adventures of Old Christine” and “Rules of Engagement.”

TV Renewals & Rejections: Offers morning editions, West Coast version — Returning to its roots, ESPN staged an upfront fashioned after its trademark “SportsCenter,” touting six new live hours of the show and a West Coast studio for the skein that will roll out over the next year.

TV Renewals & Rejections: Slate to focus on big franchises — The CW will get a jump on the competish next season, launching Sept. 1 with a fall sked that the net is touting as its most cohesive to date.

TV Renewals & Rejections: Redford, Bochco among talent on tap — Turner Broadcasting’s upfront presentation to advertisers today will be heavy on star power — and symbolism.

TV Renewals & Rejections: New shows have female-friendly twist — CBS is going back to what execs believe the network does best.

TV Renewals & Rejections: TNT, TBS unveil fresh batch of pilots — Making good on their promise to ramp up original series, cablers TNT and TBS have unveiled a fresh batch of pilots in development with heavy-hitters including George Clooney, Joel Surnow, Peter Guber, Jon Avnet, Russell Simmons and Jerry Zucker.

TV Renewals & Rejections: Whedon’s ‘Dollhouse’ expected for midseason — Fox rounds out upfront week today with a sked presentation at Gotham’s City Center that is expected to put the spotlight on J.J. Abrams’ drama “Fringe” as the net’s hot new prospect for the fall and Joss Whedon’s “Dollhouse” for midseason.

TV Renewals & Rejections: Reality show set for summer — Bounty hunter Duane “Dog” Chapman’s TV show will return to the air this summer, months after it was pulled when the reality star used a racial slur in a profanity-laced tirade.

TV Renewals & Rejections: New shows from Abrams, Whedon on deck — Fox will get a jump on the competish in August, launching with an event-laden week of two-hour premiere episodes.

TV Renewals & Rejections: Protests do little to help canceled favorites — Every year around this time — during that Memorial Day window when baseball teams still cling to pennant hopes — television fans channel “Gladiator’s” Maximus (”I will have my vengeance!”), vowing retribution against networks that canceled a favorite series.

TV Renewals & Rejections: Network books 16 new episodes of legal drama — USA Network has booked another 16 segs of “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” which has shifted its production home base from Universal Media Studios to the newly created NBC U Cable Studio headed by USA/Sci Fi Channel boss Bonnie Hammer.

TV Renewals & Rejections: ‘Betty,’ ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ secure ratings victory — The finales of “Ugly Betty” and “Grey’s Anatomy” lifted ABC to victory on the first night following the end of the television season.The shows were airing their conclusions later than usual due to time constraints brought on by the writers strike.

TV Renewals & Rejections: More scripted dramas set for this summer — As it time for the broadcast networks to retire the “Gone Fishing” sign when it comes to scripted summer programming?

TV Renewals & Rejections: Tracey Ullman renewed for second season — Showtime is bulking up its comedy slate for 2009, ordering a series from Blighty comedian Marc Wootton and greenlighting a second season of Tracey Ullman’s “State of the Union.”

TV Renewals & Rejections: Shows include ‘ER’, ‘Legal’, ‘Quantum Leap’ — Ion Television unveiled a fall 2008 program slate stocked with the off-network shows that the broadcaster has been acquiring from Hollywood’s majors during the past few months, include encores of “ER” and “Boston Legal.”

TV Renewals & Rejections: Sci-fi show renewed for second season — “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” has seen the future, and it’s on Fox. The network has greenlit a second season of the franchise series, picking up 13 new episodes.

TV Renewals & Rejections: Showtime renews regal drama — “The Tudors” will reign for another season on Showtime. Feevee cabler has greenlit production on a third cycle of the regal drama.