via press release:
Showtime® RENEWS “EPISODES” FOR THIRD SEASON
Matt LeBlanc Returns in His Golden Globe® Award-Winning Role
LOS ANGELES, CA – September 13, 2012 – The Golden Globe-nominated SHOWTIME comedy series EPISODES has been renewed for a third season. The announcement was made today by David Nevins, President of Entertainment, Showtime Networks Inc. The critically-acclaimed co-production of SHOWTIME and the BBC will begin production, in both Los Angeles and London, next year on nine, half-hour installments.
EPISODES stars Matt LeBlanc in his Golden Globe Award-winning role as a fictionalized version of himself. “Sean and Beverly Lincoln,” the husband and wife writing/producing duo lured to Hollywood are played by Stephen Mangan and Tamsin Greig; Kathleen Rose Perkins is “Carol Rance,” the network’s second-in-command programming executive; John Pankow is the recently deposed network head “Merc Lapidus;” and Mircea Monroe plays the age-defying actress “Morning Randolph.” Season-to-date, EPISODES season 2 delivers 1.66 million weekly viewers across platforms (with eight full weeks of complete data). The series attracts a male skewed audience, with 78% of subscribers watching on a time-shifted basis – via replays, DVR, and On Demand.
The series is created and executive produced by award-winning writing partners David Crane (“Friends”) & Jeffrey Klarik (“Mad About You”), and is also executive produced by Jimmy Mulville through his Hat Trick production company. In its first season, EPISODES garnered three Emmy nominations: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, and Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music; and earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Television Series, Comedy or Musical.
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Yay!!!!!!!!!!!
I thought it was going to be cancelled.
Yay! Love the show!
Good.
Thats great news. I really thought season 2 was much better than the first. I’m glad I’ll be able to catch a third, because I thought it would be toast.
Hell yes! I love Episodes.
I agree. 2nd season was MUCH better than the 1st. Very excited it has been picked up again.
9 episodes? Thats a weird order why not bring it up to 10?
Yippeee! Love EPISODES! That’s great news.
Good job Matt LaBlanc. Glad to see him in a successful show again. Every Friends cast is in a tv show except Jennifer Anison this next season. Kinda cool.
A really good show! Congrats on the 3rd season. I really love WEB THERAPY with Lisa Kudrow — insanely odd but hilarious show that probably is not to everyone’s taste. Lily Tomlin as her mother is pure gold!
yeah that’s ’cause aniston’s a movie star… oh, wait…
Really pleased, I love this show.
Great show!
YAY! This show got even better in the second season!
Yes! I thought this was dead for sure.
*happy dance*