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Thank you, THANK YOU CW!

We asked and you delivered!

After getting a 17% bump in viewership this week, the network has gone ahead and picked up Ringer for a full season!

We love our SMG! We're so happy her show isn't getting canceled. She deserves this! Huge win for her AND the CW!

And if you're not watching Ringer - first off, what's wrong with you - and secondly, set up your DVRs now! No excuses!

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Tags: cw, full season, picked up, ringer, sarah michelle gellar

Nice!

Cameron Crowe's new documentary, The Union, which chronicles the making of the collaborative album of the same name by Elton John and Leon Russell, has been picked up by HBO and will be premiere on January 2012!

Elton says:

"I’m a great fan of HBO and their extraordinary programming, so I’m particularly thrilled that they will be airing 'The Union.'"

We're particularly thrilled that we'll get to see this!

Definitely gonna be a good one! Yay!

What do U think?? Are U looking forward to The Union?

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Tags: cameron crowe, collaboration, director, exciting, hbo, leon russell, picked up, the union

We didn't have too many concerns that this wouldn't get picked up, but we're still super excited!

Christina Applegate, Will Arnett, and Maya Rudolph will soon be joining the NBC family in a full-time capacity, as their new comedy pilot, now titled Up All Night, has been picked up for the 2011-12 season by NBC!

As we've reported, the series will focus on a Applegate as a working mother trying to cope with family pressures, as well as a stay-at-home husband (Will Arnett), and will be joined by the freshly picked-up musical comedy Smash, the British remake Prime Suspect, and Whitney Cummings' comedy pilot Whitney!

Excellent! Here's hoping the two comedies end up on the Thursday night line-up, right where they belong!

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Tags: comedy, maya rudolph, nbc, picked up, pilot, prime suspect, smash, whitney, whitney cummings, will arnett

Wow! Fox is seriously cleaning house!

The network has announced that FIVE of their shows - including Lie To Me, The Chicago Code, Traffic Light, Human Target, and Breaking In - have all been canceled!

However, FOUR have already been selected for a 2011-12 TV season pick-up, including the comedy The New Girl - which will star Zooey Deschanel and Jake M. Johnson and focus on the sexual politics of men and women - and I Hate My Teenage Daughter, a comedy about two women (Jaime Pressly and Katie Finneran) who were tormented as teens by mean girls. In the drama department, the Bones spin-off The Finder has also been picked up, as well as J.J. Abrams' Alcatraz!

Here's hoping that these all last longer than the shows they're replacing!

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Tags: alcatraz, bones, breaking in, cancelation, comedy, drama, fox, human target, i hate my teenage daughter, jake m. johnson, jj abrams, katie finneran, lie to me, network, picked up, pilot, spin off, the chicago code, the finder, the new girl, traffic light

House fans may be out of luck.

With May sweeps coming up fast, Fox has yet to close any deals with House producers.

Owned by NBCUniversal, the studio is hoping that the show's network, Fox, will pick up the show for its eighth season, extending their negotiations until April 15.

If the two sides can't come to an agreement, NBCU plans to take the show to other networks, including, of course NBC.

Another thing that is keeping both sides from agreeing on a deal is that several of the show's cast members are currently negotiating their contracts as well.

None of them have yet signed on to another season with one of its stars, Robert Sean Leonard, hinting that he may leave at the end of this season.

In FACT, he's already committed to going back on stage and doing a Broadway revival of Born Yesterday that will coincide with the production of House's eighth season.

So much dramz!!

Things aren't looking good for the show. With production costs getting more expensive and a fall in viewership, the cards are definitely stacked up against them.

Hmm, we don't know.

What do U think? Does House have a chance of coming back?

Tags: cast, contracts, fox, house, hugh laurie, nbc universal, picked up, robert sean leonard, season 8

Impressive!

Nickelodeon has picked up its animated series SpongeBob SquarePants for a ninth season, which will include the series' 200th episode.

The ninth season will air in 2012, making it TV's number one animated series with kids 2-11 for 10 consecutive years.

"SpongeBob's success in reaching over 200 episodes is a testament to creator Stephen Hillenburg's vision, comedic sensibility and his dynamic, lovable characters," said Nickelodeon president Brown Johnson.

"Legends of Bikini Bottom", the next SpongeBob special, airs on January 28.

Will U watch?

Tags: animated series, nickelodeon, ninth season, picked up, spongebob squarepants

This doesn't surprise anybody! The show's a hit!

Showtime's Dexter has been picked up for a sixth season and we can see why! The show received 2.5 million viewers for last Sunday's episode, which was up 43% from the Season 5 premiere! Wowsa!

The show's season finale, which airs Dec. 12, will surely be ratings gold!

Are U happy Dexter is coming back??

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Tags: dexter, michael c hall, picked up, ratings gold, showtime, sixth season