BANSHEE gets 3rd Season on Cinemax, BONES gets 10th Season on Fox

Banshee renewed  for Season 3, Bones renewed for Season 10. The recent Cinemax and Fox news answers the question of whether or not these TV shows would gain renewal. Both drama television shows will be comprised of the same number of episodes that the previous season held.

The official press release for Banshee‘s renewal:

CINEMAX RENEWS EMMY^®-WINNING HIT ACTION SERIES

BANSHEE FOR THIRD SEASON

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 30, 2014 – CINEMAX has renewed the Emmy^®-winning hit action series BANSHEE for a third season, scheduled to debut in 2015, it was announced today by Kary Antholis, president, HBO Miniseries and CINEMAX Programming. The show is currently in its second season, with episodes debuting Fridays at 10:00 p.m. (ET/PT).

Executive produced by Jonathan Tropper, David Schickler, Peter Macdissi, Alan Ball and Greg Yaitanes, BANSHEE stars Antony Starr (“Rush”) as Lucas Hood and Ivana Milicevic (“Charlie’s Angels,” HBO’s “Mind of the Married Man”) as Carrie Hopewell. The series tells the story of Hood, an ex-con and master thief who tracks down Hopewell, his former lover and partner in crime, who has reinvented herself as the wife of the Banshee, Pa. prosecutor. In Banshee, Hood assumes the identity of the town’s sheriff and continues his criminal activities, even as he’s hunted by the shadowy gangsters he betrayed years earlier.

In Sept. 2013, BANSHEE received a Primetime Emmy^® Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Supporting Role. The series has been hailed by the Hollywood Reporter as “taut, entertaining and smart,” while TV Guide called it “addictively entertaining.”

Also starring in season two are: Ulrich Thomsen (“The Celebration”), Frankie Faison (“The Good Wife,” HBO’s “The Wire”), Hoon Lee (“Premium Rush”), Rus Blackwell (“Burn Notice,” HBO’s “Recount”), Matt Servitto (HBO’s “The Sopranos”), Demetrius Grosse (“Justified”), Trieste Kelly Dunn (“Brothers and Sisters”), Ryann Shane (“Blue Bloods”), Anthony Ruivivar (“Southland,” “Third Watch”), Lili Simmons (“Fat Kid Rules the World”), Odette Annable (“House M.D.,” “Cloverfield”) and Ben Cross (“Star Trek,” “Ben-Hur”).

Guest stars for season two include Zeljko Ivanek (“Damages,” “Seven Psychopaths,” HBO’s “True Blood”), Tatanka Means (“The Host,” “Tiger Eyes”) and Julian Sands (“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” “24”).

Other upcoming drama series on CINEMAX include: “The Knick,” directed by Academy Award^® and Emmy^® winner Steven Soderbergh and starring Academy Award^® and Emmy^® nominee Clive Owen, which debuts this summer; and “Strike Back,” the hit action series currently filming its final season.

BANSHEE was created by Jonathan Tropper and David Schickler; executive producers, Alan Ball, Greg Yaitanes, Jonathan Tropper, David Schickler, Peter Macdissi; producer, Robert F. Phillips.

The official press release for Bones‘ renewal:

“BONES” RENEWED FOR 10TH SEASON OF NEW CASES ON FOX;DRAMA MOVES TO MONDAYS, BEGINNING MARCH 10

“KITCHEN NIGHTMARES” RE-OPENS WITH AN ALL-NEW EPISODE FEATURING GORDON RAMSAY’S RETURN TO AMY’S BAKING COMPANY, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28

ALMOST HUMAN Season Finale to Air Monday, March 3

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FOX has picked up a 10th season of BONES, it was announced today by Kevin Reilly, Chairman of Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company. In addition, after airing a new installment this Friday, Jan. 31 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT), BONES will return to Mondays, with all-new cases, beginning March 10 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT).

“Over the course of nine seasons, BONES has grown from a hit crime procedural into a beloved pillar of our lineup that resonates with fans in a way that only the best of shows can,” said Reilly. “Our viewers have embraced Emily, David and the entire cast and characters of BONES as their very own, and I think they are going to love what Hart Hanson and Stephen Nathan have planned for Season 10!”

The fan-favorite series, starring Emily Deschanel as forensic anthropologist TEMPERANCE BRENNAN and David Boreanaz as FBI Special Agent SEELEY BOOTH, will reach its milestone 200th episode during the upcoming 2014-15 season.

Chef Gordon Ramsay’s KITCHEN NIGHTMARES returns for a sixth season on Friday, Feb. 28 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT), when he pays a follow-up visit to Amy’s Baking Company. Last season, Chef Ramsay faced off against the defiant owners…what will happen when Ramsay returns in the all-new “Amy’s Baking Company, Part Two” episode? Don’t miss the encore of “Amy’s Baking Company, Part One,” on Friday, Feb. 21 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT). This season, Ramsay visits struggling restaurants in Queens, NY; Easton, PA; Denver, CO; Arvada, CO; Woodland Park, CO; and Redondo Beach, CA. Ramsay will also re-visit La Galleria 33 in Boston, MA; the Olde Hitching Post in Hanson, MA; and Prohibition Gastropub in Everett, WA.

ALMOST HUMAN comes to a dramatic conclusion with five all-new, action-packed episodes continuing on Mondays (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) beginning Feb. 3. In the season finale, “Straw Man,” airing Monday, March 3 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT), Det. Kennex (Karl Urban) and Dorian (Michael Ealy) investigate a string of murders by a copycat of a serial killer whom Kennex’s father put in jail.

In this Friday’s (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) all-new episode of BONES, “The Heiress in the Hill,” the Jeffersonian team investigates the murder of a kidnap victim whose remains were found buried at a park.

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