Charlie Guanci Jr.

Starz renews ‘Spartacus’

December 21, 2009 by Variety.org TV Pilot News 

TV Renewals & Rejections: Show gets renewal before first season begins -- Even before the first sword fight has begun, Starz has given freshman series "Spartacus: Blood and Sand" a second-season renewal.

Filed under: Movie Industry News

Charlie Guanci Jr.

‘Hung,’ ‘Memphis’ snag renewals

NBC renews ‘Talent’

NBC renews ‘America’s Got Talent’

USA renews ‘Covert Affairs’

Spike orders up third season of ‘Warrior’

HBO renews ‘Life and Times of Tim’

NatGeo renews ‘Locked Up Abroad’

FX gives 13-episode order to ‘Louie’

FX gives 13-episode order to ‘Louie’

‘Damages’ finds home on DirecTV

‘Damages’ finds home on DirecTV

‘Damages’ finds new home on DirecTV

‘Damages’ finds new home on DirecTV

TV Land hot for ‘Cleveland’

TV Land hot for ‘Cleveland’

IFC to air ‘Freaks,’ ‘Undeclared’

Starz cancels ‘Party Down’

Starz cancels ‘Party Down’

HBO spills more ‘Blood’

HBO pickups continues with ‘True Blood’

HBO pickups continues with ‘True Blood’

HBO pickups continues with ‘True Blood’

‘Little People’ renewed for sixth season

‘Little People’ renewed for sixth season

AMC picks up ‘Breaking Bad’ again

AMC, Sony make ‘Bad’ budget work

AMC, Sony make ‘Bad’ budget work

‘Cleveland Show’ gets third season order

Retiring series seek Emmy sendoff

Starz keeps ‘Torchwood’ ablaze

HBO cancels ‘Tim’

ABC’s ‘Lost’ finishes on top

ABC’s ‘Lost’ finishes on top

‘Iron Man’ renewed by Nicktoons

‘Iron Man’ renewed by Nicktoons

CW confirms ‘Smallville’s’ final season

CW confirms ‘Smallville’s’ final season

CBS cancels ‘Old Christine,’ ‘Ghost Whisperer’

CBS cancels ‘Old Christine,’ ‘Ghost Whisperer’

CW renews ‘Life,’ ‘One Tree Hill’

CW renews ‘Life,’ ‘One Tree Hill’

Bret Michaels back at VH1

Bret Michaels back at VH1

Case not closed on ‘Law & Order’

Case not closed on ‘Law & Order’

‘Law and Order’ is over and out

No more ‘FlashForward’ for ABC

NBC rounds out series orders

It’s official: Original ‘Law & Order’ to end

It’s official: Original ‘Law & Order’ to end

‘Law and Order’ may not be dead

Comedy Central cancels ‘Silverman’

TLC’s “Four Weddings” set to return

TLC’s ‘Four Weddings’ set to return

Fox gives series order to four pilots

Manic TV time as upfronts loom

‘Jersey’ score for Style

More ‘Hoarding’ at TLC

More ‘Hoarding’ at TLC

‘Justified’ earns second season

FX picks up ‘Justified’

NBC greenlights Abrams’ ‘Undercovers’

ABC Family drops ‘10 Things’

TruTV heavy into development

TruTV heavy into development

TNT stays in ‘Southland’

TNT orders third season of ‘Southland’

HBO going back to ‘America’

HBO renews ‘How to Make It in America’

NBC renews ‘Parenthood’

‘Curb’ returning for eighth season

HBO jazzed for ‘Treme’

‘Tosh.0′ receives third-season order

Fox axes ‘Sons of Tucson’

NBC renews reality trio

Fox yanks ‘Sons of Tuscon’

Showtime renews ‘Jackie,’ ‘Tara’

MTV sets final season of ‘Hills’

Fox pulls plug on ”Til Death’

NBC picks up ‘Days of Our Lives’

‘Boss’ goes for second season

Third-season renewal for ‘Fringe’

NBC picks up entire Thursday lineup

Miss America Pageant homeless

FX renews ‘Archer’

New shows eye slots

Fox circles Will Arnett pilot

CW renews five for next season

CW has stake in ‘Vampire’

ABC orders more ‘Dating’

Disney XD seeks ‘Zeke’

CBS gives greenlight to ‘Spitz’

‘Cake Boss’ earns third season

NBC gives funding to ‘Parks’

ABC Family taps Hart, Lawrence

Spike TV to give auds ‘Manformation’

MTV greenlights high school series

MTV returning to ‘Jersey Shore’

‘Ugly Betty’ fashions exit from primetime

CBS locks up ‘Survivor,’ ‘Race’