âWestworldâ renewed for a second season along with several other HBO, CBS and Amazon shows
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Monday morning brought good news for a number of new television series on various networks.
CBS announced that it was giving full-season orders to the new sitcoms âMan With a Planâ and âThe Great Indoors,â which means five of the networkâs newcomers will endure through the fall.
âThe Great Indoorsâ stars Joel McHale in a workplace comedy that mines the generational divide between Generation X and millennials, and âMan With a Planâ marked the much-publicized return of Matt LeBlanc from âFriendsâ to a network sitcom. Both shows debuted in late October and have earned respectable ratings. âThe Great Indoorsâ was touted by CBS as the No. 2 new comedy of the season, averaging more than 8 million viewers.
The new CBS shows âBull,â âMacGyverâ and âKevin Can Wait,â which stars Kevin James in the seasonâs top-rated new sitcom, were also given full orders by the network early in the fall.
The network also ordered three additional episodes of the medical drama âCode Black,â which is in its second season.
HBO announced Monday that it was renewing its three fall series for second seasons.
âWestworld,â a futuristic drama that explores sin and the complexities of consciousness, has proved a ratings hit for HBO, averaging a gross audience of 11.7 million viewers through its first seven episodes.
The renewal also includes critically acclaimed comedy series âInsecure.â Created by and starring Issa Rae, âInsecureâ examines the difficulties of navigating the modern world as a young black woman.
Also scoring a second season is âDivorce,â the series that brought âSex and the Cityâ star Sarah Jessica Parker back to the network and digs into a marriage as it falls apart.
Completing the renewal trifecta was Amazon, which announced Monday a second season renewal for Tig Notaroâs semi-autobiographical series âOne Mississippi,â a dark comedy about the intricacies of family and making peace with the past.
The second season of âOne Mississippiâ will air exclusively on Amazon in 2017.
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