Good News: The CW has officially given ARROW the go ahead for a full twenty-two episode first season. Bad News: For Stephen Amell’s abs, which, if we had to guess, won’t be seeing carbs until at the very least April 2013! [Source]
Good News: Showtime has picked up a third season of its Emmy-winning drama HOMELAND. Bad News: For HOMELAND’s hard-working writing staff — whom we suspect after Sunday’s mind-blowing episode — won’t be seeing very much of their loved ones as they busy themselves dreaming up how exactly they’re going to write themselves out of this corner! [Source]
Good News: Fox has renewed THE X FACTOR for a third season. Bad News: Since boffo ratings aren’t quite working in the Network’s favor, Fox, in announcing the reality skein’s renewal was forced to rely on what is perhaps the lamest statistic in recent press release history, claiming, “Each episode consistently achieves more Twitter trending topics than the competition.” [Source]