Castle gets a full season pickup! Woo hoo!
 

http://behindthescreensblog.com/2009...son-of-castle/

The back 9 will be made official shortly :)

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I don't think this is any shock if you follow the ratings on a regular basis. It's held it's own and actually increased in viewership as the season has gone along. Glad to hear the news. :up:

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Bad News: Eastwick and Forgotten are toast.

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I wonder if sales of Heat Wave had any influence on this decision. :lol:

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Great news!

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It did:
http://behindthescreensblog.com/2009...save-a-series/

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I must say, I'm even more eager to buy the book now.

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I'm just happy Fillion finally has a show he is a major part in make it to a second season.

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yeah, i'll probably ask for the book for christmas. :lol:

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http://www.thrfeed.com/2009/10/abc-p...ll-season.html

Hollywood Reporter is now reporting it.

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I just hope that the odd rumors about Fillion and Katic actually disliking each other are just that, because it would be tragic to let on-set bull affect the series. Of course that's something we'll likely never really know the truth about. This is what I call my "have a great time" show, because that's exactly what happens when it's on. It's an all-around great show. :)

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I tried to get the book from my library and it's not there. :( Apparently if you want it from Amazon there is a wait, so it must be popular.

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I would consider him a major part of Two Guys and a Girl and that got renewed twice after they added him to the cast.

Great news on Castle, though.

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Wow, so even in its second season it was on probation? ABC is a trip with all of this half season crap.

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Castle got another book deal for 3 more books in the series so maybe we can get at least 3 more years. A guy can dream. ;)

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Nearly ever show works on 13 episode seasons (back 9 ordered later) until
Season 4. This is very true for atleast the first two
seasons the third depends on the network/studio.

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This is still more recent isn't it (say since 2004 and later)? Or maybe I can attribute it to my not keeping up with tv news back then. Networks are so quick to pull the trigger nowadays.

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Great news. Thanks OP.

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I think it's something that's been standard for probably decades, although most people didn't notice or care, and it seems a fairly rare occurrence to be canceled mid-second season.

However, Get a Life only had a 13 episode 2nd season after a full first season, back in 1990:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..._Life_episodes

I'm racking my brain trying to think of a show that had an abbreviated 3rd season due to cancellation, with no luck.

Re: Castle gets a full season pickup! Woo hoo!
 

Veronica Mars had 4 less episodes...

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Does Arrested Development count? FOX cut their second season short to 18 episodes then canceled the show making them wrap season 3 at 13.

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Anybody know who actually wrote the Heat Wave book?

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Nobody knows for sure. However, speculation is that it's crime novelist Stephen J. Cannell, who has appeared on the show a few times as Castle's poker buddy, is friends with Nathan Fillion, and has also written for TV in the past.

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http://www.mahalo.com/answers/televi...book-heat-wave

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I'd count a 13 episode season 3 as a mid-season cancellation.

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Great news! This is such a fun show.