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From the producers of The Crown & Lost, an American science fiction drama web television series created by Mika Watkins that premiered on November 14, 2018, on YouTube Red.
Follows a group of troubled passengers as they wake up on a damaged spaceship abandoned in deep space. Each having left behind a dark past in search of a fresh start on a newly colonized planet, they're desperate to survive at all costs

Fortitude returns for final season
The third and final season of Fortitude will premiere on Sky Atlantic on Thursday December 6th at 9pm, it has been announced.
Created by Simon Donald, Fortitude tells the story of a mysterious death in a close-knit community in the Arctic Circle. The drama series is produced by Fifty Fathoms and Tiger Aspect Productions and consists of four episodes.

Tin Star set for early 2019 release.
Sky Atlantic has released the first trailer for the second season of Tin Star, which is set to premiere early next year.
Tin Star tells the story of Jim Worth, an ex-Metropolitan police detective who has moved with his family to the Rocky Mountains to start a new life as a local police chief in an idyllic rural community.

'Penny Dreadful' Follow-Up Series Ordered

Showtime announced today that Penny Dreadful is heading back to TV in the form of a follow-up series called Penny Dreadful: City of Angels. The new installment will be set in 1938 and will usher in the story's next chapter with a newfound focus on social consciousness and historical awareness.

Production on Penny Dreadful: City of Angels is set to kick off in 2019. The series will act as a spiritual descendant of its mother show with an all-new cast of characters in 1930s Los Angeles, which is filled with Mexican-American folklore and social tension rooted in the conflict between characters connected to the deity Santa Muerte and others allied with the Devil.

'Castlevania' Renewed For Season 3

Netflix had a fitting announcement for Halloween today, confirming that Castlevania has been renewed for a third season. Based on the legendary video game franchise, the animated drama returned for its much-anticipated sophomore run last Friday. If early reviews are any indication, fans of Season 1 should be pleased this time around as well.
The series is a dark, medieval fantasy that chronicles the journey of the last surviving member of the disgraced Belmont clan fighting to save a besieged Eastern European city from extinction at the hand of Dracula and his army of otherworldly beasts.
Fans will surely be happy to hear that 10 episodes have been ordered for Season 3 of Castlevania, up from the four and eight it received in Seasons 1 and 2 respectively. There is no word if the increased episode count will affect its release scheduling, but a late-2019 time frame appears likely.

'The Ranch' Renewed For Season 4

Netflix announced today that The Ranch has been picked up for a fourth season. The good news, which was posted on the streaming service's official Twitter account, comes halfway through its third-season run.

No return date has been set for the back half of Season 3, though it will likely return before year's end. Dax Shepard will be joining the cast as a recurring guest star in the wake of Danny Masterson's departure after sexual misconduct allegations.
Look for Season 4 of The Ranch in 2019.

'BoJack Horseman' Renewed For Season 6

Netflix announced today that BoJack Horseman will be returning for a sixth season. The good news, which comes six weeks after the release of Season 5, was posted on the show's official Twitter account.

BoJack Horseman stars Will Arnett as a washed up 90's sitcom star who has become bitter in the years since his show ended. Hoping to get out of his funk, he plans on making a comeback but also has to deal with his on-again, off-again girlfriend, his freeloading roommate, and his former sitcom rival.
No information has been revealed regarding a release date or episode count for Season 6, though history tells us another 12 episodes in mid-to-late-2019 is likely.

'Chrisley Knows Best' Renewed For Season 7

USA Network announced today that Chrisley Knows Best has been picked up for a seventh season. At the same time, a spin-off series was also announced for next year that will be titled Growing Up Chrisley.
The long-running reality series, which follows the antics of Atlanta multimillionaire Todd Chrisley and his eclectic family, has been continuing its solid performance on the cable network. Currently on a mid-season break, the series reached the 100-episode milestone this past June.
Season 6 of Chrisley Knows Best will return for its final eight episodes on Wednesday, November 28. Season 7, along with the aforementioned spin-off, will premiere in 2019.

CBS All Access Renews 'Strange Angel'

CBS All Access announced today that Strange Angel has been picked up for a second season. The good news comes six weeks after the conclusion of the historical period drama's 10-episode summer run, which garnered generally favorable reviews from critics.

Based on George Pendle's book of the same name, StrangeAngel follows the real-life story of Jack Parsons, a brilliant blue-collar worker in 1930s Los Angeles who began as a janitor at a chemical factory but had fantastical dreams that led him to birth the unknown discipline of American rocketry. Along the way, he fell into a mysterious world where he become a disciple of occultist Aleister Crowley, whose teachings of self-actualization supported Parsons' unprecedented endeavor to the stars.
Look for Season 2 of Strange Angel in 2019.

'The Purge' Renewed By USA Network

USA Network announced today that The Purge has been renewed for a second season. The good news comes ahead of tonight's Season 1 finale, which caps a successful debut run for the horror drama.
The hour-long series premiered in September and has gone on to become the cable network's top drama. While reviews have been mixed, this season it has so far averaged 2.3 million viewers (Live+7), with 1.2 million in the adults 18-49 demographic.
Based on the movie franchise of the same name, The Purge is set in an alternate version of America, where a totalitarian political party is in power. During a 12-hour period when all crime is legal, even murder, various seemingly-unrelated, conflicted residents of a small city go to great lengths to survive the night as the clock winds down.