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Orange Is the New Black Cancelled; Season 7 to Serve as Series' Swan Song

It’s the end of an era at Netflix: The streamer announced Wednesday that Orange is the New Black — one of its first scripted shows — will conclude with Season 7 (premiering in 2019).

“After seven seasons, it’s time to be released from prison,” said series creator Jenji Cohan in a statement. “I will miss all the badass ladies of Litchfield and the incredible crew we’ve worked with. My heart is orange but… fade to black.”

The Season 6 finale featured Piper’s (Taylor Schilling) early release from Litchfield, while an earlier episode hinted at the possibility of her writing a memoir about her time in prison. Taystee, meanwhile, was found guilty for the murder of Piscatella (after the MCC guards successfully covered their tracks) and sentenced to life behind bars.

Reflecting on the series’ conclusion, Cindy Holland, Vice President of Original Content Netflix, said, “During production of Season 1, everyone involved with Orange Is The New Black felt like we knew a special secret we couldn’t wait to share with the world. Since then, we have laughed, cried, raged, and roared with the women of Litchfield, and every moment spent with them felt like borrowed time — too good to last forever/ We will be sad to say goodbye but we will definitely be going out on a high.”

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Luke Cage Cancelled at Netflix

Netflix is parting ways with another superhero: The streaming service has cancelled Marvel’s Luke Cage after two seasons — and just a week after it axed Marvel’s Iron Fist — our sister site Deadline reports.

“Unfortunately, Marvel’s Luke Cage will not return for a third season,” Marvel and Netflix said in a statement. “Everyone at Marvel Television and Netflix is grateful to the dedicated showrunner, writers, cast and crew who brought Harlem’s hero to life for the past two seasons, and to all the fans who have supported the series.”

Season 2 of Luke Cage, starring Mike Colter as the titular superhero, debuted this past June. According to Deadline, showrunner Cheo Hodari Coker and the writers’ room were already at work on scripts for a third season, but creative differences between Netflix and the show’s team led to the end of the hero’s run.

Colter debuted as Cage on Netflix’s Jessica Jones before getting his own series. He later reprised the role in the Marvel team-up series The Defenders. The cancellation caps Luke Cage‘s run at a total of 26 episodes, and leaves Jessica Jones, The Punisher and Daredevil — which actually returns for Season 3 today — as the only three Marvel dramas still airing on Netflix.

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God Friended Me, Neighborhood, Magnum Snag Full-Season Orders

CBS is going all the way with three of its rookie series, handing full-season pickups to dramas God Friended Me and Magnum P.I. and comedy The Neighborhood. A network rep declined to say how many additional episodes of each series were specifically ordered, but TVLine is hearing nine for Neighborhood and seven apiece for Magnum and God Friended Me.

God Friended Me, starring Mayor breakout Brandon Micheal Hall, debuted on Oct. 1 with an impressive 10.5 million total viewers and a 1.4 demo rating — an improvement on both Wisdom of the Crowd‘s year-ago opener (8.8 mil/1.3) and Season 1 average (7 mil/0.9). Its numbers have dipped slightly since, with last Sunday’s episode drawing 8 million viewers and a 1.1 in the demo.

The Jay Hernandez-fronted Magnum P.I. bowed last month to 8.1 million viewers and a 1.2, which was well below the 9 mil/2.0 that Kevin Can Wait/Me, Myself & I averaged in the hour a year ago. In its most recent Monday outing, the show drew 5.5 million viewers and a 0.9 rating.

Lastly, The Neighborhood, starring Cedric the Entertainer and Max Greenfield, is up 14 percent over CBS’ Monday-at-8 pm performance last season.

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The Cool Kids Scores Full-Season Order

The Cool Kids‘ popularity is soaring at Fox. The network has handed the rookie retirement community comedy a full-season order. The back-nine pickup brings the series’ Season 1 episode count to 22.

The launch of Fox’s Last Man Standing-Cool Kids comedy block gave the network its most-watched Friday with entertainment in a decade. Cool Kids’ most recent episode drew a solid 4.8 million viewers and a 1.0 demo rating.

“[EP] Charlie Day has given us a show that delivers the goods – hilarious stories and impeccable timing and chemistry between its stars, David Alan Grier, Vicki Lawrence, Martin Mull and Leslie Jordan,” said Michael Thorn, Fox’s President of Entertainment. “On top of that, it has the perfect lead-in with Tim Allen and Last Man Standing. The Cool Kids are just that, and we’re thrilled they’re going to be on Fox for a full season.”

If you’re wondering about Last Man Standing‘s, er, standing, the revived comedy was initially given a 22-episode order.

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Station 19: ABC Hands Grey's Anatomy Spinoff Full Season 2 Order

One week after scoring record high ratings, Station 19 has been given a big vote of confidence by ABC. The firefighter-centric Grey’s Anatomy spinoff been picked up for a full season, the network announced Friday. The move extends the series’ Season 2 episode count from 13 to 22.

Buoyed by a highly-promoted crossover with Grey’s, Station 19 last week nabbed 6.5 million total viewers and a 1.3 demo rating, rising 25 and 18 percent week-to-week to mark series highs.On average through its first two episodes, the sophomore drama is drawing 7.9 million viewers and a 1.8 demo rating in Live+3 data.

Station 19 stars Jaina Lee Ortiz as Andy Herrera, Jason George as Ben Warren, Boris Kodjoe as Captain Robert Sullivan, Grey Damon as Jack Gibson, Barrett Doss as Victoria Hughes, Alberto Frezza as Ryan Tanner, Jay Hayden as Travis Montgomery, Okieriete Onaodowan as Dean Miller, Danielle Savre as Maya Bishop and Miguel Sandoval as Pruitt Herrera.

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FBI Snags Full-Season Order at CBS

Backstage tumult, be damned! CBS has picked up freshman drama FBI for a full season, the network announced Thursday. The Dick Wolf-produced procedural is this fall’s second rookie series to snag full-season bragging rights, joining NBC’s New Amsterdam (which earned the honor on Wednesday). CBS declined to say exactly how many additional episodes have been ordered beyond the initial 13.

The vote of confidence for FBI comes a day after news broke that the show was undergoing its third showrunner switch (its second in just three months). The series has also experienced turnover on-screen, with CSI: NY vet Sela Ward replacing Connie Nielsen beginning with Episode 2.

FBI premiered last month to 10.1 million total viewers and a 1.3 rating, and in Week 2 dipped just two tenths in the demo — the smallest such decline this fall for a freshman drama. (TVLine readers gave the crime drama’s debut an average grade of “B,” with 81 percent saying they would keep watching.) Most recently it drew 9.1 million viewers and a 1.0 rating, slipping below time slot predecessor Bull‘s Season 2 average (10.6 mil/1.2).

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