Mad Men has been given a fifth season.

As expected, the Emmy Award-winning AMC show Mad Men has been given a fifth season, an option the cable network had with the series’ production company Lionsgate TV and creator Matthew Weiner.

However, due to protracted negotiations between AMC and Weiner the premiere of the show's fifth season is being pushed from late summer 2011 to early 2012.

The full statement from AMC reads as follows: “AMC has officially authorized production of season 5 of Mad Men, triggering our option with Lionsgate. While we are getting a later start than in years past due to ongoing, key non-cast negotiations, Mad Men will be back for a fifth season in early 2012.

The Borgias premieres tonight, 09:00pm on ShowTime

The ShowTime original series "The Borgias" promises a sordid saga of one of the most remarkable and famous families in italian history.

Set in 15th century Italy at the height of the Renaissance, The Borgias chronicles the corrupt rise of patriarch Rodrigo Borgia (Academy Award® winner Jeremy Irons) to the papacy, where he proceeds to commit every sin in the book to amass and retain power, influence and enormous wealth for himself and his family.

The unbounded audacity of this original crime family went on to inspire Machiavelli's The Prince and Mario Puzo's The Godfather. 

Don't miss a minute of the lavish, sexy, scandalous drama from the creative mind of Academy Award® winner Neil Jordan. The Borgias is a complex, unvarnished portrait of one of history's most intriguing and infamous dynastic families. The series begins as Rodrigo schemes his way into the position of Pope, causing him, his two Machiavellian sons Cesare and Juan, and his scandalously beautiful daughter Lucrezia, to become the most powerful and influential family of the Italian Renaissance.

Fox has renewed Fringe for a fourth season.

Great news for Fringe fans: Fox has renewed Fringe for a fourth season with a full season order of 22 episodes. You will not have to gut out the white knuckle ride until May!

The announcement comes on the heels of season low ratings last Friday when Fringe was up against the NCAA basketball tournament.

Futurama renewed for 13 more episodes.

Everybody’s favorite canceled animated Fox show (well, for Family Guy fans with long memories, second favorite) is getting a couple more years of life: Comedy Central’s Futurama has been renewed for two more years, say sources close to the production.

The network has picked up another two cycles of 13 episodes — and neither include the upcoming batch that launches this June. 

So that keeps Futurama on the air through 2013. (Whether the order is called the seventh season, or the eighth and ninth season, is still being debated — since seasons on Comedy Central are split over two years, do you call each year’s batch a season or do you call the full 26 episode order a season?) 

At any rate, last season averaged 2.5 million viewers per week once DVR is added in.

Body of Proof premieres tonight, 10:00pm on ABC

Tonight on ABC, 3 hot female leads in another Bones/CSI type serialized murder show. More Hot women and dead bodies, this concept is getting old but i give ABC the benefit of a doubt and will watch the Pilot to see what they think makes this series stand out from all the others.

When a brilliant and driven neurosurgeon’s career is cut short, she turns her unrivaled medical skills toward solving murders. Every body has a story to tell and Dr. Megan Hunt will find out what it is. 

Dr. Megan Hunt was a top neurosurgeon until a car accident ended her career as a surgeon. Now that she can no longer help the living, Dr. Hunt is Philadelphia’s most notorious medical examiner. Although she’s amazing at her job, Dr. Hunt’s reputation of being difficult precedes her wherever she goes. 

She’s never encountered a boundary that she wouldn’t cross. Her powerful boss tries to protect her as long as she doesn’t step too hard on the wrong toes. Although he grudgingly acknowledges her skill, seasoned police detective Bud Morris is not as enthralled with her methods.

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