After two seasons, The Riches is over. An FX spokesperson confirmed to Michael Ausiello that The Riches will not be returning for a third season. The Eddie Izzard-Minnie Driver con-artist drama had been in limbo since the conclusion of the second season last April. Earlier this week, costar Todd Stashwick announced on his MySpace page that “The Riches has been canceled.”
FX has picked up Sons of Anarchy for a second season says The Hollywood Reporter. The motorcycle-club drama from creator/executive producer Kurt Sutter has been given a 13-episode order for its sophomore run, with stars Charlie Hunnam, Katey Sagal and Ron Perlman on board. While first-run episodes of the drama are performing modestly, FX cited the series’ cumulative viewership numbers in announcing the pickup. The show is averaging 3.5 million adults 18-49, and the fourth week of the show delivered 1% more viewers in the demo than its premiere week. In total viewers, the series is averaging 5.4 million on a cumulative basis and is off only 3% from its premiere.
Katee Sackhoff’s upcoming four-episode stint on Nip/Tuck is undergoing an extreme makeover. Michael Ausiello is reporting that Rose McGowan has replaced Sackhoff in the role of Theodora “Teddy” Lowe, a doctor and potential love interest for Sean. The recast comes after the news that Sackhoff has inked a deal to headline NBC’s Dick Wolf-produced cop pilot Lost and Found.
FX has set a date for the world to find out what happens Vic Makey says Variety. The final episode of The Shield will air November 25. The 7th season premieres September 2 with an episode titled “The Coefficient of Drag.” FX has shot retrospective material and a roundtable discussion on the relevance of the show with the cast and crew, and hosted by Elvis Mitchell.
The Shield, created by Shawn Ryan, bowed in March 2002 to solid ratings and stellar reviews. Following its first season, the show earned plenty of kudo hardware, taking home Golden Globes for drama and actor Michael Chiklis. Later that year, Chiklis won the Emmy, making him the first lead actor to win for a basic cable series. FX is using The Shield as a launching pad for its newest series, Sons of Anarchy, the turbulent life of a family running with a motorcycle gang. It begins September 3.
Jay Karnes, who plays Detective Holland “Dutch” Wagenbach on FX’s The Shield, will appear in at least six episodes of FX’s upcoming drama Sons of Anarchy, which revolves around a motorcycle club. Drea de Matteo, who is in the show’s pilot, is set to appear in two more episodes.
FX announced on Tuesday that Academy Award-winning actress Marcia Gay Harden will be joining the Glenn Close legal drama Damages as a second-season series regular. She will play a high-powered attorney who goes up against Glenn Close’s attorney character. Ted Danson will return to the show for several episodes, though it’s unclear whether his character survived a shooting in the first-season finale or will appear in flashbacks.
