Fox Picks Up American Dad For Sixth Season

Fox has renewed American Dad for a sixth season. The renewal means that all three series from Seth MacFarlane – American Dad, Family Guy and The Cleveland Show – have pickups through next season. The show, which centers on security-obsessed CIA agent and devoted family man Stan Smith (voiced by MacFarlane) airs at 9:30 PM/ET Sundays. Wendy Schaal, Rachael MacFarlane and Dee Bradley Baker round out the voice cast of the series, which is exec produced by Seth MacFarlane, Barker, Weitzman, Rick Wiener and Kenny Schwartz.

In Treatment Will Return For Third Season On HBO

HBO has renewed In Treatment for a third season. The show will begin production in New York in early 2010 for a premiere later in the year. Gabriel Byrne is set to return as Dr. Paul Weston, with casting on the other roles expected to begin shortly. Anya Epstein and Danny Futterman are joining the therapy-themed drama as executive producers/co-showrunners. That follows the July departure of Warren Leight, who served as executive producer/showrunner on the second season of the show, which earned three Emmy nominations.

Also complicating the pickup decision was the fact the Israeli series on which the HBO show is based only ran for two seasons, so a third season had to be written from scratch.

Bravo Orders A Second Season Of Top Chef Masters

Bravo has ordered a second season of Top Chef Masters, the spinoff series of Top Chef. Food journalist Kelly Choi returns as host, with restaurant critic Gael Greene, culinary expert James Oseland and critic Jay Rayner as judges. Top Chef regular Gail Simmons will also serve as a judge. The first season rose to become the highest-rated first season of a competition series yet for the network, averaging 2.2 million viewers and 1.5 million adults 18-49.

Disney Channel Renews The Suite Life For Third Season

Disney Channel has renewed The Suite Life on Deck for a third season. Production on the comedy will resume in Hollywood in early 2010. The show stars Dylan Sprouse and Cole Sprouse as identical twins Zack and Cody Martin who spend a semester at sea with hotel heiress London Tipton (Brenda Song) aboard the luxurious SS Tipton. The show ranks No.1 among kids 6-11 and posted series highs in total viewers (6.8 million) earlier this month. Pamela Eells O’Connell and Irene Dreayer are executive producing.

Oxygen Renews Tori And Dean For Fifth Season

Oxygen has given a fifth-season order to Tori and Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood. Last season was the most watched of the series and the finale was the biggest telecast in network’s history. The new season is scheduled to air in spring 2010. The show is about the lives of Tori Spelling, husband Dean McDermott and their two children.

Nickelodeon Renews Glenn Martin, DDS For A Second Season.

Nickelodeon has renewed Glenn Martin, DDS for a second season. The stop-motion series from Michael Eisner’s Tornante Animation will produce 20 episodes for its sophmore season.

With a voice cast that includes Kevin Nealon, Catherine O’Hara and Judy Greer, the show ranked as Nick at Nite’s No. 1 offering in the third quarter of 2009, averaging 2.1 million viewers per week. Eric Fogel (Celebrity Deathmatch) is the executive producer overseeing animation, while Sivert Glarum and Michael Jamin (King of the Hill) are executive producer-showrunners. Eisner co-created the series with Fogel and Alex Berger.