Showtime Renews 'Episodes' for Season 3

9:39 AM PDT 9/13/2012 by Philiana Ng

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The half-hour comedy starring Matt LeBlanc has been picked up for nine more episodes.

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Showtime has renewed Episodes for a third season.

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Starring Matt LeBlanc, the co-production between Showtime and the BBC will begin production on the nine-episode new season in Los Angeles and London next year.

Episodes centers on LeBlanc, who won a Golden Globe earlier this year, as a heightened version of himself. Stephen Mangan, Tamsin Greig, Kathleen Rose Perkins, John Pankow and Mircea Monroe co-star in the series.

The second season drew 1.66 million viewers across all platforms, with Episodes skewing toward a male audience.

Episodes, nominated for three Emmys in its first season, is created by executive producers David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik. Jimmy Mulville also serves as executive producer.

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