SyFy has given the green light to a third season of Being Human. Here’s details from the press release.
Syfy is ordering a third season (13 episodes) of its hit drama series Being Human, it was announced today by Mark Stern, President of Original Content, Syfy and Co-Head of Original Content, Universal Cable Productions. The announcement comes just four episodes into the 13-episode second season, which premiered on Monday, January 16.
To date, viewership for the second season has increased by an impressive +27% in Adults 18-49, +35% in Adults 25-54 and +15% in total viewers.
With newly-released Live +7 data factored in, the season two premiere of Being Human (January 16, 2012 at 9PM ET/PT) delivered a 1.7 HH rating representing 1.4 million Adults 25-54 (a series high for the demo and +18% over the first season premiere), 1.4 million Adults 18-49 (second highest ranking in the demo and +12% over the season one premiere) and 2.4 million total viewers (the second most-watched episode of any season and +3% over the season one premiere).
With women comprising 52% of the total audience for premiere episodes this season, Being Human remains Syfy’s most female-skewing scripted series ever.
“With the success of season two, ‘Being Human’ has become a premier destination for Syfy viewers,” said Stern. “Jeremy Carver and Anna Fricke have taken this series to new heights this year and we’re excited to see where the third season will go.”
Being Human stars Sam Witwer, Meaghan Rath and Sam Huntington as vampire Aidan, ghost Sally and werewolf Josh who share the creature comforts of home in a Boston brownstone. Together the three roommates struggle to keep their supernatural secrets and resist individual temptations as they strive to live lives that are as near to normal as possible.
Executive Producers are Michael Prupas (The Kennedys, Pillars of the Earth), Jeremy Carver (Supernatural) and Anna Fricke (Men in Trees, Everwood) who are both writers/showrunners, Adam Kane (The Mentalist, Heroes), and Rob Pursey and Toby Whithouse. Irene Litinsky (Human Trafficking, The Phantom) is series Producer.
Being Human is a Muse Entertainment production in association with Zodiak USA. It is based on the acclaimed series, Being Human, created by Toby Whithouse and produced by Touchpaper Television, part of Zodiak Media.
Zodiak Rights hold worldwide rights to the new series.
I know this would be considered heresy with this group, but I actually prefer this show to the British series. The UK characters seem too whiny to me. It’s irritating. The US characters seem like they have it together a little better and I love the snarky banter. The main reason I watch the UK version is because I think the actress that plays Nina is smokin’ hot.
Now we’ll have to see when the UK series comes back with the new cast.
I like both versions of Being Human. I’ve been a fan of the original from the beginning. I initially didn’t care much for the American version, but came to like it quite a bit. And now with them going on a 2nd season story line that is removed from the original, I don’t have the nagging sense of “I’ve seen this before done better”. So I’m glad the American version has been succesfull. Now I’m looking forward to the new season of the original when it comes over to BBC America.
The first two seasons of the British version were fantastic…last season kinda fell off in my opinion. Have to agree with Mark F. about the American version…I’ve stuck with it and it has continued to grow on me and the different storyline they are pursuing has stopped me from overly-comparing the two…so now I’m able to enjoy it on it’s own merits. I actually think the werewolf and ghost plots may be better in concept than the British version…the vampire one is about equal…but what can you say about that…not much original you can do with vampires…they’ve been done to death in the last few years.
Well I liked the British version better for one simple reason that the Brits incorporate more minority cast members in their programs than in America. Unfortuanately, casting agents are still under the illusion that the whole world is all white and/or, that only white people can be in a television series.