Starz has gone on a serious Power trip.
Less than a week after its Season 2 debut, the crime drama has been renewed for a 10-episode third season, the premium cabler announced Wednesday.
Power‘s June 6 season premiere brought in 1.4 million total viewers — tripling its June 2014 series debut, up 32 percent versus its freshman finale and delivering the largest audience ever for a Starz season premiere.
Production on Season 3 will begin in Brooklyn this September, with a premiere slated for 2016.
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* Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani and Pharrell Williams will serve as coaches on The Voice Season 9, which premieres in September.
* Syfy is teaming with exec producers Bradley Cooper, Graham King (Argo) and Todd Phillips (The Hangover) to develop Hyperion, an event series based on Dan Simmons’ 1989 novel. The sci-fi project tells the story of seven pilgrims who — on the eve of Armageddon with the entire galaxy at war — set forth on a voyage in search of answers to the unsolved riddles of their lives.
* Colman Domingo (Selma) will recur on Fear The Walking Dead as Strand, a smart and sophisticated man with a mysterious past, Deadline reports.
* SundanceTV has released the first trailer for Season 3 of Rectify, premiering Thursday, July 9 at 10/9c. Press PLAY on the video below for a sneak peek at the troubles awaiting Daniel Holden:
