USA’s two highly successful Thursday night shows, Burn Notice and Royal Pains,have just been given the green light for new seasons by the basic cable channel, says The Hollywood Reporter. Word of the renewals come hot on the heels of July 9 stats that showed the Fox TV-produced Burn Notice and Universal Cable’s Royal Pains pulling in a strong 7.1 million and 7.3 million viewers, respectively.
Jul 29
2009
06:07 AM ET
'Burn Notice,' 'Royal Pains' renewed at USA
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USA has become our go-to channel. We’re addicted to Burn Notice. The actors, characters, story-lines… all great. And Royal Pains is fun to watch, too. Renewals= good news.
Royal Pains does better in the ratings than Burn Notice?? Michael Weston would not be amused.
any word on In Plain Sight and L&O: CI?
Awesome! RP is this summer’s pleasant surprise for me.
I love “Royal Pains.” It’s my must-see show this summer.
Just LOVE Burn Notice and now Royal Pains!!!!! Any word on ‘In Plain Sight’? also a favorite! USA has definitely become one of my favorite channels!!!!!!
Hooray! It’s great to see that one network has some sense. How about picking up “Life,” which would be a perfect complement?
Royal Pains was pulling in higher numbers than Burn Notice for a few weeks, but Burn is back on top now as the #1 show on cable — and rightfully so.
I no longer watch the 3 major channels(cbs,nbc,abc) -all the best shows are on cable! Burn Notice, The Closer, Leverage-please never cancel them!
Have you ever heard of Chuck, Lynn? You should check it out. Not all of the best shows are on cable.
That’s what I’m talking about… BURN NOTICE RULES!
I love Burn Notice, Royal Pains, In Plain Sight, Monk, and Pysch…I am sad to see that this is the last season for Monk
Best news I have heard all week! USA is probably my favorite network because they are innovative and care more about quality than quantity. BN and RP rule!
I’m so glad Burn Notice got picked up for another season the show is awesome!! The best shows are on cable now I also love the cw’s Supernatural and TNT’s Leverage!!!
Since — with the exception of L&O and L&O:SVU — the major networks have basically bailed on quality programming in favor of less expensive “reality” shows, it’s ironic that the network-owned and network-affiliated cable channels that have picked up the slack. I don’t understand the economics involved, but I’m glad there’s *something* decent to watch *somewhere.* Burn Notice, Royal Pains, and In Plain Sight are the best original shows on the air today.
Love Burn Notice so Hurray!!! I erased RP so I never started watching it but I keep meaning to catch episodes online! At least one station doesn’t suck (AHEM NBC AND ABC)