House and Bones renewed!!
 

Fox has given early pickups to "House" and "Bones," handing out full-season orders to both drama series for 2007-08.

"House," which airs at 9 p.m. Tuesdays, has been renewed for a fourth season, while "Bones," which airs at 8 p.m. Wednesdays, will be back for a third installment.

"House" stars two-time Golden Globe winner
Hugh Laurie as the brilliant but unconventional Dr. House. "Bones" stars Emily Deschanel as a forensic anthropologist and David Boreanaz as an FBI special agent who investigate homicide cases.

Both series have benefited recently from Fox's megahit reality series "American Idol," which serves as a lead-in to "House" and a lead-out to "Bones."

This week's episode of "House" -- Fox's top drama and television's No. 3-ranked scripted series in the adults 18-49 demo -- posted its second-highest total-viewer numbers ever (26 million). Season-to-date, "House" is averaging 17.4 million viewers.

As for "Bones," last week's episode drew 12.6 million viewers -- tying its best performance ever. The show is averaging 8.8 million viewers to date.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070216/tv_nm/fox_dc_1

Raph's Girl note: Yay!!! 2 of the best shows on Fox right now! Next to Idol of course. :evilgrin:

Not renewing House would have been the stupidest decision ever. It is,dare I say, one of the best, if not the best show on television. Smart, witty, and it makes you think.

Such a rarity in most shows anymore, I'm glad they realize this. Huzzah.

EDIT - And I dunno that American Idol helps it out that much. Two completely different sets of personalities may watch that (or I could be wrong. I hope I am!!) and House holds it's own on USA a few times a week on it's own.

^Agree with you there Jo Dawn. House is one of the rare shows I try to make an attempt to watch, next to AFV and Extreme Makeover House Edition.

I just don't watch American Idol, I really can't stand that Simon. He thinks he's being funny, but he sucks at it.

But I don't watch Bones. It's ok, but I like Law & Order SVU way more, so maybe if the times changed for Bones, I would watch it, but till then, I'll wait for syndication.