Best news I’ve heard all day!  Damages was HANDS DOWN my favorite new show this year, and I am SO STOKED to hear it’s been renewed!  Not only for one season, but two!!

FX has placed a 26-episode, two-season order for its drama series Damages, which just wrapped its critically-acclaimed first season on Oct. 23.  Star Glenn Close will return for season 2, as will co-stars Rose Byrne and Tate Donovan.

Renewal was not a sure thing, as FX chief John Landgraf has said he was disappointed in the show’s ratings. First-run episodes averaged 1.1 million viewers with adults 18-49, although the weekly multi-telecast cume (taking into account viewership for new episode telecasts taking place on additional days throughout the week) brought that number up to 2.5 million.

Despite mediocre ratings, however, critics and fans lauded the way the show unraveled its complex story. The season finale also spent a good amount of screen time setting up a potential season 2.

With Damages on board for another two seasons, FX has a total of six concurrent drama series (The Shield, Nip/Tuck, Rescue Me, Dirt, and The Riches), the most ever for a cable network in that genre. Shooting on season 2 is scheduled to begin early next year, depending on whether writers are still on strike.

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I hope they bring Ted Danson back as well!  I know in the finale his character was – well – in limbo, but hopefully he can pull through! He was awesome!