Syfy Renews 'Being Human' for Season Three

Second season up across key demos and total viewers

By Tim Baysinger -- Broadcasting & Cable, 2/8/2012 5:28:16 PM

Syfy announced Wednesday that it has renewed Being Human for a third season of 13 episodes.

Currently in its second season, Being Human is up from season one 27% in A18-49, 35% in A25-54 and 15% in total viewers. Women made up 52% of the total audience for premiere episodes this season, keeping Being Human as the network's most female-skewing scripted series ever.

"With the success of season two, Being Human has become a premier destination for Syfy viewers," said Mark Stern, president, original content, Syfy and co-head, original content, Universal Cable Productions.  "[Executive producers] 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 a vampire, ghost and werewolf who try to live normal lives in Boston. Along with Carver and Fricke, Michael Prupas, Rob Pursey and Toby Whitehouse (who created the original BBC series) serve as executive producers. Irene Litinsky is series producer.