Showtime Renews The L Word

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

Showtime picked up drama The L Word for a sixth and what it said will be its final season.

The network committed to eight more new episodes of the show, about the lives of a group of friends in Los Angeles.

The series is executive produced by Ilene Chaiken (Chicken Little). Production begins this summer.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.