Comedy Central Orders Three More Seasons of 'Tosh.0'

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Comedy Central is tripling down on Tosh.0. The cable network announced Tuesday that it has ordered three additional seasons of the weekly show, keeping it on the air through at least 2016.

“We believe Tosh.0 has the potential to resonate with our audience, and we want to give it time to connect." said Comedy Central president of content development and original programming Kent Alterman.

Currently in its fifth season, Tosh.0 is set to begin its sixth, a 30-episode order, on Feb. 18. The renewal is for seasons six, seven and eight.

"I am extremely fortunate and very grateful that I can continue to work with such fun and talented people on a very supportive network," said star and creator Daniel Tosh. "Sorry for the lack of snark -- I will leave that open for the comments section."

Tosh.0 has been a ratings boon to Comedy Central. Four years in, it ranks as the top entertainment series across all of TV among men 18-24 on Tuesday nights. It's averaging a robust 3.0 million viewers and a 2.2 rating among adults 18-49, season-to-date.

Tosh has extended his relationship with Comedy Central into animation as well. The network recently ordered a third season of cartoon Brickleberry, on which Tosh serves as both an executive producer and a voice actor.

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TV ratings: 'Bonnie & Clyde' pulls 9.8 million viewers through three nets

Broadcast on three networks: A & E, history and life - on Sunday night, the first instalment of the original mini-series Bonnie & Clyde recovered nearly 10 million viewers for the family of A + E cable.

TV review: Bonnie & Clyde

The total of 9.8 million makes shy of recent efforts Hatfields & McCoy, which culminated with a respective 14.3 and 13.1 million viewers on the history and the Bible. Excluding these two efforts, the ranks of Bonnie & Clyde as the mini more regarded opening since Broken Trail 2006.

Breaking ratings by network, the public was spread out fairly regularly. History, current champion mini-series cable, garnished with 3.7 million viewers - and life expectancy (3.1 million) and A & E (3 million) followed, elbow to elbow. Simulcasting scored 4.2 million adults 25-54 years.

Bonnie & Clyde embodies Emile Hirsch and Holliday Grainger the famous duo of embezzlement of the Bank. Automate production of Sony Pictures Television, Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, marks the first simultaneous across the lifespan, from A & E and history.

Unlike these minis last net A + E, Bonnie & Clyde only has a deployment of two nights. The conclusion will be broadcast on December 9 at 21 on the three networks following a recall of the first instalment.

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