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NBC has ordered four more scripts for Knight Rider.

USA Network has renewed Burn Notice, for a third season, and Psych, for a fourth season, with orders for 16 episodes for both shows.

FX has cancelled The Riches. The show lost steam with only seven, of its total twenty, episodes in the strike shortened second season. Show costs were another factor. Meanwhile, FX has already picked up Sons of Anarchy for a second season.

CW shows Valentine and Easy Money have halted production for four to six weeks. The official reason given was so writers could catch up to their writing schedules. Shooting, however, will continue on already written episodes and a spokeswoman for MRC says that the agreed upon thirteen episodes will be produced.

ABC is developing a new version of '80s miniseries V. Written by Scott Peters this one will "center on Erica Evans, a Homeland Security agent with an aimless son who's got problems. When the aliens arrive, her son gloms on to them, causing tension within the family." Just like the 80's one, there will be multiple simultaneous storylines, and it'll open with an army of spaceships around Earth's major cities. Peters, Warner Brothers TV, and Jace Hall will produce.

RHI Entertainment has sold its science fiction miniseries Meteor to several European broadcasters: Germany's Tele Muenchen, Italy's Mediaset, and Spain's Antena 3 TV. The four-hour action-adventure, which chronicles the race to stop a giant meteor from making final impact with Earth stars Christopher Lloyd, Marla Sokoloff, Jason Alexander, and Stacy Keach.

Marvel Animation and Film Roman have started production on The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. The 26 episode animated series will broadcast 2011, the same year as movies The First Avenger: Captain America and The Avengers. Marvel characters will include Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Giant Man, and Wasp.

Turner Broadcasting and MGM Worldwide Television have announced they are producing 26 half hour episodes for an animated Pink Panther series. Production will be done in both Los Angeles and Amman, Jordan, through Rubicon. The show - which will havePink Panther as a rambunctious teenager who, along with his friends, gets into all sorts of mischievous capers and hilarious escapades – will air Fall 2009 on Cartoon Network channels worldwide.