FX's 'Wilfred' gets a third season, new showrunners
Elijah Wood and Jason Gann will return in June 2013
Jason Gann and Elijah Wood of "Wilfred"
Credit: FOX
It may have taken a little longer than expected, but "Wilfred" has been picked up for a third season on FX.
Over a month after the second season concluded and three months after FX President John Landgraf told reporters that "Wilfred" had "a many-year future on the network," but that there were some "deal issues to work out," the network picked up 13 more episodes to begin production next spring.
"Wilfred" is expected to return to FX in June of 2013, though it will be without its comedy running mate "Louie," which will take 2013 off. The Elijah Wood/Jason Gann comedy will also have a slightly different look behind-the-scenes.
As part of the renewal announcement, FX revealed that Reed Agnew and Eli Jorne, writer-producers for the first two seasons, will be elevated to showrunners for the third season, while David Zuckerman will remain on-board as executive producer.
"As John (Landgraf) said at the summer TCA, it was only a matter of time before we picked up the show, we just had to work some things out," blurbed FX's EVP for Original Programming Nick Grad, acknowledging the slight renewal delay. "David Zuckerman has done an amazing job adapting and reconceiving Wilfred for FX. It was his decision to step down from the Showrunner's post, but we're very happy he is going to stay involved with the show. Both we and David have great faith in the ability of Reed and Eli to seamlessly step up and take over the reins. I have no doubt they'll do a great job."
The second season of "Wilfred" averaged 2.63 million viewers, including 1.71 million viewers among adults 18-49 in its first-run airings.
A long-time member of the TCA Board and a longer-time blogger of "American Idol," Dan Fienberg writes about TV, except for when he writes about movies or sometimes writes about the Red Sox. But never music. He would sound stupid talking about music.
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November 1, 2012 at 11:28AM EST Reply to CommentWhy would he step down from his own show? Sounds a little weird without a reason (such as, family probs, etc.).
Joseph Well, it's not really his own show, at least not in the sense that it's his creation. He got it adapted and up and running, maybe he just didn't want to continue the time commitment that goes along with being a show runner.
November 1, 2012 at 11:42AM ESTBlake
November 1, 2012 at 2:12PM EST Reply to CommentI noticed that Wilfred's ratings slipped throughout the season down to Terriers range. I'm sure that's why the Showrunner was replaced, and made me wonder if it would be renewed at all.
Personally I liked the end of the season, particularly the hallucination episode. But from the numbers, about 2/3 of viewers stopped watching sometime during the season. That's bad.