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FX Renews ARCHER for Season 5 | Collider

Here’s the press release:

ARCHER GETS SEASON FIVE PICK-UP FROM FX

Current Fourth Season of Archer Is Achieving All-Time Ratings Highs

Posting Gains of +44% in Adults 18-34 and +36% in Adults 18-49 vs. Last Season

Seven All-New Episodes of Archer Remain in Season Four with Two-Part Season Finale Airing April 4 and April 11

LOS ANGELES, February 27, 2013 – FX has ordered season five of its critically-acclaimed animated comedy series Archer, it was announced today by Nick Grad, Executive Vice President of Original Programming and Development, FX. The network has ordered 13 episodes for the series’ fifth season.

Archer was created by Adam Reed and Floyd County Productions and it is executive produced by Reed and Matthew Thompson. Seven all-new episodes of Archer remain in season four, which wraps up on Thursday, April 11 at 10:00 PM E/P. This year Archer will enter into the category of Outstanding Comedy Series for the Emmy? Awards.

“Archer is one the very best comedy series on television,” said Grad. “Adam Reed, Matt Thompson and the incredible cast – H. Jon Benjamin, Aisha Tyler, Jessica Walter, Chris Parnell, Judy Greer, Amber Nash, George Coe, and Lucky Yates – are comedic geniuses. It is truly rewarding the way in which the audience and fans have embraced their work and that the ratings to continue to grow. The quality of Archer is undeniable.”

When notified of the season five pick-up, Reed said, “Thank God.”

When Reed notified Thompson of the season five pick-up, Thompson replied, “Called it.”

Archer has posted dramatic ratings growth every year and season four of the series is on record pace. In 2013, Archer ranks as cable’s #2 series in delivery of Men 18-34 behind The Walking Dead, and it has ranked as television’s #1 program in that demo in the Thursday, 10 PM time period in four of the past six weeks (Live+Same Day). Through four episodes this season, Archer is posting gains of +44% in Adults 18-34 and +36% in Adults 18-49 compared to its season three average. First-run episodes ofArcher are averaging 2.37 Million Total Viewers; 2.01 million Adults 18-49, and 1.41 million Adults 18-34 (L+7). In comparison to the Archer’s first season, four season in the series has increased its audience by +92% in Total Viewers, +129% in Adults 18-34, +159% in Men 18-34, +128% in Adults 18-49, and +160% in Men 18-49 (L+7).*
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jerseydevil said:
ucsdguy1 said:
I thought the last episode was kind of "meh". A little more depressing than funny..
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Fair point, it was a little more touchy/feeley than most. But that's what I like about the show. It has an odd tone that doesn't necessarily rely on all the joke joke quiet moment joke commercial tropes of a usual sitcom.
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Legit was right back on track last night.

Actors are the least talented people in the entertainment industry....

Woohoo, what a wicked party!
 
hahaha...watched Legit yesterday. Friggin funny. Especially Andy Dick and Jefferies impersonating each other.

But yeah, woohoo what a wicked party!
 
Best episode of the season. I could go for paragraphs before even getting to the hilarity of Patton Oswalt with a machine gun.
 
The mystery was there for the seeing the whole time...LOVE Brett Sexton and ____________ as actors, sorry to see their characters are more than likely done. Curious to see, now that the mystery is solved, what hijinks ensue for the last 4 or 5 episodes.


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I dig Eldard's Colton...but he is under a lot of guns right now. I think that this season ends with Raylen either arresting or drawing down on Eva...and that is gonna be the straw that ignites the war between Boyd/Raylen. And that's next season and the beginning of the endgame for the show. Cousin Johnny is amazing too as is Jere Burns raised eyebrows...just an great cast/show overall. Did love Nick Searcy's full pink panty meltdown...
 
I cannot even begin to praise Justified enough. Just top to bottom, the best cast/writing on tv. Really thought they would have trouble topping Mags Bennett...I was sorely wrong. Just amazing stuff really. And The Americans is just another terrific Fx show. Started slow, but has developed into something special. Fx truly is the best in the business. Thank you John Landgraf.
 
There was greatness right and left in that episode. I love when they give the other marshall guy something to do, even if I have forgotten his name again, but that standoff was fantastic, smart and tense. Patton Oswalt really stepped it up and Cordroy continues to redeem himself for certain sitcom atrocities.
 
KingInTheWest said:
There was greatness right and left in that episode. I love when they give the other marshall guy something to do, even if I have forgotten his name again, but that standoff was fantastic, smart and tense. Patton Oswalt really stepped it up and Cordroy continues to redeem himself for certain sitcom atrocities.
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You mean Mike O'Malley(Nicky Augustine) right? And yeah, they have had a concentrated effort to make characters out of the supporting cast this season. The phone call between Colt and Deputy Tim was just another great example of the terrific tough guy banter that this show excels at. I know someone who couldn't get into s1 and didn't stick with it...and I cannot get her to buy in no matter how much I plead. Her loss.
 
Couldn't agree more. The phone call between Tim and Colt when Tim says "because this isn't a fantasy" and it just hit me that this is some of the best television I have ever seen. Everyone is great in it.

Extra props to Patton Oswalt for doing such a great job, even though his character arc has been obvious from the moment he was introduced. He made it work and he made you care.

Can't believe they took what I was expecting to be the season ending climax and did it with two episodes still left to go. That's ****in' balls. Can't wait to see the next one.
 
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