Though Castle isn’t a show we usually cover here at TUIW, we’re big fans of Nathan Fillion, thus making it great news to hear Michael Ausiello report that ABC has renewed the show for a 22-episode third season. A bubble show not a year ago, Castle found its audience, and last night, grabbed 14.5 million viewers, the highest rating for a scripted ABC show in that timeslot in 14 years. Perhaps it’s time TUIW reconsidered Castle.
Bubble Watch: ABC Renews Castle
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Exactly right. I started watching “Castle” entirely because of Nathan Fillion, and now I’m time-shifting it as an official Guilty Pleasure. It’s far too slick and self-consciously stylized (my standards for network-TV crime are “Rockford Files” and “Homicide”), but the story lines aren’t altogether stupid, and Fillion’s counterpart, Stana Katic, is as good as he is.