CBS All Access has renewed comedy No Activity, which means a fourth season for the show. The season will be animated. 

“This season will find Special Agent Nick Cullen (Patrick Brammall) realizing his dream of joining the FBI, but he will soon discover that being an FBI agent isn’t that special after all,” said CBS All Access. “After being assigned to a seemingly dull observation detail, he finds a potential career case in the form of an emerging cult. A large-scale operation soon takes aim at the cult but it’s unclear which side will break first. Despite the promotion, Cullen’s path continues to cross with former partner Judd Toldbeck’s (Tim Meadows), who adjusts to life with a new partner of his own.”

No Activity is produced by CBS Studios in association with Funny Or Die, Jungle and Gary Sanchez Productions, and is based on the Stan original series produced by Jungle. The series is co-developed and executive produced by Brammall and Trent O’Donnell, alongside executive producers Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Joe Farrell, Mike Farah, Joe Hardesty and Jason Burrows. 

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“We are so excited to welcome back the hilarious team behind No Activity for a fourth season and can’t wait to show fans their favorite mediocre law enforcement agents brought to life in animated form,” said Julie McNamara, executive VP and head of programming, CBS All Access. “Patrick Brammall and Trent O’Donnell never cease to amaze with their unique wit and ability to make the mundane lives of these cops extraordinarily funny, and we're thrilled that our long-standing partnership with Funny Or Die and Gary Sanchez Productions continues to grow and evolve. We look forward to the crazy antics and misunderstandings Cullen finds himself entangled in -- and with whom -- in the series’ fourth season.”

As in previous seasons, O’Donnell will direct all episodes. Flight School Studio is the animation studio for the upcoming season.

“We couldn’t be more excited for the opportunities animation will open up for the No Activity universe,” said Brammall and O’Donnell. “We love drawing and have always wanted to express ourselves creatively in that medium. Then the network saw our drawings and said they would be more comfortable hiring actual animation people.  Our feelings were hurt but we’re still very excited.”

Investors, perhaps seeing some buying opportunities after a morning panic sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average down more than 1,000 points at the open, began slowly crawling back, as the overall market reduced its slide to about 250 points by mid-day.

Cable stocks, which were hit hard along with every other market sector in the morning, began to see some relief, with most stocks gaining back at least some of their losses of earlier in the day.

Pending merger partners Charter Communications and Time Warner Cable, which had been down as much as 7.1% and 4.3% respectively, during the day, entered positive territory by noon. TWC was up 1% ($1.41) to $185.00 per share and Charter rose 0.3% (56 cents) to $177.97 each. Other distribution stocks slowly began to reverse the downward spiral. Cablevision, down 9.4% earlier in the session, finished the first half of the day down 41 cents each (1.7%) to $23.33 each and Comcast, down as much as 4% earlier in the day, was down 1.6% (92 cents) by mid-day. Cable One, which had been unchanged earlier, was down the most – 2.8%, or $11.77 each, to $407.98 by noon time.

Programming stocks also seemed to start on the path to a slow recovery. CBS was up 7 cents per share (0.2%) by mid-day to $45.16 each;  Discovery Communications, down about 5.2% earlier in the morning slowed its decline to 3.1% by noon. Disney, down 7% earlier was down just  1% by mid-day, with 21st Century Fox down 2.5%, Viacom down 1%, Time Warner Inc. down 1.4% and  Netflix, which opened down about 15%, was down less than 1% (35 cents each) by noontime to $103.67 per share.

It has been a volatile past few days for the market – it fell more than 300 points Thursday and more than 535 points on Friday. Cable stocks, which have been on a rollercoaster ride for weeks, were down between 11% and 3.5% since Aug. 17

CBS All Access, the digital subscription, video on demand and Nielsen-measured live streaming service launched by broadcaster CBS last year, has reached an agreement with the CBS Affiliate Board and has secured early deals with a number of affiliate partners, giving the service access to local content in more than half of the country.

Signing off on the deal are CBS affiliates such as Dispatch, Graham Media, Gray, Hearst, Lilly Broadcasting, Meredith, Morgan Murphy, Morris Network, Neuhoff Media, Nexstar, Raycom and Withers, the broadcast giant said. The live linear feeds in many of the markets represented by these 12 affiliate groups will begin rolling out this month. Teh deal comes about a month after the CBS Affiliate Board said it had come to terms with the network.

The addition of these affiliates – which represent 56 markets nationwide – to the 14 owned-and-operated CBS stations that participated in CBS All Access’ October launch brings the live linear feed coverage of CBS All Access to 55% of U.S. households. The 14 CBS owned stations include markets such as New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. The new markets to be added include Atlanta, Phoenix, Orlando, Cleveland, Columbus, St. Louis, Charlotte, Hartford, Kansas City and Las Vegas. 

“This is another key step in the company’s long-standing strategy to grow our business in a way that complements our existing ecosystem,” said CBS CEO Les Moonves in a statement. “Adding CBS affiliates to the mix will give viewers the opportunity to watch more CBS programming whenever they want on whichever device they choose. We look forward to adding more affiliate partners to build CBS All Access nationwide.”

All Access offers a live stream of local programming from affiliates and select on-demand programming like 2 Broke Girls, 60 Minutes, The Amazing Race, Big Brother, with ad-free access to older shows such as The Andy Griffith Show, Twin Peaks, The Brady Bunch, Cheers, and Family Ties, for about $5.99 per month. The company has not revealed how many customers have signed on to the service, but at a recent conference, Moonves said All-Access was “ahead of projections.”

 “We are excited to have in place a groundbreaking agreement which begins a new era in distribution for CBS affiliates said vice chair of Dispatch Broadcasting and chairman of the CBS Affiliates Board Michael Fiorile in a statement. “CBS All Access is designed to take advantage of the growth in place-shifting by giving our viewers the utmost ease of accessibility to their favorite local programming. We see it as an opportunity to expand our reach to consumers by delivering our stations anywhere and anytime our viewers want to watch.”

Specific terms of the agreement were not disclosed, but the company said each affiliate partner will participate in a revenue-share and will also benefit by having live viewership in their markets applied to their Nielsen rating.

The ability to live stream local CBS stations through CBS All Access is made available through Syncbak, in which CBS has a minority investment.

In the markets that do not yet offer live-streaming of their local CBS station, CBS All Access subscribers have access to nearly 7,000 episodes on-demand via the CBS App for iOS and Android, on CBS All Access’ Roku channel and online at CBS.com, with additional connected devices being added in the coming months. CBS All Access’ on-demand offering includes episodes from the current season – including full current seasons of 16 primetime shows with episodes available after they air – as well as previous seasons and classic shows.