E! said it has ordered a third, 10-episode season of The Royals, as the second season heads toward a Sunday, Jan. 17 finale. The show, co-produced by Lionsgate and Universal Cable Productions, stars Elizabeth Hurley, William Moseley and Alexandra Park as a fictional, contemporary royal family and is averaging 1.3 million total viewers and 754,000 in the adults 18-49 bracket this season (live plus three days), according to E!
The NBCUniversal-owned network said The Royals ranks second among new original scripted series of 2015 among persons 18-49 across ad-supported cable, excluding spinoffs.
