Fox renews ‘The Following,’ three Tuesday comedies

Girls and gore are proving to be a winning strategy for Fox as the network announced on Monday it was renewing “The Following,� “New Girl,� “The Mindy Project� and “Raising Hope.�

“The Following,� which stars Kevin Bacon as a former FBI agent tasked with stopping a serial killer’s cult, is coming back for a second 15-episode season. The series, created by Kevin Williamson and Maros Siega, is a ratings hit for the network, and has gotten an even bigger boost from DVR viewers, making it the No. 3 drama overall for the season.

The Tuesday comedies “New Girl� (starring Zooey Deschanel), “The Mindy Project,� (Mindy Kaling) and “Raising Hope� (Lucas Neff and Martha Plimpton) will also be back for new seasons.

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“New Girl,� which will be heading into its third season, is Fox’s highest-rated comedy series and also gets a sizable ratings boost from DVR viewers. While never a breakout ratings success, “Raising Hope� has been steady enough through three seasons that it will return for a fourth.

The one new comedy, “The Mindy Project,� saw its ratings rise when another Tuesday -- “Ben and Kate� -- was yanked from the schedule, making it strong enough to return for a second season.

The network also said that negotiations were still ongoing for a fifth season of its long-running hit “Glee.�

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