Aliens Among Us: TNT Renews 'Falling Skies'

Turner net re-ups Spielberg drama after just three weeks

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Just three weeks into its freshman run, TNT has renewed the alien apocalypse series Falling Skies for a second season.

The Turner network will bring Falling Skies back for 10 episodes in summer 2012. Shooting will begin in Toronto before the end of the summer.

Executive produced by Steven Spielberg, Falling Skies bowed on June 19 to 5.91 million viewers, making it the year’s most-watched cable series launch. The two-hour opener also put up big demos, averaging 2.64

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