* "Juno" mastermind Diablo Cody's “The United States of Tara,” averaging 2.1 million viewers weekly (even when one excludes DVR and On Demand watching), got a second season after airing only three first-season episodes. (Compare this to sister show “Dexter,” which never got above one million viewers when its premiere season hit Showtime two years ago.)
* HBO just ordered “Big Love’s” fourth season just four episodes into season three.
* The fastest pickup, however, is “Rescue Me,” which just got a sixth season pickup even though its fifth season doesn’t launch on FX till April 7.
* Likely to get a quick pick-up also is “Important Things With Demetri Martin,” which with a 2.4 million viewer tune-in just notched the highest-rated Comedy Central premiere since the 2003 “Chappelle's Show” bow.
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