Syfy Renews Being Human

Scary-good news out of Syfy: The cabler has renewed Being Human for a 13-episode fourth season, TVLine has learned exclusively.

“Being Human really hit its stride creatively this year,” raves Syfy’s president of original content Mark Stern. “This show has become a signature series for Syfy and we are thrilled to have it return in 2014.”

The drama’s just-wrapped third season averaged 1.8 million viewers, 1.1 million of which fell into the 18-49 demo.

A formal announcement about the renewal is expected to made this evening at Syfy’s annual upfront presentation in New York.

Being Human (US) 3×13 Promo “Ruh Roh” (HD) Season Finale

Being Human (US) 3×12 Promo “Always a Bridesmaid, Never Alive” (HD)

Being Human (US) 3×11 Promo “If I Only Had Raw Brain” (HD)

Being Human (US) 3×10 Promo “Those About to Rot” (HD)

Being Human (US) 3×09 Promo “Of Mice and Wolfmen” (HD)

Being Human (US) 3×08 Promo “Your Body is a Condemned Wonderland” (HD)

Being Human (US) 3×07 Promo “One is Silver and the Other Pagan” (HD)

Being Human (US) 3×06 Promo “What’s Blood Got to Do With It” (HD)

Being Human (US) 3×05 Promo “Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Mouth” (HD)

Being Human (US) 3×04 Promo “I’m So Lonesome I Could Die” (HD)

Being Human (US) 3×02 Promo “Dead Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” (HD)

Being Human – Behind the Scenes – Season 3

Being Human – Behind the Scenes – Season 3

Being Human- Season 3 Tease on Syfy

Being Human: Be Careful What You Wish For

Being Human Sets Season 3 Premiere Date, Adds Series Regular and Brings Back [Spoiler]

Syfy has announced a premiere date for Season 3 of Being Human — as well as the promotion of Kristen Hager to series regular status, as werewolf Josh’s girlfriend Nora.

Being Human‘s new cycle will kick off Monday, Jan. 14, 2013 at 9/8c and feature some familiar faces both returning and new.

For one, genre-TV’s go-to guy Mark Pellegrino (Lost, Revolution) is set to return as Aidan’s vampire mentor Bishop. Also, Kyle Schmid (Copper) will be back as Aidan’s vampire protégé/”son” Henry. Among the first-time guest stars, as previously reported, Amy Aquino (Harry’s Law) will play Donna, a witch whose spells are sought out to help find Sally, and Xander Berkeley (Nikita) has been cast as a father of purebred werewolf twins who is intent on locating his missing children. Bobby Campo (Final Destination) will also guest-star as Max, a young mortician who develops a connection with Sally.

Being Human – Comic-Con 2012 Reel

Nikita Alum Tries His Hand at Being Human

Ex-Nikita evildoer Xander Berkeley has booked a recurring role in the upcoming third season of Syfy’s Being Human.

As first reported by our sister site Deadline, the actor will play Brynn (Tracy Spiridakos) and Connor’s (Jon Cor) charismatic father, who is on a mission to unearth what happened to his children — and destroy all remaining vampires. In the meantime, he’ll develop a unique relationship with Kristen Hager’s Nora.

No stranger to portraying the villain, Berkeley is coming off of a two-season stint as the Big Bad on The CW’s Nikita. (Read more about his character’s demise here.)

Berkeley’s other TV credits include CSI, 24, Jericho and The Closer.

Being Human (US) – Season 3 – Production Begins

SEASON 3 OF SYFY’S “BEING HUMAN” STARRING SAM WITWER, MEAGHAN RATH AND SAM HUNTINGTON BEGINS PRODUCTION IN MONTREAL WITH MUSE ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCING

Anna Fricke is Executive Producer/Showrunner

Kristen Hager to Return as Series Regular

NEW YORK, NY – June 11, 2012 – Syfy’s hit drama series Being Human, starring Sam Witwer, Meaghan Rath and Sam Huntington, begins production on its third season today in Montreal. Anna Fricke (Men in Trees, Everwood) is Executive Producer/Showrunner with Muse Entertainment producing thirteen 1-hour episodes for Syfy.

In Being Human, vampire Aidan (Sam Witwer) ghost Sally (Meaghan Rath) and werewolf Josh (Sam Huntington) share the creature comforts of their Boston brownstone while struggling to keep their supernatural secrets from the outside world. Together they strive to resist the temptations of their true paranormal natures and live lives that are as near to “normal” as possible.

As the new season unfolds, Aidan resurfaces from being “grounded” and finds the vampire community vastly changed; he must find a new approach to feeding that will change his life forever. Sally fights to return from limbo and Josh must deal with an ominous visitor who comes to Boston looking for him and Nora.

Kristen Hager, who recurred throughout the first 2 seasons of Being Human playing Josh’s (Sam Huntington) girlfriend Nora, will return this season as a regular series cast member. Nora, it was revealed in the Season 2 opener, had been turned into a werewolf by Josh and plays a significant role in the drama’s tense Season 2 cliffhanger. Kristen Hager previously appeared in supporting roles in the features Wanted with Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy and Todd Haynes’ Bob Dylan biopic I’m Not There with Cate Blanchett and Richard Gere. On television she has recurred on CSI: Miami and guest starred on NCIS: Los Angeles.

This year, in its second season, Being Human experienced impressive double-digit growth in key demos as well as total viewers season over season. Premiere episodes for Season 2 averaged 2.1 million total viewers per episode (+10% vs. Season 1), 1.3 million Adults 18-49 (+19%) and 1.3 million Adults 25-54 (+23%). It remains Syfy’s youngest and most female skewing scripted series.

Executive Producers are Michael Prupas (The Kennedys, Pillars of the Earth), Jeremy Carver (Supernatural), Anna Fricke (Men in Trees, Everwood) who is also writer/showrunner, and Rob Pursey and Toby Whithouse. Stefan Pleszczynski is Supervising Producer and Irene Litinsky (Human Trafficking, The Phantom) is series Producer.

Being Human is a Muse Entertainment production in association with Zodiak USA. It is based on the acclaimed series, Being Human, created by Toby Whithouse and produced by Touchpaper Television, part of Zodiak Media.

Zodiak Rights hold worldwide rights to the series.