TV News Roundup: April 24, 2014

THE MENTALIST may switch networks. BET and MTV both renew series. and   swan song date set. This and more in today's TV News Roundup!

THE KILLING Final Season Premiere Set:
Netflix announced that the final six episode season of THE KILLING will be released on August 1, 2014.

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Telenovelas Developing for NBC/USA:
NBC is developing LORD OF THE SKIES, based on Telemundo's top rated novella. USA is developing WOMEN OF STEEL, also from Telemundo. these are just a couple of examples of the cross synergy across the NBCUniversal companies.

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THE MENTALIST to Find a New Home?:
Entertainment Weekly is reporting that the production studio, Warner Brothers, is shopping the series around in case CBS does not renew the series for a 7th season. One possible new home could be TNT, which airs reruns of the seires.

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BET Renews Trio:
BET has renewed the scripted series THE GAME and BEING MARY JANE and the reality series REAL MEN OF HOLLYWOOD for next season. This will be season eight, two and three, respectively.

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MTV Renews Three Series:
The former music channel has renewed three reality series, THE REAL WORLD, SNOOKIE & JWOWW  and GIRL CODE.