Showtime Orders Third Season of The Big C

LOS ANGELES: Showtime has renewed The Big C, starring Laura Linney, for a third season.

Ten new episodes of The Big C will go into production at the beginning of next year. The season two finale will air on September 26. The air date for season three is set for the second quarter of 2012.

The series is about a suburban housewife and teacher with terminal cancer. It was created and written by Darlene Hunt, the executive producer, along with showrunner Jenny Bicks, Laura Linney, Neal H. Moritz and Vivian Cannon. It is produced by Sony Pictures Television.