Gritty FX police drama "The Shield" has a lock on returning for a fifth year, sources told The Hollywood Reporter.
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"The Shield" averaged 3.2 million viewers an episode in its fourth season, up from an average 2.5 million viewers in the third season.
The cable network's 13-episode pickup for this fall's fifth season of "The Shield" is a second recent victory for creator and Executive Producer Shawn Ryan.
CBS earlier picked up "The Unit," a drama about a special operations unit, on which Ryan and David Mamet are executive producers.
