CW's "Beauty and The Beast" will live on for another season.
The network revealed that the fan-favorite series - starring Jay Ryan, Kristin Kreuk and Nicole Anderson - has been renewed for a fourth season. The announcement comes just four months before the third season is scheduled to air, according to The Wrap.
Season three of "Beauty and The Beast" will begin its 13-episode run on Thursday, May 21 at 8 p.m. Despite not making the CW's regular season schedule, the series renewal shows the network's confidence in the show, which sank to a .29 rating in the Adults 18-49 demographic and averaged 800,000 viewers.
"As season three begins, Cat (Kreuk) and Vincent (Ryan) are able to focus on their love, finally free from Muirfield, manhunts and beasts, However, that love will be tested as new and more dangerous threats await," a description for the upcoming third season read.
"When they learn that innocent victims are being used to test the boundaries of the impossible, Cat and Vincent will uncover a deeper conspiracy, one which Vincent can fight only by turning to the beast he carries within. But unleashing the beast will risk Vincent's life - along with his and Cat's love - as they struggle to build a normal life together."
"Beauty and the Beast" is the latest show that the CW renewed early, along with "The Originals," "Supernatural," "The Vampire Diaries," "Reign," "The Arrow," "The Flash," "Jane the Virgin" and "The 100."
The fate of "Hart of Dixie" is still to be determined.
