ABC Family has ordered an additional 22 episodes of Switched at Birth in what the network is billing as a “full first season order.”
Birth‘s initial 10-episode run concludes Aug. 8; the new batch of episodes will air in early 2012.
“Viewers have fallen in love with this show, just as we did when we first saw it,” said ABC Family prez Michael Riley in a statement. “We set out this year to bring viewers more original content than ever before, all with the trademarks of our bright, authentic, quality storytelling. We’re so thrilled to see this series become a break-out hit this summer and become a key component of our programming lineup into next year.”
Birth regularly ranks as Monday’s No. 1 series in ABC Family’s target demo of females 12-34.
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