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Last night, Syfy had its “Upfront” presentation, the event when they announce what shows are coming and what’s in development. Not surprisingly, we received seven press releases today for your consumption. I’ve posted the happiest news first:

Syfy Renews Original Drama Being Human For Fourth Season

New York, NY – April 10, 2013 – Syfy is ordering a fourth season (13 episodes) of its hit drama series Being Human, it was announced today by Mark Stern, President of Original Content, Syfy and Co-Head of Original Content, Universal Cable Productions. The announcement comes on the heels of the Season 3 finale which aired Monday, April 8 and in time for Syfy’s Upfront presentation this evening in New York City.

Being Human stars Sam Witwer, Meaghan Rath, Sam Huntington and Kristen Hager as vampire Aidan, ghost Sally and werewolves Josh and Nora. Together they struggle to suppress their supernatural secrets and temptations and live their lives...

SYDNEY -- Screenwriter Katherine Thomsen was the major winner at Friday's Australian Writers Guild Awards, also known as the Awgies, winning gongs for her work on Gillian Armstrong's feature documentary Unfolding Florence -- The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst and the ABC TV miniseries Answered by Fire, for which she also won the Major award. Rookie writer Alice Bell received the award for original feature film for her screenplay for Suburban Mayhem, while Luke Davies' Candy (written with director Neil Armfield) took honors in the Adapted Feature Film category. Candy was based on Davies' novel of the same name. In other television awards, Greg Haddrick won the TV Series category for an episode of medical drama MDA and shared the honors with co-writer Kylie Needham for his telemovie adaptation, The Society Murders. The Australian Writers' Guild presents the Awgie Awards annually with nominees selected by panels of fellow writers experienced in each particular category. The Guild has 2,650 members and is the peak professional body for Australia's film, television, theater, radio and new media writers.