Hot on the heels of the lawsuit stemming from the use of a garbage disposal in the pilot episode of Heroes, and the result that saw the offending scene cut from the show, NBC has announced they have picked up the full season of Heroes.

NBC has ordered nine additional episodes of the supernatural saga, bringing its complement to 22. In its first two airings, “Heroes” has averaged 13.5 million viewers. It ties with ABC’s “Brothers and Sisters” as the No. 1 new series among adults 18-49, the demographic coveted by advertisers.

Lets see if the series can keep itself from controversy from the remaining episodes… or perhaps they will seek it out for the publicity it will bring.  And I am interested to know if In-Sink-Erator, the garbage disposal company no one had heard of, has seen a surge of sales and interest since the lawsuit… it couldn’t have hurt sales.

CBS has upped the order of episodes for the second season of The Unit from 13 episodes up to a full season run of 22.  The military drama, following the Delta Force community, stars Dennis Haysbert and Scott Foley. It airs Tuesdays at nine on CBS.

CBS has now picked up a full season of Emmy award winning The New Adventures of Old Christine.  The comedy started as a mid-season show last season, winning Julia Louis-Dreyfus an Emmy for her role.  But CBS had only picked up 13 episodes for this season.  They began ordering additional scripts over the past few weeks, and finally upped it to a full season of 22 episodes yesterday.

The show, which follows Louis-Dreyfus as a divorcee who still gets on with her ex-husband (how rare is that these days!) and has been generating more viewers this season than its first season average.

The New Adventures of Old Christine airs on Mondays on CBS.

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