'Scream' Gets a Second Season at MTV

LOS ANGELES - MTV is giving the teen-themed "Scream" television series based on the 90's horror movie franchise, a second season.

The show was averaging about 1.4 million viewers and a 0.85 rating in MTV’s target demo of adults 18-34, Nielsen’s “Live+3” estimates reported. The network said more than 21 million viewers have tuned in to at least some of the show on-air, and the series has drawn another 7.9 million streams across various platforms.

The show stars Wella Fitzgerald, Bex Taylor-Klaus and John Karna. It is produced by Dimension Television by executive producers by Harvey Weinstein, Wes Craven, Tony DiSanto, Liz Gateley, Marianne Maddalena, Cathy Konrad and co-showrunners Jill Blotevogel and Jaime Paglia.