NEW YORK () - Fox has picked up the procedural "Bones" for an eighth season that will include its milestone 150th episode, the network announced Thursday.

The drama, created by Hart Hanson and starring Emily Deschanel as forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan and David Boreanaz as FBI agent Seeley Booth, has been one of Fox's most consistent performers. Hanson correctly predicted at the Television Critics Association winter press tour in January that the show would be back for an eighth season.

He said at the time that the season would focus on Bones and Booth raising their child together now that they are finally a couple after several seasons of will-they-or-won't-they.

"We're all excited about it and have story ideas," Hanson said. "Putting Booth and Brennan together raising a child, as far as we're concerned, reinvigorated our series. I wouldn't want to try to figure out how to do another year of them not being together."

Fox president of entertainment Kevin Reilly said Thursday that the show has "redefined the traditional crime procedural with an irreverent and adventurous sensibility."

"I'm really happy to have this distinctive, fan-favorite on our schedule for another season," he said.

Far less certain was the future of the "Bones" spinoff "The Finder," which debuted this year to unimpressive ratings.

"Bones" returns with a new night and time on Monday, April 2, at 8 p.m., for the first of seven new episodes in a row.

滬江娛樂快訊：在CBS之前正式公布了旗下劇集續(xù)訂情況后，F(xiàn)OX電視網(wǎng)也公布了第一部正式進入12-13年度的劇集，這個寵兒就是即將進入第8季的《識骨尋蹤》。

FOX娛樂主席凱文·萊利(Kevin Reilly)接受采訪表示，“在過去的7季中，哈特·漢森(Hart Hanson)（劇集創(chuàng)造者）和史蒂芬·內(nèi)森(Stephen Nathan)（編?。┖驼婷畹哪缓髨F隊為我們帶來了不可思議的劇集《識骨尋蹤》，我們都非常高興觀眾最愛的罪案劇集之一又出現(xiàn)在了電視網(wǎng)的節(jié)目單上?！?/p>

盡管由于劇集的播出年份很久和這一季中因為女主角艾米麗·丹斯切爾(Emily Deschanel)懷孕而造成非常規(guī)播放，但是Reilly還是非常樂觀的表示劇集的未來很光明，主創(chuàng)Hanson也回應(yīng)他希望更多角色和活力會加入到劇集中，并且承認故事線可以將劇集帶到第10季。

同時衍生劇集《追尋者》可能面臨取消的形勢，因為在接替其始祖劇集的周四晚成績不出色的情況下被調(diào)換到了周五晚，低于預(yù)期的收視成績可能不會得到續(xù)訂。

目前在冬歇期歸來的《識骨尋蹤》正在一個全新時段上播出，周一晚8點檔。