Alert: Missing Persons Unit Renewed for Season 3 by Fox

Exclusive: Fox has given ‘Alert: Missing Persons Unit’ a Season 3 pickup. The renewal of the procedural drama starring Scott Caan and Dania Ramirez was expected.

In order to make filming more cost-effective for series producers Sony Pictures Television and Fox Entertainment, “Alert” will remain in continuous production, moving from the strike-shortened second season to the third season, the episode count of which, I understand, is still TBD . There’s another advantage to filming seasons 2 and 3 back to back: Fox will have new episodes of the series in case production is interrupted by an IATSE strike this summer.

There’s no word yet on Fox’s other standout drama series, The Cleaning Lady. As Deadline has reported, things are also looking good for a renewal.

Warning: The Missing Persons Unit is located within the Philadelphia Police Department’s Missing Persons Unit (MPU). Each episode is about the search for a missing person led by detectives Jason Grant (Caan) and…