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"Beauty and the Beast has been given a full season by The CW. Kristin Kreuk&amp;#039;s drama, loosely based on the 1987 CBS series of the same name, will now have a further nine episodes, Deadline reports.  The show stars Kreuk as Catherine Chandler, a homicide detective who meets genetically-altered &amp;#039;beast&amp;#039; Vincent Keller (Jay Ryan). The series previously won an order for three more scripts in October.  It is currently averaging 2.4 million viewers and a 0.9 rating among adults 18-34, according to Nielsen data.  Beauty and the Beast airs on Thursdays at 9/8c on The CW. In the UK, the series will be shown on UKTV channel Watch. Watch a promo for Beauty and the Beast&amp;#039;s next US episode below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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