CBS orders five more 'Eleventh Hour'

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CBS has requested five additional episodes of sci-fi drama Eleventh Hour.

The new instalments will bring the season run to 18 shows, reports Entertainment Weekly.

Eleventh Hour is currently ranked the 20th most-watched primetime show, averaging 12 million viewers.

Jerry Bruckheimer's project, which is an adaptation of a 2006 British mini-series, stars Rufus Sewell and Marley Shelton.