Jim Gordon is getting at least an extra six hours to clean up the city, after Fox decided to give a back-six order for Gotham.

“Gotham debuted as one of the most buzzed-about shows of the fall, and with good reason,” Fox TV Group chairmen Dana Walden and Gary Newman pointed out. “Bruno Heller and Danny Cannon have created an incredibly rich world, with characters that draw you in and a cast that brings to life these heroes and villains in a way we’ve never seen before.”

The series, which charts the lives of the inhabitants of Batman’s home town while the Caped Crusader is a youngster, debuted on Channel 5 in the UK this week. Read our review of the opening episode here.