This may be late news but I will post it anyways.

NBC has rewarded My Name is Earl (Thursdays, 9-9:30 p.m. ET) and supplied The Office (Thursdays, 9:30-10 p.m. ET) with full-season orders of 22 episodes each through the 2006-07 season, it was announced today by Kevin Reilly, President, NBC Entertainment.

"The strength of the ratings and performance and the quality of these two shows make this a very easy decision," said Reilly. "We are confident that these comedies will only continue to increase in popularity."

In "Earl," the title character (Jason Lee) has taken one too many wrong turns on the highway of life. However, a twist of fate turns his life into a tailspin of life-renewing events. Earl won a small lottery, and, after an epiphany, he is determined to transform his good fortune into a life-changing event as he sets out to right all the wrongs from his past.

In its first season, My Name is Earl has been nominated for two Golden Globes, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, one Directors Guild of America Award and three Writers Guild of America Awards. It has also won the coveted People's Choice Favorite New Television Comedy Award.

Joining Earl along his quest to cleanse his karma are a few dim-witted friends: hapless brother Randy (Ethan Suplee) and the very sexy Catalina (Nadine Velazquez). Even Darnell (Eddie Steeples), a worker at the Crab Shack where Earl drinks beer, offers his support. But it's Earl's ex-wife Joy (Jaime Pressly) who won't lift a finger to help unless there's something in it for her.

Created and written by Greg Garcia (Yes, Dear), My Name is Earl is executive produced by Garcia and Marc Buckland (Medical Investigation, Ed). The series is produced by Amigos de Garcia and Twentieth Century Fox Television.

They would be dumb not to renew it, Earl & The Office both are great shows. Has a date been issued yet for the first episode?