Season 1 (2007) Season 2 (2008–09) Season 3 (2009–10) The third season of
Burn Notice premiered on June 4, 2009. Both Nix and Donovan have revealed that the season will focus on the past of Michael, Fiona and Sam.
Ben Shenkman ("Tom Strickler"),
Moon Bloodgood ("Detective Paxson"), and
Otto Sanchez ("Agent Diego Garza") appeared in recurring roles during the summer season. The winter season premiered on January 21, 2010, opening with the reunion of actors
Tyne Daly and
Sharon Gless nearly 14 years after they last teamed up as
Cagney and Lacey. Recurring characters in the winter season include
Chris Vance as Mason Gilroy, a spy handler known as a "puppetmaster" with whom Michael must work.
Season 4 (2010) Burn Notice was renewed for a fourth season that began airing on June 3, 2010. The season also featured the directorial debut of Jeffrey Donovan who directed the third aired episode of the season "Made Man".
Coby Bell joined the cast as Jesse Porter, a counterintelligence expert who can easily assume cover identities and has a burning desire to catch criminals.
Robert Wisdom portrayed Vaughn, a spy working for those who burned Michael, in a minimum of six episodes.
Burt Reynolds guest-starred as a legend in the spy business whose story serves as a look forward to what Michael's life could become. Additionally,
Tim Matheson reprised his role as
"Dead" Larry Sizemore and
Jay Karnes reprised his role as
Tyler Brennen. The fourth season was extended by two episodes to 18. The season was broadcast in two parts, with the first part ending on August 26, and the final six episodes beginning on November 11 and concluding on December 16, 2010.
Season 5 (2011) Burn Notice was renewed for a fifth season, consisting of 18 episodes, on April 16, 2010. The first half of the fifth season concluded airing after 12 episodes on September 8, 2011, with the remaining six episodes beginning on November 3, 2011. The season concluded in December, 2011.
Season 6 (2012) A sixth season, consisting of 18 episodes, was ordered by USA Network on April 16, 2010.
Season 7 (2013) USA renewed
Burn Notice for a 13-episode seventh season on November 7, 2012. Production began Monday, March 18, 2013 and episodes began airing on June 6, 2013. USA Network announced May 10, 2013 that the seventh season of
Burn Notice would be its last.
Television film (2011) The prequel film "The Fall of Sam Axe" both explores Sam's downfall shortly prior to the opening of the series and sets up elements of season five. == Ratings ==