Netflix has given the official green-light for Season 3 of the popular teen drama series 13 Reasons Why. According to Deadline, Season 3 will consist of 13-episodes and is scheduled to premiere in 2019. Brian Yorke will return as series showrunner. Its third season is slated to begin filming later this year without original star Katherine Langford, who recently confirmed that she would be leaving after playing the tragic Hannah for the first two seasons.
Te American mystery teen drama series is based on the 2007 novel by the same name by Jay Asher and focuses on a high school student, Clay Jensen, and his friend Hannah Baker, a girl who takes her own life after suffering a series of demoralizing circumstances brought on by select individuals at her school. A box of cassette tapes recorded by Hannah before her suicide details thirteen reasons why she ended her life.
The renewal comes less than a month after the May 18 debut of Season 2. Yorkey, Joy Gorman, Mandy Teefey, Kristel Laiblin, Tom McCarthy, Selena Gomez, Steve Golin and Michael Sugar are returning as executive producers. 13 Reasons Why is one of Netflix’s most popular shows, with the current second season topping various rankings of the most streamed series for the weeks since its release. The second season received mixed reviews from both critics and audiences due to the show’s content. The series, which deals with teen suicide, bullying, drunk driving and rape in graphic detail, has been criticized by some mental health experts who say it could pose health risks for certain young people, especially those with suicidal thoughts. The second season drew an average minute audience of 2.6 million in the U.S. during the first three days after its debut, according to Nielsen, with the premiere episode pulling in 6 million viewers in three days.
The series is produced by July Moon Productions, Kicked to the Curb Productions, Anonymous Content and Paramount Television.
Source: Deadline