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Lincoln Lawyer is Renewed for Season 2

Netflix has reached a judgement in the case of Lincoln Lawyer renewal vs. cancellation.

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The streamer on Tuesday officially authorised a second season of David E. Kelley’s take on novelist Michael Connelly’s legal protagonist.

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The 10-episode first season, which was released on May 13, was based on the second book in Connelly’s Lincoln Lawyer series, The Brass Verdict.

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The Lincoln Lawyer very recently made its debut on Nielsen’s U.S. ranking of streaming originals and landing at No. 2 with 884 million total minutes viewed across its 10-episode season.

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Nielsen notes that the drama’s performance was “driven by a fairly atypical audience as it was over two-thirds age 50-plus” making it the second-oldest skewing title for that week.

Manuel Garcia-Rulfo fills the title role, which was played in the 2011 feature film by Matthew McConaughey. 

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Meanwhile, showrunner Ted Humphrey will get some assistance in Season 2, with Dailyn Rodriguez boarding the series as co-showrunner.

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The cast also includes Neve Campbell, Becki Newton (Ugly Betty), Jazz Raycole  and Angus Sampson (Fargo, Shut Eye).

TVLine’s Streaming Renewal Scorecard has been updated to reflect The Lincoln Lawyer‘s pickup.