The A Word Gets Second Season on SundanceTV

LOS ANGELES: SundanceTV has picked up a second season of The A Word from Keshet International.

Season two of the drama, which is based on an Israeli series, will debut in 2017. The pickup comes on the heels of second-season renewals for Top of the Lake, Hap and Leonard and Cleverman.

SundanceTV also announced that the fourth and final season of its original drama Rectify will premiere on October 26 at 10 p.m. The final season will feature eight episodes.

Joel Stillerman, the president of original programming and development for AMC and SundanceTV, said: “We remain so proud to have Rectify on SundanceTV. Ray McKinnon’s vision and the creative team’s execution of that vision have resulted in a story that epitomizes the idea of a great character drama. It continues to resist the traps and clichés of a story about justice and reminds us that the justice system is ultimately about the human cost. We look forward to sharing the final chapter of this amazing story with our viewers.”

“I never knew imaginary people could be so demanding. Or rewarding,” said creator and writer Ray McKinnon. “I will miss you Holdens and Talbots and folks of Paulie, GA. But I will surely think of you from time to time and ponder what you might be up to or up against as you live out your lives somewhere in my dreams. In the land of the living, I’m eternally grateful to the gifted writers, the tireless crew and the incomparable actors who helped me bring this world to life over the past four years, and to SundanceTV for giving this story a home.”