FOX Orders Full Second Season of Lucifer

LOS ANGELES: FOX has picked up a full second season of the crime drama Lucifer, bringing the total order to 22 episodes for the 2016-17 season.

The network signed on for an additional nine episodes of the DC Comics-inspired series. Season to date, Lucifer is averaging 8 million multiplatform viewers. The series tells the story of the original fallen angel, Lucifer, who abandons his throne and retires to Los Angeles, where he teams up with LAPD detective Chloe Decker to take down criminals.

The series is based on characters created by Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth and Mike Dringenberg for Vertigo, from DC Entertainment. Lucifer is produced by Warner Bros. Television in association with Jerry Bruckheimer Television and Aggressive Mediocrity. The series is executive produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, Ildy Modrovich and Joe Henderson. Len Wiseman serves as director and executive producer.

“Lucifer continues to deliver, with great blasts of dark humor and ambitious storytelling,” said David Madden, the president of entertainment at Fox Broadcasting Company. “The show has turned out to be a true wicked pleasure, the perfect companion to Gotham, and we couldn’t be more pleased to order these nine additional episodes. We’d like to thank Tom [Ellis], Lauren [German] and the entire cast, who have imbued these characters with charm, humor and a great deal of humanity. Our thanks also go out to the production crew—Jerry, Len, Jonathan, Joe and Ildy—who, week-in and week-out, deliver a stellar show. We can’t wait to see what’s in store for the rest of the season.”