Lucifer to Return for Season Three

LOS ANGELES: FOX has ordered a third season of Lucifer, which will return with 22 new episodes.

Lucifer returns for its spring premiere on FOX on May 1. The series, about the original fallen angel who moves to Los Angeles and teams up with the LAPD to take down criminals, is delivering an average multiplatform audience of 8 million viewers. It is based on the characters created by Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth and Mike Dringenberg for Vertigo, from DC Entertainment.

“Lucifer is one of those rare shows that starts strong out of the gate, and just keeps getting better and better,” said David Madden, the president of entertainment at Fox Broadcasting Company. “Tom, Lauren and the entire cast have really made these characters three-dimensional, and the production team—Jerry, Len, Jonathan, Joe and Ildy—is one of the best in the business. We’d also like to thank our partners Warner Bros. for their commitment to this show and we look forward to seeing where this wildly innovative series takes us in season three.”