Netflix will continue to delve into the hardships of being a teenager in high school. The streaming service has renewed 13 Reasons Why for a third season.
Season three will consist of another run of 13 episodes and return in 2019. Production will resume later this year. The core cast, including Dylan Minnette (Clay), Miles Heizer (Alex) and Alisha Boe (Jessica), among others — are all expected to return. Breakout star Katherine Langford who played Hannah and whose suicide was the focal point of the series announced after season two dropped that she would not return.
The renewal news comes less than three weeks after the series returned for its sophomore season, which explored the aftermath of suicide, a lawsuit against the school for its role in Hannah’s suicide, sexual assault, and a thwarted school shooting. While critics weren’t as enthralled by the second season, viewers were. Nielsen released figures that stated the second season drew 2.6 million viewers during its first 3 days of streaming. The premiere episode alone drew 6 million viewers in three days. The show skews young with 75% of its audience being 34 and under while 65% of that audience was female. Binge watching also defined the season’s launch with viewers tuning into an average of four episodes each during the initial weekend.
