Netflix Renews ‘Between’

By R. Thomas Umstead
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Netflix has renewed its drama series Between for a second season.

Series star Jeannette McCurdy confirmed on Twitter the renewal of the series, which follows the lives of a town of young people after a mysterious virus kills everyone over 21 years old.

“The quarantine is not yet over...Season 2 of #Between confirmed for 2016,” McCurdy wrote Wednesday on the social media service.

The series, a co-production between Netflix and Canada’s City and shomi, air on a week-to-week basis on Netflix rather than the OTT service’s strategy of airing all season episodes for its original shows like Orange Is The New Black at the same time.

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.