Fox has made an early renewal for Lucifer to get a third season, something that’s certainly not a surprise considering how the project has gone. The first season was a solid midseason debut and the second season has had improving ratings and got its back season order in October 2016. The second season just finished up a three-part winter finale arc in January and is set to return for a largely uninterrupted run when it comes back in May during sweeps period. The series, produced by WBTV, is doing very well as the lower budget project is garnering the same ratings as its lead-in of Gotham, which is both high profile and higher budgeted.
“Lucifer is one of those rare shows that starts strong out of the gate and just keeps getting better and better,” said Fox entertainment president David Madden. “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.”
The project has the creator and executive producer of Californication, Tom Kapinos, shepherding it with Warner Bros. TV and DC Entertainment. Len Wiseman directed the pilot. The series stars Tom Ellis, Lauren German, Rachael Harris, DB Woodside, Lesley-Ann Brandt, Kevin Alejandro, Kevin Rankin and Scarlett Estevez.
The title character in the DC Comics world is one that began in the Vertigo series Sandman, which is in line for a theatrical adaptation itself, and it also launched into a 75 issue series of its own back in 2000 through 2006, which was written by Mike Carey.
Plot concept: Bored and unhappy as the Lord of Hell, Lucifer (Tom Ellis) resigns his throne and abandons his kingdom for the gorgeous, shimmering insanity of Los Angeles, where he gets his kicks helping the LAPD punish criminals.
