Netflix rapidly renews After Life

The second season of After Life is a big hit on Netflix, and thus it's been renewed with a third season rather fast. Creator Ricky Gervais has also signed an exclusive contract at Netflix. It only took two weeks for After Life to convince Netflix it needed a third season. Creator and leading actor Ricky Gervais had made it known that he had a lot of ideas for the third season. Due to the fast renewal, Gervais can start production on the third season as soon as possible. After Life revolves around a local paper journalist, who isn't enjoying life anymore after his wife passed away. Friends and colleagues try to make him feel better.

Because so many of you watched #AfterLife2 so quickly and made it Number 1 again, the nice people at x-on:Netflix have suggested that I get off my fat arse and do another season. This is all your fault. pic.twitter.com/NDD2gGnFXx

— Ricky Gervais (x-on:rickygervais) May 6, 2020

Next to that, Gervais has also signed an exclusive deal with Netflix, which means that he'll be making content for Netflix exclusively. Supposedly, this contract mentions a number of series and several stand-up specials.