Renewed: Atypical
Netflix series with Keir Gilchrist as an 18-year-old with autism is returning.
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New US drama Atypical has been renewed by Netflix.
The series, which stars Keir Gilchrist as an 18-year-old with autism, has also seen it episode order increase from 8 to 10 episodes.
Season 1 premiered last month.
Atypical was created, written and executive produced by Robia Rashid (How I Met Your Mother, Will & Grace). Academy Award winning producer Seth Gordon (Baywatch, The Goldbergs, Horrible Bosses, The King of Kong) also executives produces and directed two episodes in the first season. Mary Rohlich also executive produces alonside Rashid and Gordon, and Jennifer Jason Leigh serves as a producer. Michelle Dean, who received her PhD from UCLA and worked at the UCLA Center for Autism and Research and Treatment before joining the faculty of CSU Channel Island, was also brought into the production to help guide an accurate depiction of autism spectrum disorder. The series is produced by Sony Pictures Television for Netflix.
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I thought it was patchy, good, but not perfect, deserves a 2nd season, kind of a cliffhanger ending for S1 that needed to be resolved.