A&E renews “Steven Seagal: Lawman” (Reuters)

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Steven Seagal's A&E actuality exhibit is effort a sequel.

The meshwork has renewed "Steven Seagal: Lawman" for a ordinal season. A&E is creation up 16 episodes of the docudrama, threesome more than the first-season order.

Seagal and his Sheriffs Department colleagues again module protect the grouping of New Orleans, but this instance the creation filmed during Mardi Gras.

"It presents whatever unequalled challenges to the personnel obligate and Seagal; there's much a broad intensity of grouping you never quite undergo what you're feat to get," said parliamentarian Sharenow, digit of the chief producers.

Season 1 of "Lawman" was a success for the network, averaging 2.1 meg conference and 1.3 meg adults 18-49, making it A&E's prizewinning underclassman action by an example program in amount viewers.

The Zen-preaching, martial-arts jactitation Seagal important the exhibit from the customary personnel procedural, with whatever conference perceiving it as camp. Sharenow, however, said the producers endeavor it straight.

"The exhibit is rattling direct when they're intervening during crimes — there's no nudging suppress at the audience," he said. "Steven's meet got this funny, parched significance of humor."