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'Dead to Me' is alive and well at Netflix. The streamer used its For Your Consideration Emmy panel on Monday night to announce that its dark comedy from creator and showrunner Liz Feldman is officially returning for a second season.

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00:00Jeff and I can't imagine what you're going through.

00:02Well, it's like if Jeff got hit by a car and died suddenly and violently.

00:08Like that.

00:10Netflix's favorite tromedy, Dead to Me, is coming back for a season two.

00:14The dark comedy from creator and showrunner Liz Feldman made the exciting announcement

00:18during their four-year consideration Emmy panel on Monday night.

00:22The first season of the Netflix streamer gave us a hot-headed widow, played by Christina

00:26Applegate, searching for the hit-and-run driver who mowed down her husband

00:29and befriending an eccentric optimist along the way, played by Linda Cardellini,

00:33who isn't quite what she seems.

00:35The role marks Applegate's first TV role in seven years and the actress previously told

00:40The Hollywood Reporter that Feldman talked her out of semi-retirement to star in the show.

00:44Applegate and Cardellini are set to return for the newly announced season two and will

00:49reprise their roles as friends turned enemies turned friends again, Jen and Judy.

00:53But given the way things ended at the end of the season one finale, and don't worry,

00:57we won't spoil it for you, it's unclear if co-star James Marsden will also return.

01:01Even though Netflix doesn't release their viewership data, Dead to Me is clearly adored

01:06by critics and audiences alike, and some even see it as a potential awards season player.

01:10The streamer currently holds an 87 percent rating from critics and an impressive 95 percent

01:16audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, so it's no surprise that it's coming back for more.

01:20Alright, for more on this story head to THR.com and until next time,

01:23for The Hollywood Reporter News I'm Neha Joy.

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