A&E Renews ‘Born This Way’

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A&E’s Emmy Award-winning series Born This Way has been renewed for a third season, the network said Monday.

The series, which follows a diverse group of young men and women with Down syndrome, has received an order of 10 episodes for its third season, which will debut in 2017, according to network officials.

Born This Way two weeks ago won a 2016 Emmy Award for Outstanding Unstructured Reality Series. The season two finale of Born This Way airs Sept. 27.

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R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.