A&E Renews Longmire for Season 2

Robert Taylor, A.Martinez and Bailey Chase | Photo Credits: Ursula Coyote/A&E

Longmire is sticking around.

A&E's modern-day Western, starring Robert Taylor, has been renewed for a second season, TVGuide.com has confirmed. Deadline.com first reported the news. The series debuted earlier this month to 4.1 million viewers to become the cable network's most-watched original series premiere ever. The series has since averaged 3.9 million viewers.

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Longmire is about a recently widowed sheriff (Taylor) and his deputy, Victoria Moretti (Katee Sackhoff), as they navigate the varying degree of crimes — from the most mundane (shooting sheep) to the most gruesome (sex trafficking) — in a small town in Wyoming. Cassidy Freeman, Bailey Chase and Lou Diamond Phillips also star.

Longmire airs Sundays at 10/9c on A&E.



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