The future of Humans looks bright.

AMC just announced that the drama has been picked up for Season 2, which will be comprised of eight episodes and air in 2016.

The series airs on Sundays at 9/8c in the States, where it has averaged 2 million weekly viewers.

Over in Great Britain, the premiere ended up as Channel 4’s highest-rated originated drama in 20 years; whiel Humans Season 1 to date has attracted an 18 percent share of the UK viewing audience in its time slot.

We’re so pleased to announce a second season of Humans,” AMC/Sundance TV original programming president Joel Stillerman said in a statement.

“As one of the year’s top new cable series, Humans has been embraced by fans and critics across the U.S. and UK. We’re looking forward to continuing this very captivating story and further exploring the show’s parallel, Synth-filled world that hits so disturbingly close to home."

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