NEW YORK (AP) — Netflix has renewed the watercooler hit "13 Reasons Why" for a second season. 
 
 The streaming service announced Sunday that it has picked up the series revolving around the suicide of a high school girl. Season two will debut on Netflix next year. 
 
 While Netflix doesn't release ratings information, "13 Reasons Why" has proven a conversation-starting drama. 
 
 Some have criticized the show for glorifying suicide, which led to Netflix adding an additional warning ahead of the series. 
 
 The Selena Gomez-produced "13 Reasons Why" is based on Jay Asher's young adult best-seller. 
 
 The second season will also be 13 episodes long. ||||| It’s now official: 13 Reasons Why, Netflix’s adaption of the bestselling 2007 YA book by Jay Asher, has been renewed for a 13-episode second season to premiere in 2018. Season 2 will pick up in the aftermath of Hannah Baker’s death and the start of the characters’ complicated journeys toward healing and recovery. (Watch the first teaser below.) 
 
 Executive produced by Selena Gomez, 13 Reasons Why has been a breakout. It was well-received by critics and has gotten a lot of attention on social media. Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winner Brian Yorkey, who wrote the adaptation and serves as an executive producer on the series, will take the reins as solo showrunner in Season 2. Diana Son, who was executive producer/co-showrunner on the drama’s first season with Yorkey, is leaving. 
 
 Season 1 follows teenager Clay Jensen (Dylan Minnette) as he returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker (newcomer Katherine Langford) — his classmate and crush — who tragically committed suicide two weeks earlier. On tape, Hannah explains that there are 13 reasons why she decided to end her life. Kate Walsh, Brian D’Arcy James, Derek Luke, Brandon Flynn, Justin Prentice, Alisha Boe, Christian Navarro and Tommy Dorfman also star. 
 
 The series, which deals with teen suicide, bullying, drunk driving and rape in graphic detail, has been the subject of active discussion, drawing criticism by some mental health experts who say the show could pose health risks for certain young people, especially those with suicidal thoughts. In response, Netflix amped up its content warnings. 
 
 13 Reasons Why is directed by Oscar winner Tom McCarthy; written by Yorkey; and executive produced by Gomez, Yorkey, McCarthy, Joy Gorman, Michael Sugar and Steve Golin from Anonymous Content, Kristel Laiblin and Mandy Teefey. The series is produced for Netflix by Paramount Television.
– Netflix has renewed the watercooler hit 13 Reasons Why for a second season. The streaming service announced Sunday that it has picked up the series revolving around the suicide of high schooler Hannah Baker. Season two will debut on Netflix next year, and Deadline reports it will begin "in the aftermath of [Hannah's] death and the start of the characters' complicated journeys toward healing and recovery." The second season will also be 13 episodes long, reports the AP. While Netflix doesn't release ratings information, 13 Reasons Why has proven a conversation-starting drama. Some have criticized the show for glorifying suicide, which led to Netflix adding an additional warning ahead of the series. The Selena Gomez-produced show is based on Jay Asher's young adult best-seller. The show's creators insist it doesn't glamorize suicide; more from them here.