EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate Television’s The Hunting Wives has become a true phenomenon — but so far primarily in the U.S. The show’s surprising success on Netflix has something to do with that as Lionsgate is in advanced negotiations with the streamer for a Season 2 renewal as a global original, sources tell Deadline.

When the raunchy Texas drama starring Malin Åkerman and Brittany Snow made a no-frills domestic debut on Netflix on July 21 as part of a one-year U.S. licensing deal with Lionsgate, The Hunting Wives already had launched on Stan in Australia, Crave in Canada, OSN in the Middle East and HOT in Israel.

At the time, Lionsgate had sold the series in 10 additional territorie s, including the UK, Germany, France, Italy and India, with plans to roll out the show in them soo

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