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The morning after its sophomore return, BBC America surprised the 'Killing Eve' stars on Monday with an early third season renewal.

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00:00It's doubtful that anyone will be surprised by the following information, but BBC America

00:04hit Killing Eve has been renewed for a third season just one day after its second season

00:08return. The news was announced Monday at a summit for AMC networks including BBC

00:13America and IFC by group president Sarah Barnett. British writer Susanna Heathcote

00:18will take over for Emerald Fennell, who in turn took over for creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge,

00:21keeping up the tradition of allowing a new showrunner for each season to allow

00:25new female writing voices to be heard. Said Waller-Bridge,

00:28I'm very excited that the Killing Eve baton is being passed on to another incredible writer

00:32for season three. We can sleep soundly knowing these characters are safe in

00:36Susanna Heathcote's hilariously murderous hands.

00:38Meanwhile, Barnett expressed her excitement at the news saying,

00:41We love having this show and the brilliant Sandra Oh, Jodie Comer and Fiona Shaw on our networks.

00:46Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Emerald Fennell have delivered two addictively entertaining seasons.

00:50As we did last year, we're renewing Killing Eve right out of the gate now with

00:54Susanna Heathcote as lead writer as a sign of confidence. We adore this show as much as

00:58our fans do. Killing Eve doesn't do anything in a templated way. We love giving opportunity

01:03to these three genius women to make their mark.

01:05The series, which stars Oh and Jodie Comer as an MI5 operative and a psychopathic

01:09assassin, has enjoyed consistently high ratings and resulted in a 2018 Golden Globe win for

01:14Oh in the best actress category, as well as a slew of additional nominations and wins

01:18at other award shows. Season 2 returns Sunday and was similar cast on both BBC America and AMC

01:23in a bid to bring more viewers to the critical darling drama.

01:27Said outgoing showrunner Fennell,

01:28It's been such an exciting year for me on Killing Eve. I think it's cool that this tradition

01:32has been built into this untraditional show. Inheriting some of Phoebe's characters was a treat

01:37and I can't wait to see what Susanne does next.

01:39To read more on this story, head to THR.com. For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Lyndsey Rodrigues.