The hit US series Lethal Weapon will return to UK screens

The hit US series Lethal Weapon will return to the ITV primetime schedules for its third series in late Spring. The second series launched with 3.2m viewers and averaged 2.8m viewers throughout its run and ended on a cliffhanger last year – Riggs being shot in the chest at his wife’s grave.

Acquired from Warner Bros. International Television Distribution, the series is based on the hit movie franchise. Combining action and drama with friendship and humour, the third series will see the arrival of new character Wesley Cole played by Seann William Scott (American Pie movies). Wesley is a former international CIA operative who has been everywhere and seen everything.

Murtaugh (played by Emmy® nominee Damon Wayans – My Wife and Kids, In Living Color) continues to work a crime-ridden beat in modern-day Los Angeles and navigate his work life with his home life. His wife Trish (Keesha Sharp – The People vs. OJ Simpson) and two children, Roger Jr (Dante Brown – Mr Robinson) and Rianna (Chandler Kinney), all return.

Also back for the new series are Captain Brooks Avery (Kevin Rahm – Mad Men), Scorsese (Johnathan Fernandez – Girls) and Detective Sonya Bailey (Michelle Mitchenor – Chi-Raq). Dr. Maureen ‘Mo’ Cahill (Jordana Brewster – The Fast and the Furious films) recurs.

Lethal Weapon currently airs its third series in the US.