HBO Canada has greenlit a third season the Winnipeg-set comedy Less Than Kind, sending co-producers Breakthrough Film and Television and Buffalo Gal Pictures to camera on 13 new episodes in September.

‘We’re ecstatic…we were hoping [for a third season] but there’s a lot of good half-hour comedies [on] HBO Canada,’ co-exec producer Ira Levy of Breakthrough tells Playback Daily. He believes the return of a strong writing room led by showrunner Mark McKinney boosted the sitcom’s chances of a third run.

Kind is the brainchild of Marvin Kaye and Chris Sheasgreen who created (and also writes) the series, which is based on Kaye’s one-act play They Have Mayonnaise in Montreal. The writer’s room is rounded out by Jenn Engels, Jennifer Beasley, and Garry Campbell.

Kind previously aired on the Citytv stations before it was picked up by HBO Canada last year. It stars Maury Chaykin as a self-destructive driving instructor father to Sheldon (Jesse Camacho), an overweight teen with his own set of problems. Wendel Meldrum (The Wonder Years) plays his pyromaniac mother while Benjamin Arthur (The L Word) portrays his failed-actor brother Josh.

According to Levy, the new season will see Sheldon in the final year of high school at a point when he’s no longer a kid, but a young adult, dealing with the challenges of life and love, while brother Josh attempts to open up an acting school.

He’s confident the series will again be part of HBO Canada’s Friday comedy lineup, where it was sandwiched between Curb Your Enthusiasm and The Ricky Gervais Show.

Following the third season order, Kind will be up to 39 episodes, which Levy hopes will jump start sales in the international market, noting the producers have already had interest from U.S. and European broadcasters. Levy co-exec produces with his Breakthrough partner Peter Williamson and Phyllis Laing of Buffalo Gal.

HBO Canada airs on Astral Media’s The Movie Network in eastern Canada and on Corus’ Movie Central in the western region.