However, from a creative standpoint, fewer episodes is often ideal, and Tom Ellis explained to EW that he’s happy as a clam the show will get 10 episodes next season.
In his case, it also likely helps that Lucifer was already canceled once.
Any additional episodes probably seem like bonus at this point.
Over the past several years as cable, streaming services and subscription cable networks have begun producing more original TV programs, the episode counts for those shows have often dropped down to 13, 10 or even eight episodes.