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Netflix subscribers recently got a little more information as to when new and returning shows will arrive on the streaming service.

According to Netflix staff who attended the Television Critics Association summer event, the animated program 鈥淏oJack Horseman鈥� is coming back for a third season and Aziz Ansari of 鈥淧arks and Recreation鈥� will star in a new show from the streaming service titled 鈥淢aster Of None.鈥� 鈥淢aster鈥� will premiere this November, while 鈥淏oJack鈥� will come back with a new season in 2016.聽

Meanwhile, 鈥淟ongmire,鈥� the show about a Wyoming sheriff that鈥檚 based on the books by Craig Johnson, was canceled by network A&E but has been picked up by Netflix. The new season of 鈥淟ongmire鈥� will arrive on Netflix this September.聽

Netflix鈥檚 recent original programming includes 鈥淯nbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,鈥� the comedy co-created by Tina Fey and Robert Carlock of 鈥�30 Rock鈥� and starring Ellie Kemper, which debuted this past March; 鈥淒aredevil,鈥� the show about the Marvel superhero that premiered this past April; and 鈥淲et Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp,鈥� a TV series that鈥檚 a prequel to the 2001 cult comedy and arrives on Netflix July 31.

The case of 鈥淏oJack Horseman鈥� is a particularly interesting one. The animated comedy stars Will Arnett as a talking horse who starred in a 1980s sitcom and is now struggling in his career. It also stars Amy Sedaris, Paul F. Tompkins, Aaron Paul, and Alison Brie.

The show was mainly not well-received when it debuted its first season in 2014, with one critic writing, 鈥淚鈥檓 not quite sure what Netflix is thinking鈥� mostly鈥� the show safely canters through familiar terrain鈥� and another calling it 鈥渞elentlessly mediocre.鈥�

But those behind the show seemed to have turned it around for the second season of 鈥淏oJack Horseman,鈥� or at least viewers have gotten more used to the show. One critic noted of the new episodes, which debuted earlier this month, that 鈥渢he second season feels stronger because 'BoJack Horseman鈥� is very much an acquired taste鈥� deeply, ridiculously funny,鈥� while another wrote that 鈥渢he series鈥� early episodes were comedically hit-or-miss, often relying heavily on cheap targets or leaning on smart-sounding monologues, but by the end of its first season, the series found its groove and could deftly move between different comedic modes. In its second season, 鈥楤oJack Horseman鈥� takes its comedic sensibility to a whole new level.鈥�

Which begs the question, what would have happened to 鈥淏ojack Horseman鈥� if it had been on network TV? Some shows are allowed multiple seasons despite low ratings (the NBC sitcom 鈥淧arks and Recreation鈥� was never a ratings juggernaut but hung in there for seven seasons, though some were shorter than others). But last year, that same network, NBC, only picked up one new show for a second season, the program 鈥淭he Mysteries of Laura.鈥� However, that isn鈥檛 the case at all networks 鈥� ABC, for example, renewed several new shows this year, including 鈥淏lack-ish,鈥� 鈥淕alavant,鈥� and 鈥淎gent Carter,鈥� but the network renewed the most new programs by far. For example, fellow network Fox renewed less than half of their new shows.