Amazon’s ‘Patriot’ to Return in November

Amazon Prime Video will debut the sophomore campaign of comedy series Patriot on Nov. 9, officials from the streaming service said.

The series, which stars Michael Dorman, follows the exploits of a melancholy intelligence officer who works out his issues by writing folk songs, according to Prime. The second season of Patriot is executive produced by show creator Steve Conrad (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty), James Parriott (Grey’s Anatomy), Glenn Ficarra (Crazy Stupid Love, This Is Us), John Requa (Crazy Stupid Love, This Is Us), Charles Gogolak (This is Us), and Gil Bellows (Temple Grandin).

R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.