FX’s “Adults” Returning For A Third Season
Following the huge success of FX comedy series “Adults” on Hulu and Disney+ earlier this year, Disney has announced that the show will be returning for a third season, and it will also see the episode count double to 16 episodes.
“Adults” is an ensemble comedy series about a group of twenty-somethings in New York leaning on each other to navigate love, work, friendship and family. Samir (Malik Elassal), Billie (Lucy Freyer), Paul Baker (Jack Innanen), Issa (Amita Rao) and Anton (Owen Thiele) are five friends crashing together in Samir’s childhood home.
Created by Ben Kronengold & Rebecca Shaw, the show puts a generational lens on the wins, losses and humiliations of being in your twenties.
Disney has also announced that it has agreed to new overall deals with the show’s creators Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw.
Nick Grad, President, FX Entertainment, said in a statement regarding the new overall deal and renewal:
“Ben and Rebecca have elevated ‘Adults’ in every way, earning critical praise and a legion of devoted fans who have embraced the friend group as their own. Adults’ showed significant growth in its sophomore year and we’ve seen the show inspire everything from memes to Halloween costumes, so the decision was easy – more episodes and a new deal at FX for Ben and Rebecca!”
Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw added:
“We started working with FX over six years ago, back when Paul Baker was but a twinkle in all of our eyes. In the years since, John and the rest of the team have taught us everything we know about how to lead, produce, and tell stories that make people feel like part of a community. They’ve become family, and we’re so glad to make it official – and to start yelling at them like we do our parents.”
Disney took to social media to confirm the renewal:
Season two of “Adults” was executive produced by Ben Kronengold & Rebecca Shaw (“The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon”), Nick Kroll (“Big Mouth”, “The League”), Sarah Naftalis (“What We Do in the Shadows”), Jonathan Krisel (“Baskets,” “English Teacher”), Alicia Van Couvering (“Tiny Furniture,” “Drinking Buddies”) and Rob Rosell (“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” “DAVE”). “Adults” is produced by FX Productions.
The first two seasons of “Adults” are available to stream now on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+ for bundle subscribers in the United States and on Disney+ internationally.
Roger’s Take: It’s great to see FX is bringing back this comedy series for another season and also doubling the episode count, which is exactly what sitcoms need to do in order to let audiences connect to these characters. We don’t get many new sitcoms any more, and it looks like FX has hit on something that is clicking with fans.
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