Hulu’s “The Testaments” Renewed For A Second Season
Just ahead of the release of the season finale of the first season of the original drama series, “The Testaments”, which is a spin-off from the popular “The Handmaid’s Tale,” Disney has announced that it has renewed the show for a second season.
An evolution of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “The Testaments” is a dramatic coming-of-age story set in Gilead. The series follows young teens Agnes, dutiful and pious, and Daisy, a new arrival and convert from beyond Gilead’s borders. As they navigate the gilded halls of Aunt Lydia’s elite preparatory school for future wives, a place where obedience is instilled brutally and always with divine justification, their bond becomes the catalyst that will upend their past, their present, and their future.
Unfortunately, Disney hasn’t yet revealed when the second season will be released on Hulu and Disney+. Hopefully, it won’t be too long until the next season arrives, but often with streaming shows, there can be many years between seasons. No information on what the plot of the second season will be about has been announced either, though the season finale should help set that second season up.
It shouldn’t come as a huge surprise that Disney has renewed the show, since it’s been a big hit on Disney+ and Hulu, as the show has been Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes at 88% and has garnered over 45M hours streamed globally on Hulu and Disney+ to date. The series has been gaining momentum, with viewership growing week over week. Views for episode 8 were up 76% from the premiere (based on 1-day views).
The series is based on Margaret Atwood’s Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name and is created by showrunner and executive producer Bruce Miller and executive produced by Warren Littlefield, Elisabeth Moss, Steve Stark, Shana Stein, Maya Goldsmith, John Weber, Sheila Hockin, Daniel Wilson, Fran Sears and Mike Barker, who directed the first three episodes and finale. “The Testaments” is produced by MGM Television and 20th Television.
Season one stars Ann Dowd, Chase Infiniti, Lucy Halliday, Mabel Li, Amy Seimetz, Brad Alexander, Rowan Blanchard, Mattea Conforti, Zarrin Darnell-Martin, Eva Foote, Isolde Ardies, Shechinah Mpumlwana, Birva Pandya and Kira Guloien. Elisabeth Moss returned in a surprise guest appearance, reprising her role as ‘June Osborn.’
The first nine episodes of “The Testaments” are available to stream on Hulu and Hulu On Disney+ in the United States and on Disney+ around the world, with the season finale dropping on Wednesday, 27th May 2026.
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