FX’s Breakout Sensation Adults Is Coming Back: Season 2 Officially Ordered

FX is sticking with Adults, the new comedy from executive producer Nick Kroll. The network just ordered Season 2 a little over four months after the first season wrapped its 8-episode run. Season 1 pulled a Certified Fresh 74% on Rotten Tomatoes, which, for a brand-new hangout show about messy twenty-somethings, is not nothing.

So what did FX see?

"Ben and Rebecca are incredibly talented writers, and they have expertly and hilariously captured the experience of being a young adult in today's world," FX Entertainment executive Kate Lambert said. "The entire cast - Malik, Lucy, Jack, Amita, and Owen - is exceptional in bringing it to life in a way that has truly connected with its audience."

Adults centers on a pack of New York twenty-somethings trying to act like decent human beings while not exactly having the 'human beings' part down yet. The core group - Samir, Billie, Paul Baker, Issa, and Anton - squats in Samir's childhood home, where they swap food, neuroses, and, on occasion, a toothbrush. Yes, that last bit is actually in the official description. The show comes from FX Productions.

Who is behind it (and in it)?

• Main cast: Lucy Freyer, Malik Elassal, Owen Thiele, Amita Rao, Jack Innanen
• Season 1 guests included: Charlie Cox, Rachel Marsh, D'Arcy Carden, Ray Nicholson, John Reynolds, Julia Fox, and more
• Created by: Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw (both write and executive produce; they previously wrote for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon)
• Additional executive producers: Stefani Robinson (Atlanta), Sarah Naftalis (What We Do in the Shadows), Jonathan Krisel (English Teacher), Alicia Van Couvering (Drinking Buddies)
• Produced by: FX Productions

Bottom line: FX likes the vibe, the audience found it, and the network is giving this crew more time to figure out adulthood on TV, which is probably easier than doing it in real life.