I Love LA Season 2 Renewal Watch: Will It Return or Get Canceled?
HBO renewal watch: Will I Love LA return for Season 2 or get the axe? Rachel Sennott’s buzzy comedy about a reunited friend group juggling love, careers, and the passage of time has fans clamoring for answers—here’s where things stand.
If you were waiting to see if HBO was sticking with I Love LA after its first season wrapped, here you go: it’s coming back. Season 2 is officially a go. No premiere date yet, but the show isn’t going anywhere.
Quick refresher on the show
Created by Rachel Sennott, this comedy follows a tight-knit group of friends who reconnect after years apart and try to figure out love, work, and who they’ve turned into since the last time they were all in the same room. Season 1 just finished, which is why everyone’s been asking what’s next.
So, why the renewal?
Networks don’t renew shows out of kindness. It’s a numbers-and-response game: how many people are watching, how loudly are they liking it, and does the math make sense. On that front, I Love LA checked the boxes: critics have been into it (about an 85% on Rotten Tomatoes), and it’s been pulling roughly 2 million viewers on streaming on average. Strong reviews plus real audience interest usually equals another season, and that’s exactly what happened here.
What Sennott is saying about the show’s DNA
Sennott told Deadline she pitched the concept in a way that makes instant sense if you’ve seen even one episode:
"An entourage for internet girls."
She also said a lot of it comes from her own late-20s turbulence. The short version: early 20s were chaos, mid-20s felt stable, then the end of the decade got messy again in a way that was scary but ultimately useful. Two characters in particular — Tallulah and Maia — are pulled straight from different eras of her life. Tallulah tracks to her younger New York self; Maia lines up more with the anxious, control-heavy phase from a couple years back. The show throws those two energies into the same friend circle and lets them crash into each other.
What we know about Season 2 right now
- Status: Renewed at HBO
- Release date: Not announced yet
- Season 1: Already concluded
- Viewership: Averaging around 2 million across streaming
- Critical response: Roughly 85% on Rotten Tomatoes
- Creator: Rachel Sennott, drawing on her own life for characters like Tallulah and Maia
That’s the state of play for now. I’ll update when HBO plants a date on the calendar.