Netflix’s Breakout Hit Scores Season 2 Greenlight
Netflix is doubling down on breakout hit Finding Her Edge, renewing the sports teen drama for Season 2 just weeks after its premiere cracked the streamer’s English TV Top 10.
Netflix is sticking with its skates-on teen sports drama. After a strong launch last month, Finding Her Edge is officially coming back for Season 2.
Why the quick renewal
The show broke into Netflix's Top 10 for English-language TV out of the gate and, as of this week, climbed to No. 3. It hit the Top 10 in 81 countries and has already cleared more than 12 million views. Not bad for a brand-new series built around figure skating, family drama, and a very public fake relationship.
What the show actually is
Based on Jennifer Iacopelli's novel of the same name, Finding Her Edge follows the three Russo sisters, heirs to a once-great but now struggling figure skating dynasty. The focus is on 17-year-old middle sister Adriana, who is training for the World Championships with new partner Brayden while still carrying a torch for her first love and former partner, Freddie. To keep the Russo rink afloat, Adriana and Brayden pretend to date off the ice to land a much-needed sponsorship. If your eyebrow just went up, yes: the show leans into the messy overlap between competition and PR — and it works.
What Season 2 promises
Showrunner Jeff Norton thanked Netflix and everyone who pressed play, and said they get to keep pushing deeper into the show's twin pressure points: the romantic complications and the family tension. Or as he put it:
"There is plenty of drama to come both on and off the ice."
He also called out that those two love triangles — one romantic, one familial — are the spine of the series, and with Netflix and WildBrain backing, they plan to keep twisting the knife.
Who is behind it
The series stars Madelyn Keys, Harmon Walsh, Alexandra Bealton, Cale Ambrozic, Olly Atkins, Meredith Forlenza, Alice Malakhov, Niko Ceci, and Millie Davis. It is directed by Shamim Sarif and Jacqueline Pepall, and written by a team led by head writer Shelley Scarrow, with Sabrina Sherif, Jeff Norton, and Jacqueline Pepall. Norton is steering the ship as showrunner.
Bottom line: Netflix sees the numbers, the audience is in, and the rink drama lives on for another lap.