Maybe that critically acclaimed first season was actually simply the “rehearsal” for the long-awaited Season 2…
Nathan Fielder‘s viral HBO comedy sequence “The Rehearsal” returns for its second season three years after the sequence debuted in 2022. The present was nearly instantly renewed, and Season 2 was teased in 2024 as a part of the HBO slate for this yr.
The six-episode second season continues creator/star Fielder’s quest to aide others in milestone moments. The sequence “follows one man’s journey to cut back the uncertainties of on a regular basis life. With a building crew, a legion of actors, and seemingly limitless sources, Fielder helps bizarre folks put together for all times’s greatest moments by ‘rehearsing’ them in fastidiously crafted simulations of his personal design,” as the outline reads.
Season 2 will add in a way of urgency as Fielder’s challenge grows whereas he decides to place his sources towards a problem that “impacts us all,” the elusive logline reads.
IndieWire beforehand praised Season 1 as “a grand HBO experiment” that achieved “next-level leisure,” deeming “The Rehearsal” to be the “finest present of 2022.”
The evaluate reads, “’The Rehearsal’ tells audiences what it’s from the beginning: It’s a TV present, and Nathan Fielder is the protagonist. […] Amid the ever-expanding flowcharts and rehearsals inside rehearsals, the sequence wanted a core, it wanted a throughline, and what higher to function a narrative’s beating coronary heart than its central character’s beating coronary heart? […] It’s Nathan’s seek for solutions that holds the primary season collectively, and the decision he involves that makes this ‘complicated emotional expertise’ so rewarding.”
Fielder is the star, author, director, and govt producer of the sequence. Extra writers embrace Eric Notarnicola, Carrie Kemper and Adam Locke-Norton.
The present is govt produced by Eric Notarnicola, Dave Paige, and Christie Smith and Dan McManus for Rise Administration. “The Rehearsal” is co-executive produced by Kris Eber and Carrie Kemper, with Adam Locke-Norton producing.
Fielder was celebrated by IndieWire in 2023 on the IndieWire Honors for co-creating Showtime sequence “The Curse” with Benny Safdie.
“The Rehearsal” premieres April 20 on HBO following the airing of “The Righteous Gem stones.” Episodes will likely be out there on Max Sundays starting at 10:30 p.m. ET. Try the teaser under.