More pastel shenanigans are on the way.
One of TV’s most immaculately art-directed series, “Palm Royale,” is back for more catty fun in Palm Beach, courtesy of Kristen Wiig, Allison Janney, and Carol Burnett. That troika alone lets you know that arch times are ahead, and so does the official trailer for Season 2, dropping on Apple TV (don’t call it Apple TV+), November 12.
“Palm Beach is no longer safe,” Wiig’s Maxine Dellacorte-Simmons says to kick things off in the glimpse of the new episodes of creator Abe Sylvia’s show. One reading recent headlines would likely assume that statement is a given. But never fear! This is the 1960s, and Mar-a-Lago is still owned by Marjorie Merriweather Post. Something clearly has Maxine in a state, though. She spent most of Season 1 as a kind of Southern belle poseur, a barbarian at the gates of Palm Beach high society who’s actually already snuck in by marrying the disowned airline-pilot son (Josh Lucas) of society maven Norma Dellacorte (Burnett). Disowning your sons with airline pilot aspirations is something Palm Beach-adjacent families do.
It’s a series that positively cackles. And all of us in the room were cackling in June 2024 at IndieWire Honors when Burnett herself, winner of our Vanguard Award, took time to recall her own start as a journalist and a job interview she had at the very venue of our event: Hollywood’s Citizen News. John Mulaney then later called Burnett “a fucking commie.” A good time was had by all.
And so will it be for those who watch “Palm Royale.” The first season was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards in 2024 (for Outstanding Comedy Series, Best Actress in a Comedy Wiig, and Best Supporting Actress Burnett), and an additional eight Creative Arts Emmys. It won for Best Title Theme Music, courtesy of Jeff Toyne.
Ricky Martin, Leslie Bibb, and Laura Dern round out the main cast, while Bruce Dern joins his daughter in the series’ supporting ranks along with Kaia Gerber and James Urbaniak. Revel in every perfectly articulated beat of Wiig’s “Well, I do know that you know that I know what you know. Ya know?” in the trailer below.
“Palm Royale” Season 2 premieres Wednesday, November 12 on Apple TV.