Start the hot takes! Buy tickets for the comedy concert! And Just Like That, the show that exploded the internet into conversation every week, has been renewed by HBO Max for a second season.
The sequel to cult HBO comedy Sex and the City might have come later than expected — the show’s first season ended on Feb. 3 — but it was more of a formality. HBO and HBO Max chief content officer Casey Bloys told Variety ahead of the finale that “And Just Like That” was the streamer’s highest-grossing original series to date. And in interviews, both showrunner Michael Patrick King and the show’s star and executive producer Sarah Jessica Parker said they wanted the show to continue.
“We did something that was difficult, which is to take something familiar and make it new — for better and for worse,” King said. And Parker said all principles are speaking out soon to work out a timeline for Season 2: “It feels like there’s momentum.”
The season one finale of And Just Like That certainly left plenty on the table for Carrie’s new podcast, cheekily named Sex and the City, to expand on in the future — as well as a new love interest for her. Franklin (Ivan Hernandez).
HBO Max’s renewal announcement confirmed the return of Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis; Davis and Nixon are also executive producers.
In a statement, King said: “I’m excited and excited to tell more stories about these vibrant, bold characters – played by these powerful, amazing actors. In fact, we’re all excited. And just like that… our sex life is back.”
And Sarah Aubrey, Head of Original Content at HBO Max, said: “We were thrilled by the cultural conversation created through these characters and their stories in a world we already know and love so much. We are proud of the work that Michael Patrick King and our wonderful writers, producers, actors and crew have done to bring these stories to the big screen. We can’t wait for fans to see what’s in store for us in Season 2!”
Julie Rottenberg, Elisa Zuritsky and John Melfi are also executive producers. The show Sex and the City, which ran for six seasons from 1998 to 2004 on HBO, was created by Darren Star and was based on the book of the same name by Candace Bushnell.
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