FX Comedy ‘Dave’ Renewed For Season 2
FX Networks has renewed the comedy series ‘Dave‘ for a 2nd Season the US broadcaster has announced.
‘Dave’ is centred on a neurotic man in his late twenties who has convinced himself that he’s destined to be one of the best rappers of all time. Now he must convince his closest friends because, with their help, he actually might convince the world. The half-hour comedy is based on the life of rapper and comedian Dave Burd, known as Lil Dicky on stage.
The series, which airs on FXX in the US and BBC Two in the UK, has become the most-watched comedy series ever for FX Network, beating out the previous record-holder, the multi-award-winning ‘Atlanta’. Having said that, there are some caveats to this achievement… ‘Dave’ is also airing via FX on Hulu, bringing it to a much wider audience than ‘Atlanta’ which only aired on FX’s own (now defunct) streaming service, so it probably isn’t exactly fair to compare the two shows directly.
“Co-Creators Dave Burd and Jeff Schaffer, along with their entire creative team have delivered one of television’s best comedies series while becoming FX’s most-watched comedy ever,” commented Nick Grad, President, Original Programming, FX Entertainment. “That is an extraordinary achievement for Dave, the cast and crew as they teamed to make a memorable and brilliant season of television.”
Alongside Burd in the title role, the series also stars Taylor Misiak (“Ally”), Andrew Santino (“Mike”), GaTa (“GaTa”), Travis Bennett (“Elz”) and Christine Ko (“Emma”). Season 1 also had a number of notable guest stars including Justin Bieber, Young Thug, Trippie Redd and Kourtney Kardashian.
‘Dave’ is co-created by Dave Burd and Jeff Schaffer, and executive produced by the pair along with Saladin Patterson, Kevin Hart and Hartbeat Productions, Greg Mottola, Marty Bowen, Mike Hertz, Scooter Braun and SB Projects’ James Shin and Scott Manson. The series is produced by FX Productions.
‘Dave‘ Season 1 is currently airing Sunday nights at 10pm on BBC Two, and recently aired on FXX and FX On Hulu in the USA.
