Apple Renews ‘Big Door Prize’ For Season 2 Less Than A Week After Premiere
Apple TV+ has seen the “true life potential” in ‘The Big Door Prize‘ as the streaming service hands a 2nd Season renewal to the comedy less than a week after its premiere.
Based on M.O. Walsh’s novel of the same name, ‘The Big Door Prize’ tells the story of a small town that is forever changed when a mysterious machine appears in the general store, promising to reveal each resident’s true life potential. Dusty Hubbard (Chris O’Dowd), a seemingly content, cheerful family man and high school teacher, watches everyone around him reevaluate their life choices and ambitions – based on the machine’s printouts – and is forced to question whether he is truly as happy as he once thought.
While Dusty remains sceptical of the machine, his wife, Cass (Gabrielle Dennis), indulges in the dream that there’s something bigger out there for her. Like many of Deerfield’s residents, the couple has lived a relatively safe, uncomplicated life, until the arrival of the Morpho machine. However, all of that is about to change when the community is forced to reconcile with their unfulfilled achievements in pursuit of a better future.
In addition to O’Dowd and Dennis, the series stars includes Gabrielle Dennis, Ally Maki, Josh Segarra, Damon Gupton, Crystal Fox, Djouliet Amara and Sammy Fourla.
‘The Big Door Prize’ comes from the Emmy Award-winning writer and producer of ‘Schitt’s Creek’, David West Read, and is based on M.O. Walsh’s novel of the same name. An official SXSW selection, the comedy quickly rose to Rotten Tomatoes Certified Fresh status following its global premiere to rave reviews.
“We are so grateful to the audiences around the world who have already embraced the weird little hopes and dreams of our Deerfield residents, and we could not be more excited about where we plan to take them in season two,” said West Read. “Thanks to our partners at Apple TV+ and Skydance, we have an incredible opportunity to keep building the magic and mysteries of ‘The Big Door Prize’ with this truly remarkable ensemble cast.”
‘The Big Door Prize’ is produced by Skydance Television and CJ ENM/Studio Dragon. Read serves as showrunner and executive producer. David Ellison and Dana Goldberg serve as executive producers for Skydance Television; Miky Lee, Young Kyu Kim and Hyun Park executive produce for CJ ENM/Studio Dragon; with Bill Bost and Sarah Walker. Anu Valia, Molly McGlynn, Todd Biermann, Jenée LaMarque and Declan Lowney direct the series in season one.
The first 3 episodes of ‘The Big Door Prize‘ can be found on Apple TV+ right now, with new episodes dropping every Friday.
