HBO has renewed the comedy series Youth for a second season. Created by and starring BAFTA and Peabody Award winner Sharon Horgan, the show is produced by Merman. All eight episodes of the first season are available to stream on HBO Max.
The series follows a 50-year-old divorcee navigating sex and love while caring for her ailing parents and parenting her adult son. The first-season cast stars Horgan as Alex, alongside Rupert Friend as Patrick, Sharlene Whyte as Sam, Aran Murphy as Ruari, and Robbie Gee as Frank.
Youth ranks among the top five HBO comedy launches globally and debuted to a 97 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes. Critics praised the series as spit-takingly funny in TIME, mesmerisingly perfect in The Guardian, and celebrated Horgan as a magnetic screen presence and sharp comic writer in Variety.
Horgan stated that she is happy to get another opportunity to live out her emotional and biological crises on HBO and thanked the platform for the response to the series. Amy Gravitt, executive vice president of HBO Programming and head of HBO and HBO Max comedy series, praised Horgan’s creation and the performance of the ensemble cast.
Youth is produced by Merman, which also produced Amandaland, Bad Sisters, and Vladimir. Horgan serves as writer, executive producer, and lead actor, with additional executive production from Faye Dorn for Merman, Jim Kleverweis, and Dawn Shadforth, who also directs.
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