‘Neighbors’ Lands Season 2 Renewal at HBO

Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Logo text HBO is going back into the realm of property-line disputes and squabbles over pets with a second season of Neighbors . The renewal comes a day before the six-episode first season’s finale debuts on Friday, and after a solid performance through its first five episodes. HBO says Neighbors has averaged 2.9 million cross-platform viewers per episode since its Feb. 13 premiere, a high number for an unscripted show there. Creators, directors and executive producers Dylan Redford and Harrison Fishman will continue in those roles on season two of the show, which is produced by A24. Related Stories THR Digital Cover Lisa Kudrow's Final 'Comeback' TV Damon Lindelof Breaks Silence on HBO's 'Lanterns' Controversy: "I Was Sloppy and Careless" “Everyone has a neighbor story, and Dylan and Harrison have a knack for finding ones that make you laugh, cringe, and make it impossible to look away,” said Nina Rosenstein, executive vp programming, late night and specials at HBO. “At a time when even the smallest disagreements can spiral out of control, Neighbors feels both hilariously absurd and surprisingly relatable. What makes the show special isn’t just the stories and people they find, but the empathy and humanity they bring to each episode. Season two can’t come soon enough.” Fishman and Redford told The Hollywood Reporter that they realized while making the show that the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic was a major part of the story they’re telling. “More and more we started to realize, ‘Wow, COVID really inflamed this thing,’” Fishman said. “It inflamed so much in our country, but specifically just the way that people interact and with people’s space. All the things that you learn about the country and people just through this one window — th...