Your Friends and Neighbors is one of the latest shows to premiere as part of the 2025 TV schedule, and it already possesses a key distinction amongst other freshman titles. The dramedy series – which is available to stream with an Apple TV+ subscription was renewed for a second season ahead of its premiere earlier this month. Considering that, I was quite curious as to where progress on those new episodes stood. Well, when CinemaBlend spoke to series creator Jonathan Tropper, he explained, and his comments might surprise you.
It’s not all that often that a TV series manages to score a renewal so early on, though it does happen. For Your Friends & Neighbors, that big news was confirmed all the way back in November 2024. I had the opportunity to speak with Jonathan Tropper ahead of the series premiere, and he shed a bit of light on the production process. At the time that we spoke, he revealed that a lot of progress has been made as far as Season 2 goes:
We're very far. We're well ahead in that process. We've got eight scripts written, and we're looking to go into production very soon, like frighteningly soon.
His comments would suggest that Season 2 will be here much sooner than probably assumed, which is honestly refreshing. Within the streaming landscape, it’s common for shows to have lengthy hiatuses, with some seasons having gaps of two to three years. This update, however, may suggest that the second season could arrive as early as 2026. That’s just an assumption, of course but, if the filming were to start soon, it wouldn’t be wild to think that the show couldn’t return around this time next year.
In some ways, a new season also allows the cast and crew to wipe the slate clean just a bit and refine anything that they deem necessary. During my conversation with Jonathan Tropper, I also asked him if there were any lessons he learned while developing the first season that are guiding him as he works on the second. What Tropper told me speaks heavily to the importance of balance:
In terms of lessons, I think we just learned really where we have to safeguard the tone of the show, and how carefully we have to watch out, that we never veer too far comedic, too far dramatic, that we really maintain that really careful line we're maintaining of a comedic drama or a dramatic comedy, that puts the characters first. And I think, in post production, we may have found a few places we had to clean up a little bit with the tone, and that's the thing we're really going to watch.
Your Friends and Neighbors is led by Jon Hamm, who plays recently divorced hedge fund manager Andrew “Coop” Cooper. Coop’s world is shattered after he abruptly loses his job, and he ultimately resorts to stealing from affluent members of his wealthy neighborhood. In the process, he not only gets his hands on valuables but also some juicy secrets about the people in his orbit. With that premise, the show definitely offers up its share of comedy and tragedy, and it sounds like its EP wants to better refine that mix down the road.
While details on the second season of the series are scarce, pre-production seems to be moving along, as it was just announced that James Marsden has been cast. It’s hard to say exactly why Jonathan Tropper’s show was renewed so swiftly, but it could suggest there’s an internal belief that this could become one of the best shows on Apple TV+. We’ll have to wait and see but, in the meantime, take comfort in knowing that new episodes are indeed in the works.
New episodes of Your Friends and Neighbors premiere on Fridays. Anyone who’s curious about what else is coming down the pipeline can also read up on upcoming Apple TV+ shows.
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