Netflix reportedly already ordered two seasons of John Mulaney's live talk show

Everybody’s Live With John Mulaney, the first season of which will run for 12 weeks beginning March 12, will build off the eccentricity of the comedian’s 2024 Live From L.A. show. “Netflix and I discussed this summer not being done with the show and I was thrilled to do that,” Mulaney said at the event. “It was a total blast and it was one of those shows that neither Netflix nor I really needed to do. I never wanted to host a talk show and they were getting out of the talk show game. So it was the perfect moment to do this.”

Keeping the spirit of Everybody’s In L.A. alive, Richard Kind will return as Mulaney’s sidekick-slash-announcer, and so will the food delivery robot Saymo. “We’re having trouble finding Saymo, so we just keep ordering Shastas and ginger ales and hoping that he’ll roll up,” Mulaney joked at the Netflix event (via Variety). “Richard and I met through a real-life Baby Reindeer scenario. He kept showing up where I worked and I decided to incorporate him into my life.”

Reflecting on the first outing, which took place during the Netflix is a Joke festival, Mulaney said, “We had a hypnotist. We had an expert on coyotes in Los Angeles. We had a palm tree expert. We had an earthquake expert. We covered most all natural disasters that take place in California except for one. We just weren’t ready.” He admitted that “There is absolutely nothing new about what I’m doing but, by taking a lot of elements other people have already done and doing them out of order, it feels new and that’s what’s important.”

“This is a really fun experiment,” Mulaney teased. “Not since Harry and Meghan has Netflix given more money to someone without a specific plan.”