TBS renews Chad and announces premiere dates for Miracle Workers, new Tiffany Haddish show
Nasim Pedrad’s on-screen journey as a 14-year-old boy in Chad has only just begun. TBS has renewed the comedy for a second season just as the first one is set to wrap up with the finale on May 25. Pedrad created, wrote, and stars as the titular teenager in this cringe-worthy but surprisingly earnest coming-of-age show. It also stars Saba Homayoon, Paul Chahidi, Jake Ryan, Ella Mika, and Alexa Loo.
At a press conference call ahead of the Warner Media upfront, The A.V. Club asked Brett Weitz, the general manager of TBS, TNT, truTV, about the renewal and he said the decision required very little deliberation and was the easiest season two pickup for him in a long time. “Nasim and her team are in the writers room right now building out the episodes. We had an incredible conversation about the direction it will take. We’ll be scheduling it for the summer of 2022,” Weitz says.
Premiere dates were announced for new seasons of TNT drama Animal Kingdom and TBS’s comedy anthology Miracle Workers. The former’s fifth season will launch on July 11 and deal with the aftermath of Smurf’s (Ellen Barkin) death. Season five’s cast includes Finn Cole, Shawn Hatosy, and Jake Weary.