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Houston comedian's Netflix series drops season 2 release date

Mo Amer returns to Netflix this month.

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Houston-bred, Palestinian American comedian Mo Amer is finally returning to Netflix, as the second and final season of his acclaimed, award-winning dramedy Mo will hit the streamer in a few weeks.

A trailer for the new season dropped yesterday, showing Amer’s Palestinian-refugee protagonist Mo Najjar stuck across the border and fighting to get back to Houston before his family’s asylum hearing. “Maybe just come to terms with the fact you’re Mexican now,” Matt Rife’s embassy flak tells him in the trailer.

Rife isn’t the only familiar face you’ll see in the upcoming season. Rapper/fellow on-the-rise Houstonian Tobe Nwigwe returns as Mo’s best buddy. We’ll also get guest appearances by Houston rapper Slim Thug, veteran YouTuber Liza Koshy, and Red Rocket star Simon Rex, who plays the new love of Najjar’s on-again, off-again girlfriend (Teresa Ruiz).

Produced by indie powerhouse A24, Mo received raves in its first season, as well as a Peabody Award for Entertainment and a Gotham Award for Breakthrough Series — Short Form. Amer was also nominated for an Independent Spirit Award, for Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series.

All eight episodes of season two will premiere on Thursday, January 30, almost two years to the day when Netflix announced the show’s renewal.

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Taylor Sheridan's Texas oil boom drama Landman renewed for season 2

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After a fiery first season, Landman, the Texas oilfield drama from Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan, is coming back for season two; a premiere date has not yet been revealed.

Landman is based on the Texas Monthly podcast Boomtown, which follows a story of roughnecks and wildcat billionaires fueling a boom so big, it’s reshaping the climate, economy, and geopolitics. The first season of the series was released in fall 2024 with the last episode airing in January.

According to a March 12 release, the series made Paramount+ history as the streaming service's most watched series global premiere and finale. It ranked in the top 10 of original streaming series, taking the eighth spot. It joined two other Paramount + series, Tulsa King in the fourth spot and Lioness at ninth.

"Landman was one of the biggest shows of the year because of Taylor Sheridan’s unique ability to tap into the cultural zeitgeist, harnessing the Neo-Western themes of rugged individualism, ambition and working-class struggles set against contemporary debates around energy, climate change and economic growth,” says president and CEO of Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios and Paramount Media Networks Chris McCarthy in a statement.

Landman, Paramount+ Billy Bob Thornton is back as Tommy Norris in Taylor Sheridan's 'Landman.' Photo courtesy of Paramount+

Starring in the series are Billy Bob Thornton, Demi Moore, Andy Garcia, Ali Larter, Jacob Lofland, Michelle Randolph, Paulina Chávez, Kayla Wallace, Mark Collie, James Jordan and Colm Feore. Thornton received a Golden Globe Best Actor nomination for his role as the titular "land man" Tommy Norris, a crisis manager for an oil company.

Sheridan is creator and executive co-producer, and the show is produced by MTV Entertainment Studios, 101 Studios, and Sheridan’s Bosque Ranch Productions. Landman filmed all over Texas, with much of it shot in the Fort Worth area — near Sheridan's ranch in Weatherford.

A Texas cowboy through and through, Sheridan is the creator of the award-winning series Yellowstone, its prequels 1883 and 1923, and a forthcoming one reportedly called 1944, starring fellow Texan Matthew McConaughey.

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