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When Is ‘Nobody Wants This’ Returning for Season 2? Netflix Gives New Update
Season 1 of Nobody Wants This had fans swooning when it was released in 2024, and viewers are dying to know about what’s in store for the rom-com series.
The show, which stars Adam Brody as Noah, centers around a rabbi who falls in love with Joanne (Kristen Bell), an agnostic sex podcaster. The unlikely pairing ends up being simply too perfect, with their cultural differences threatening to come between them.
Nobody Wants This Season 2 is officially happening, but how soon will we see Noah and Joanne again? Scroll down for all the latest updates!
Will Nobody Wants This return for Season 2?
Yes! Netflix confirmed in October 2024 that the series had been renewed for Season 2. Erin Foster, who created the show, will be joined by Jenni Konner and Bruce Eric Kaplan as showrunners for the second season.
When does Nobody Wants Season 2 premiere?
A premiere date has not been confirmed yet. However, filming is underway, and a new season is expected at some point in 2025! Netflix confirmed on March 7 that production was underway. “Season 2 of the breakout hit comedy series is slated to premiere on Netflix in 2025,” the streamer said.
In early February 2025, Foster confirmed that the cast had reunited for the first table read of the season. Meanwhile, Jackie Tohn, who plays Noah’s sister-in-law Esther, revealed to Deadline that filming will begin on March 3.
On the SAG Awards red carpet on February 23, Bell revealed that Season 2 would start shooting “next week.” She also raved that the “delicious Leighton Meester is joining us this season.” Meester and Brody were also in attendance at the SAG Awards.
Nobody Wants This Season 2 cast
Brody and Bell will be reprising the roles of Noah and Joanne in Season 2, while Tohn has been upped to a series regular following her recurring role in Season 1.
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Also returning will be Justine Lupe, who plays Joanne’s sister Morgan, and Timothy Simons, who plays Noah’s eccentric brother, and Esther’s husband, Sasha. Foster’s table read photo also featured Sherry Cola, who plays Joanne’s friend and podcast agent Ashley.
On February 20, Variety reported that Brody’s real-life wife will be coming to Season 2 as a guest star. Miles Fowler will also be joining the cast in a guest role. Meester’s character is named Abby and described as “Joanne’s middle school nemesis who is now an Instagram mommy influencer,” while Fowler will play Lenny, “Noah’s Matzah Ballers teammate who gets set up with Morgan.”
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More casting reveals were made on March 4 when Deadline reported that Arian Moayed and Alex Karpovsky are joining the show. Moyaed, who’s known for his work on Succession, will play a psychotherapist and love interest for Morgan. Karpovsky, of Girls fame, will be playing Noah’s work nemesis at the temple.
Netflix confirmed this casting news in its March 7 announcement.
Nobody Wants This Season 2 plot
With the way things ended in Season 1, there’s plenty of story left to explore for Joanne and Noah. Things nearly fell apart for the couple when Joanne walked away from the relationship because she didn’t want to make Noah choose between her and his faith after he was offered the position of head rabbi. Joanne wasn’t willing to convert to Judaism, so she decided to let Noah pursue his career dream instead of being with her. But Noah didn’t want to give up on their love so fast. The season ended with the two sharing a kiss as her told her, “You’re right. I can’t have both.”
Even before the show got picked up for Season 2, Foster told Swooon that she hopes to pick up right where things left off. “The only thing I really think about is that Season 1 moves really slowly, and I think that’s the really positive thing,” she explained. “I would want to continue that and kind of pick it up around the area where we left off, and keep it kind of moving slow and not jump ahead too fast if we got a Season 2.”
She reiterated this in an interview with Deadline, adding that she hopes to “have as many seasons as possible,” so there’s no plans to “jump ahead” too far in the storyline. “All the big, romantic moments that you want to feel in that first year of a relationship, we want the audience to be able to feel,” she dished. “I know now what hooked people and what sunk in and what stood out, so the goal is to give people that and not make some weird artistic choice and rob them of the joy they want to feel.”
Brody also teased to Tudum what the show can explore in Season 2. “What should he do? What should she do? What version of sacrifice is worth it?” he pointed out. “What constitutes growth, or what constitutes dimming yourself to be with someone else? It’s a sacrifice, but ideally, you grow together and you’re better for it — you don’t have to [lop] off a limb.”
Nobody Wants This, Season 1, Streaming Now, Netflix
