Santa Clarita Diet Season 2 is a go at Netflix with the confirmed renewal of the horror-comedy series.
Netflix is apparently not letting itself fall off the wagon with Santa Clarita Diet. The horror-comedy series, unveiled earlier this year with a series of conceptual promos, may have arrived as a bizarre and random genre amalgam of irreverent comedies with the ubiquitous trope of zombies, but it has apparently managed to make a quantifiable impression with streaming audiences to justify the greenlighting of a second helping.
Santa Clarita Diet Season 2 is happening with Netflix announcing the renewal with – what else? – a quirky promo video. While short on specifics, the announced premiere of Santa Clarita Diet Season 2 has been (vaguely, for now,) designated for 2018. Santa Clarita Diet debuted its 10-episode inaugural season on February 3, showcasing a gory (arguably allegorical) ordeal of real estate agent couple Sheila (Drew Barrymore) and Joel (Timothy Olyphant) whose lives are upended when Sheila becomes a human-flesh-craving zombie (though they prefer to avoid the phrase). Set against the sunny, sanguine backdrop of suburbia, Sheila’s energetic undead rebirth – boosted by macabre protein shakes – forces the family (including their teen daughter,) to make some decidedly dubious moral reasoning for the ghastly fate they deliver to the human victims who satiate her cravings.
While Netflix don't exactly divulge hard numbers reflecting the performance of its content, Santa Clarita Diet has generally impressed audiences, reflecting a well-rounded dynamic between the show’s extremely gory, blood-soaked scenes and its levity-lifted cast chemistry, focusing on the comedic aspects of the mundane in suburbia, creating something with an intriguing contrast. Santa Clarita Diet is the brainchild of creator Victor Fresco, known from television shows such as My Name is Earl, Better Off Ted, Andy Richter Controls the Universe and Mad About You.
Santa Clarita Diet Season 2 will premiere on Netflix sometime in 2018. Since production is expected to begin this summer, it wouldn’t be unreasonable to expect it to arrive – like Season 1 – sometime early in the year. Those who missed Season 1 can check out the trailer below.