Ahead of Its U.S. Premiere, The CW Picks Up a Second Season of 'Everyone Else Burns'
Ali Khan as Joshua and Simon Bird as David in "Everyone Else Burns"
(Photo: James Stack/Channel 4)
Ahead of the U.S. premiere of its first season, The CW has picked up apocalypse comedy Everyone Else Burns for Season 2. British network Channel 4 officially renewed the series earlier this year, but this is the first official word that The CW is planning to air its second outing.
The comedy, which follows the story of a Manchester family who also just happens to be members of an apocalyptic religious sect known as The Order, stars Simon Bird (The Inbetweeners) as misguided family patriarch David, who still believes the world is going to end within the next decade and is struggling to keep his family focused on the hereafter when they still have to deal with plenty of secular problems in the here and now.
The series' first season sees David longing for a promotion within the church, while his long-suffering wife Fiona (Kate O'Flynn) is busy dreaming of a life that contains more than sermons and squash. The family's twelve-year-old son Aaron (Harry Connor) is a model young believer --- on the surface, at least. (His drawings regularly feature the whole family burning in hell.) And teenage Rachel (Amy James-Kelly) is anxious about everything, with a crush on someone who could save her social life, but also maybe damn her soul.
Simon Bird, Ali Khan, and Kate O'Flynn in "Everyone Else Burns" Season 1
(Photo: James Stack/Channel 4)
Season 2 will reportedly follow Rachel's search for a new direction, a rebellion that could radically alter the entire congregation of The Order. The season will also feature the return of a figure from the past who could shape the family’s future
“Everyone Else Burns is a brilliant and bitingly funny series that is as much about family as it is about the end of days,” CW President of Entertainment Brad Schwartz said in a statement. “There is truly no other comedy on television like it, and we are thrilled to work alongside the immensely talented writers and producers to bring the uniquely hilarious Lewis family to The CW for another season.”
The series also stars Lolly Adefope (Ghosts), Kadiff Kirwan (Slow Horses) and Morgana Robinson (The Larkins). Everyone Else Burns is created and written by Dillon Mapletoft and Oliver Taylor. It's the first series to hail from Emily in Paris producer Jax Media’s U.K. office and is co-produced with Universal International Studios in association with The CW Network and Channel 4. Executive producers include Mapletoft, Taylor, Brooke Posch, Tony Hernandez and Jax Media’s Molly Seymour.
Everyone Else Burns Season 1 premieres Thursday, October 26 on The CW.
