HBO renews Euphoria for a second season
The premium cable network has handed out a second-season order to the teen drama starring Zendaya. The series, which is loosely based on an Israeli format reinvented by Sam Levinson, has garnered buzz for offeringcreator Sam Levinson has built an incredible world with an extraordinary cast led by the supremely talented Zendaya," said Francesca Orsi, executive vp HBO Programming. "We are so grateful that he chose HBO as the home for this groundbreaking series.
Levinson infused his own history of dealing with drug addiction and anxiety into the eight-episode series. In the drama, HBO's first major teen-centered show, Zendaya plays Rue, a 17-year-old addict fresh out of rehab. She befriends a new trans girl at her school, Jules , and the two quickly develop an inseparable bond as the navigate the pressures of modern teen life.
"I just feel like there is such a disconnect between what young people are going through and what everyone else thinks they're going through,"of his inspiration for the series. "We didn't want to pull any punches. We didn't want to make it feel like we were holding anything back or that we are hiding anything."
HBO says Euphoria is the youngest-skewing drama on its digital platforms and that the show is averaging 5.5 million viewers per episode, including linear replays, delayed viewing and streaming. That's nearly 10 times the 563,000 viewers for initial airings."trigger for parents — but excellent," noting that it feels "absolutely, graphically, unflinchingly real and earned.
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