Everything We Know About ‘Nobody Wants This’ Season 2 So Far

One thing is clear from the response to Netflix’s Nobody Wants This, and that is the fact that the reverse of the title is very true.

Thus, the renewal of the series for a second season, which has already added some extra star power in the form of new characters and cast members. After the first season of the show arrived on Netflix in Sept. 2024, there will be a bit of a wait for the next installment.

Find everything we know about Season 2 of Nobody Wants This below:

When will Nobody Wants This Season 2 come out?

The second season will return to Netflix October 23. Netflix unveiled first-look images for Season 2 of the romantic comedy series in August.

Season 2 wrapped production according to star Jackie Tohn’s May 12 Instagram post and story.

March 3 was the projected start date on production for Season 2, Tohn revealed to Deadline at the  30^th Critics Choice Awards red carpet. Production did begin in early March 2025 with a shot of co-stars Kristen Bell and Adam Brody cuddling on a couch.

Will there be new characters in Nobody Wants This Season 2?

Yes, several new faces will appear in Season 2 of the hit Netflix series. Adam Brody’s wife and real life partner Leighton Meester (Gossip Girl) has boarded the second installment of the show to play Joanne’s (Bell) high school nemesis Abby, who is now an Instagram mommy influencer.

“The story came first, and then we were thinking of who to cast in that role. And I think I had just seen Leighton maybe at the People’s Choice Awards. She’s so cute. She’s so adorable and funny and quirky and cool, and they have a sweet relationship,” creator Erin Foster told Deadline. “And she was really on my mind after that, and I think she’s obviously so talented. And then we have this episode, and there was this role of this girl named Abby. I want to give credit to Jenni [Konner], I think Jenni on a chat when we were talking actresses, and she was like, ‘Leighton for Abby?’ And we were all like, ‘Wait a second, that’s a really good idea.’”

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“Then we asked Adam first how he felt, and he was like, ‘I love it. If it’s funny, see if she responds to it.’ And so I quickly went into the scenes and tried to beef up the character as much as I could and give her as much fun [as possible]. And there’s an extra scene now,” Foster added. “They didn’t have any scenes alone with each other originally. And so then I went in and I was like, ‘OK, I’m going to give them a scene alone and kind of throw in a couple moments that people would grab onto and have fun with.’”

Miles Fowler (Bottoms) will play Noah’s Matzah Ballers basketball teammate Lenny, who is positioned as a romantic interest for Joanne’s sister Morgan (Justine Lupe).

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Deadline exclusively broke the news that Alex Karpovsky (Girls) will join as Big Noah, an overly confident rabbi at Noah’s temple and that Arian Moayed (Succession) will portray as Dr. Andy, a psychotherapist who also might be a good match for Morgan.

Who else is in the Nobody Wants This Season 2 cast?

Of course, the show cannot go on without Bell, Brody, Lupe nor Timothy Simons, who all return to reprise their roles. Simons plays Sasha Roklov, brother to Brody’s Noah Roklov. Jackie Tohn has been upped to series regular. She plays Esther Roklov, Sasha’s wife.

“Well you know I can’t tell,” she prefaced when Deadline asked her about what she could tease for Season 2. “I haven’t read anything yet, but I’ve got into the writers’ room, we’ve talked about my character arc, and that’s all really exciting. I love her, I love it. So, stay tuned, it’s gonna be really exciting.”

Stephanie Faracy, Michael Hitchcock, Tovah Feldshuh, Paul Ben-Victor, Emily Arlook, Sherry Cola and Shiloh Berman will also return for Season 2.

What is Nobody Wants This about? What happened in Season 1?

Season 1 of the show followed a budding romance that developed between an agnostic podcaster (Bell) and a passionate rabbi (Brody) after they met at a dinner party. It is fiction inspired by the real life story of creator Erin Foster, who also hosts a podcast and fell in love with a Jewish man. Foster converted to Judaism. She and her sister Sara, and their production arm The Fatigue Sisters drove the development of the show during a three-year pod deal with 20th Television. Together they host the podcast The World’s First Podcast.

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The first season ended with the challenge for Bell’s Joanne to convert to Judaism so that Brody’s rabbi Noah could move up in the ranks at his synagogue.

Creator Erin Foster told Deadline that Season 2 picks up a few days later from the final night shown at the end of Season 1.

“We’ve had different discussions about, is it one week? Is it a week and a half? Is it two weeks?” she said. “It’s around that time, but it’s not picking up from the same night.”

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Who else is behind creating Season 2 of Nobody Wants This?

Foster, Bell, Steven Levitan, Sara Foster, Danielle Stokdyk, Jeff Morton, Bruce Eric Kaplan, Jenni Konner and Nora Silver serve as executive producers on the romantic comedy show Oly Obst executive produces for 3arts. Kaplan and Konner serve as showrunners, taking the reins in between seasons. The series is produced by 20th Television in association with Steven Levitan Productions.

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