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A24 Television’s new Netflix comedy series, Month it dropped in August 2022, and now, six months later, we have an official renewal but with a major caveat. The series received rave reviews and won an award. This is what we know about season 2 of Month.
Created by Mohammed “Mo” Amer and Ramy Youssef, the series stars Amer himself, Teresa Ruiz (Narcos: Mexico) and Omar Elba (Lima city). The story centers on a Palestinian refugee living in Houston who does whatever it takes to stay afloat while waiting to obtain US citizenship.
2022 was a tough year for Netflix comedy. As of the end of the year, Netflix had yet to significantly renew any of its new comedy series in 2022. Murderville, hard cell, The Pentaverate, God’s Favorite IdiotY disengaged they are still awaiting renovations as of January 2023.
As mentioned, the show has become one of the best-reviewed new Netflix Originals, particularly in the comedy department, where Netflix has struggled in recent years.
Month it has been well reviewed and even won an award at the Gotham Independent Film Awards for Breakthrough Series and the American Film Institute.
Congratulations to Mo on his 2022 @AmericanFilm Institute honor! #AFIAPRIMIES pic.twitter.com/jZBiiCLYDY
— Queue (@netflixqueue) December 9, 2022
At the time of writing this article, he has a Score 100% on Rotten Tomatoes with an audience score of 90%. On IMDb, the the series has a rating of 7.6.
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Mo Season 2 Netflix Renewal Status
Current renewal status: Renewed for final season (Last update: January 12, 2023)
Months later mo’s release on Netflix, it looked like the show would be cancelled.
At the Red Sea Film Festival in December 2022, Mo Amer confirmed that the future of the show is still up in the air, answering a question about season 2, saying:
“Ask Netflix, I don’t know what’s going on. We’ve only won awards and we’re on top 10 lists. I do not know what’s happening.
Mo Amer before that there was jokingly referred to a second season in an interview segment shortly after its initial release, and the series is poised for more Houston stories to emerge in the future.
Then, in January 2023, Deadline exclusively revealed that the show had been renewed for a second but final season.
In a statement, Mo Amer told Deadline:
“I am grateful to continue to tell a universal story of struggle that relates to so many refugees and millions of underrepresented humans trying to be seen around the world and to be able to bring back the people who loved and supported Mo Najjar. for the journey as we close this chapter of his story”,
Teresa Ruiz, Farah Bseiso, and Omar Elba are confirmed to return for Season 2 of the show.
Mo – Picture: Netflix
how well he did Month act on netflix?
Unfortunately, the show did not rank in Top 10 Netflix Sites, which means we have no idea of the show’s viewing hours. The show also failed to make the Nielsen top 10.
Raw Top 10 provided by FlixPatrol claims that the series shot up the charts in some of Netflix’s MENA regions such as Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.
While it appeared in the top 10 in the United States and Canada, its time was short. In the US, she only appeared for 7 days before dropping out.
Mo Season 1 Performance in Netflix Top 10s – FlixPatrol
What about external numbers?
According to IMDb Moviemeter, the show was the 103rd most popular title in its debut week before promptly dropping out.
Meanwhile, the show became the 71st Most Popular Show in the world on August 29, 2022, according to TelevisionStats.com, which pulls data from places like Google search, Wikipedia and other sources to determine its score.
According to UK analytics company SVOD Digital i, they suggest the program did not have a high completion rate, with data from your dashboards suggesting that only 40% of the people who started the show finished all the episodes.
They previously suggested that shows that don’t exceed 50% completion are unlikely to return for new seasons.
Full Mo Season 1 Facts
More projects from A24 Television are coming soon to Netflix. The next thing from the studio for Netflix is Cow meat starring Steven Yeun, and then we’ll see Survival of the thickest landing on Netflix.
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