Netflix cancels Friends from College
David Farnor | On 19, Feb 2019
Netflix has cancelled Friends from College after two seasons.
The ensemble comedy, which stars Keegan-Michael Key (Ethan) and Cobie Smulders (Lisa), follows a group of friends from Harvard as they face down their 40s. With interwoven and oftentimes complicated relationships with one another, the show is a comedic exploration of old friendships, former romantic entanglements and balancing adult life with nostalgia for the past.
Despite a mixed response, the streaming giant ordered a second run, which premiered earlier this year.
“Some of the same problems remain, but Friends From College’s sophomore year is much funnier and warmer,” we wrote in our positive review of Season 2.
Co-creator Nicholas Stoller announce the cancellation on Twitter, with Netflix also releasing a statement: “We’re grateful to creators Nick Stoller and Francesca Delbanco for creating a wise, funny and supremely relatable show. We also want to thank the hard-working crew, and we raise a glass to the amazingly talented cast including Keegan-Michael Key, Fred Savage, Cobie Smulders, Nat Faxon, Annie Parisse, Jae Suh Park and Billy Eichner.”
Watch: Trailer for Friends from College Season 2
5th january 2019
“You’re best friends.” “You’re right, they are really great people.” “Well, I didn’t say that.” That’s the sound of Friends from College’s awkward ensemble reuniting once again for a second season – and new, we’ve got a full glimpse of how that reunion will go down with the first full trailer for the show’s sophomore run.
Netflix’s series, which stars Keegan-Michael Key (Ethan) and Cobie Smulders (Lisa), sees a group of friends from Harvard face down their 40s. With interwoven and oftentimes complicated relationships with one another, the show is a comedic exploration of old friendships, former romantic entanglements and balancing adult life with nostalgia for the past.
“Wallowing in such a depressing swamp might not be everyone’s idea of entertainment, but… if you’re after an antidote to schmaltzy American sitcoms, then this is your show,” we wrote in our review of Season 1.
Season 2 premieres on Friday 11th January 2019. Here’s the video:
Friends from College Season 2 set for January 2019 reunion
29th October 2018
Netflix’s Friends from College are reuniting once again for a second season.
Netflix’s series, which stars Keegan-Michael Key (Ethan) and Cobie Smulders (Lisa), sees a group of friends from Harvard face down their forties. With interwoven and oftentimes complicated relationships with one another, the show is a comedic exploration of old friendships, former romantic entanglements and balancing adult life with nostalgia for the past.
Now, we know when the Friends from College are getting back together: all eight episodes of Season 2 will premiere on 11th January 2019. Here’s the teaser video announcing the release date:
Sarah Chalke joins Netflix’s Friends from College
30th April 2018
Sarah Chalke has joined Netflix’s Friends from College for the comedy’s second season.
The show, which stars Keegan-Michael Key (Ethan) and Cobie Smulders (Lisa), sees a group of friends from Harvard face down their forties. With interwoven and oftentimes complicated relationships with one another, the show is a comedic exploration of old friendships, former romantic entanglements and balancing adult life with nostalgia for the past.
The series was co-created by Nicholas Stoller and Francesca Delbanco, who also serve as executive producers. Now, as the series prepares for its second run, the college reunion is getting bigger, with Chalke joining the ensemble. She will play Merrill Morgan, described as “a Park Avenue WASP personified”. A divorced mother of a teenage boy, she is Alpha to everyone she meets, and briefly dated Nick (Nat Faxon). Episode 1 of the new season will see the pair reconnect at a party.
It also marks a double reunion for Chalke, who co-starred with Smulders on How I Met Your Mother and is also involved in Netflix project Paradise, P.D., a new adult animated comedy. Chalke’s arc in Friends from College will span all eight episodes of the new season.
Netflix renews Friends from College for Season 2
22nd August 2017
Netflix’s Friends from College are getting back together again for a second season.
The comedy, which stars Keegan-Michael Key (Ethan) and Cobie Smulders (Lisa), sees a group of friends from Harvard face down their forties. With interwoven and oftentimes complicated relationships with one another, the show is a comedic exploration of old friendships, former romantic entanglements and balancing adult life with nostalgia for the past.
The series was co-created by Nicholas Stoller (Neighbors, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Get Him to the Greek) and Francesca Delbanco, who also serve as executive producers. Stoller also directs the series and Delbanco serves as a writer.
“It’s as though we took the youthful optimism of Girls – it shares that show’s acerbic wit and penchant for uncomfortable sex scenes – and fast-forwarded 25 years to the point where life is all mortgages, kids, divorces and wondering if you married the right person,” we wrote in our review of Season 1. “Wallowing in such a depressing swamp might not be everyone’s idea of entertainment, but, if the first episode doesn’t turn you off, then chances are you’ll binge on the following seven… If you’re after an antidote to schmaltzy American sitcoms, then this is your show.”
Now, just over a month after its first run, Netflix has ordered a second reunion, with another eight episodes on the cards.
Friends from College gets a full trailer
15th June 2017
A full trailer for Friends from College has now landed online – and the programme looks like an entertaining summer blast.
The Netflix Original Series is created by Nick Stoller (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Get Him to the Greek) and Francesca Delbanco. The husband and wife team serve as executive producers and writers on the show, with Stoller directing all eight episodes.
It centres on a group of friends who went to Harvard together and are now facing down their forties and experiencing a range of success, or lack thereof, both professionally and domestically. With interwoven and oftentimes complicated relationships with one another, the series is a comedic exploration of old friendships, former romantic entanglements and balancing adult life with nostalgia for the past.
Playing the grown-up kids? An impressive cast that includes Keegan-Michael Key (Key & Peele), Cobie Smulders (Jack Reacher: Never Go Back), Annie Parisse (Vinyl), Nat Faxon (American Dad), Fred Savage (The Grinder) and Jae Suh Park (The Mindy Project).
Friends from College premieres worldwide on Netflix on Friday 14th July.
Teaser trailer: Friends from College set for summer reunion
23rd May 2017
“It’s the middle of the week. We’re not taking drugs.” That’s the sound of adults struggling to act their age in the new trailer for Friends from College, Netflix’s latest original comedy.
Written by Nick Stoller (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) and Francesca Delbanco, and directed by Stoller, the eight-episode series features an all star cast including Keegan-Michael Key (Key & Peele), Cobie Smulders (Avengers), Annie Parisse (Vinyl), Nat Faxon (American Dad), Fred Savage (The Wonder Years) and Jae Suh Park (The Big Short). They play a group of friends who went to Harvard together and are now facing down their forties and experiencing a range of success, or lack thereof, both professionally and domestically.
The comedy premieres on Friday 14th July. Here’s the new trailer:
First look: Netflix’s Friends from College
9th May 2017
Keegan-Michael Key and Cobie Smulders star in Netflix’s new comedy, Friends from College – and now, we’ve got our first look at the full cast in action.
The show is created by The Five-Year Engagement’s Nick Stoller, who also wrote the recent Muppet films, The Muppets and Muppets Most Wanted, and Francesca Delbanco. The husband and wife team will serve as executive producers and writers on the series and Stoller will also direct all eight episodes.
“Nick is a comedic mastermind. With Friends from College, he and Francesca have created a world that is both moving and very, very funny. We are thrilled to be working with them and this incredible cast, and look forward to audiences around the world laughing with and at these relatable characters,” Cindy Holland, Netflix Vice President of Original Content, said last year, when the series was announced.
It follows a group of friends from Harvard, who are now facing down their forties. With interwoven and oftentimes complicated relationships with one another, Friends from College is a comedic exploration of old friendships, former romantic entanglements and balancing adult life with nostalgia for the past.
That group, to be exact, consists of Keegan-Michael Key (Ethan), Cobie Smulders (Lisa), Annie Parisse (Sam), Nat Faxon (Nick), Fred Savage (Max) and Jae Suh Park (Marianne). Here are the first photos from the movie’s set:
Friends from College: Nick Stoller and Francesca Delbanco create new Netflix comedy
23rd August 2017
Nick Stoller and Francesca Delbanco are teaming up with Keegan-Michael Key and Cobie Smulders to create a new Netflix comedy series.
Friends from College will span eight episodes, which will feature an all star cast including Key, of Key & Peele fame, Cobie Smulders, Annie Parisse (Vinyl), Nat Faxon (Married, American Dad), Fred Savage (The Grinder) and Jae Suh Park (The Mindy Project, The Big Short).
The show is created by The Five-Year Engagement’s Nick Stoller, who also wrote the recent Muppet films, The Muppets and Muppets Most Wanted, and Francesca Delbanco. The husband and wife team will serve as executive producers and writers on the series and Stoller will also direct all eight episodes.
The show follows a group of friends, who went to Harvard together and are now facing down their forties and experiencing a range of success, or lack thereof, both professionally and domestically. With interwoven and oftentimes complicated relationships with one another, the series is a comedic exploration of old friendships, former romantic entanglements and balancing adult life with nostalgia for the past.
Delbanco and Stoller both attended Harvard University. Delbanco went on to receive her Master’s Degree in fiction writing from the University of Michigan.
“Nick is a comedic mastermind. With Friends from College, he and Francesca have created a world that is both moving and very, very funny. We are thrilled to be working with them and this incredible cast, and look forward to audiences around the world laughing with and at these relatable characters,” says Cindy Holland, Netflix Vice President of Original Content.
Production will begin this fall in New York.