Nobody Wants This Season 2: Everything We Know So Far
Here's what we know about Nobody Wants This Season 2: It can't come soon enough.
After the Netflix rom-com made its series debut on Sept. 26, 2024, its story of a rabbi (played by Adam Brody) and an agnostic podcaster (Kristen Bell) who fall in love despite the odds quickly charmed viewers' hearts (and got them racing with that fantastic first kiss). While Noah and Joanne's families were skeptical, if not outright disapproving of their relationship, their romance won the approval of Netflix, earning the series a swift renewal just two weeks later.
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Now, as we not-so-patiently wait for the second season, let's review all the intel we have about the upcoming episodes, which is, surprisingly, bountiful. With production already underway, we've gathered details on when the show will return, new cast members (Leighton Meester!), who's getting a series-regular promotion and much more. We even have a first look at a sweet moment between Joanne and Noah!
Read on for everything we know so far about Season 2, then hit the comments with your hopes for Joanne and Noah's love story.
There is no official premiere date yet for the second season, but production began this March toward a 2025 release date. To mark the start of filming on the new episodes, Netflix shared the above on-set photo of Joanne and Noah cuddling on the couch.
Bell (Joanne), Brody (Noah), Justine Lupe (Joanne's sister Morgan) and Timothy Simons (Noah's brother Sasha) are all set to reprise their roles.
Additionally, as TVLine exclusively reported, Jackie Tohn, who plays Sasha's wife/Noah's sister-in-law Esther, has been promoted to series regular. Tohn also shared a behind-the-scenes Season 2 photo on Instagram with her TV in-laws, played by Tovah Feldshuh and Paul Ben-Victor.
Spotted in Bell's Instagram reel from Season 2 filming are recurring guest stars Sherry Cola as Joanne and Noah's mutual friend, Ashley, and D'Arcy Carden as Joanne's pal, Rayann.
Brody's real-life wife, Leighton Meester — who shared the screen with Bell on Veronica Mars and Gossip Girl — will guest-star as Abby, Joanne's middle school nemesis-turned-Instagram mommy influencer.
Meester told TVLine that she was 'really rooting for' Noah and Joanne as she watched the first season. 'I loved how deeply developed both the characters were and how they got to be these imperfect people, finding each other,' she added.
Additional Season 2 castings include Miles Fowler (The Resident) as Lenny, Noah's Matzah Ballers basketball teammate who is set up with Joanne's sister, Morgan; Arian Moayed (Succession) as Dr. Andy, a charming psychotherapist who might just be the perfect match for Morgan; and Alex Karpovsky (Girls) as Big Noah, an overly confident rabbi at Noah's temple.
Based off Netflix's cuddly and couple-y Season 2 first look, it appears that Rabbi Noah did, indeed, choose Joanne over his job.
As you'll recall, in the Season 1 finale, Joanne had a change of heart about converting to Judaism after talking to Noah's ex-girlfriend. Noah suggested that they just slow down their relationship, but neither one of them could see how this works out if Joanne doesn't convert, especially given Noah's recent promotion to head rabbi. The two went their separate ways, but moments later, Noah showed up at Joanne's car and declared, 'You were right. I can't have both,' then kissed her.
'I like to think he's chosen Joanne, and the rest will work itself out, but that's not his primary concern,' Brody told TVLine. 'I don't know if, in the light of day, he still feels that way, but in the moment, I feel like that's what he's communicating.'
Meanwhile, the castings of Fowler and Moayed as potential love interests for Morgan suggest that Joanne's sister will be hitting the dating scene in Season 2.
Girls vets Jenni Konner and Bruce Eric Kaplan are joining creator Erin Foster — on whose life the show is loosely based — as new showrunners.
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