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Netflix’s new comedy sequence from A24 Television, Mo dropped in August 2022, and now, six months later, now we have an official renewal however with a significant caveat. The sequence obtained glowing evaluations and an award win. Here’s what we find out about season 2 of Mo.
Created by Mohammed “Mo” Amer and Ramy Youssef, the sequence stars Amer himself, Teresa Ruiz (Narcos: Mexico), and Omar Elba (Limetown). The story focuses on a Palestinian refugee residing in Houston doing all the things it takes to maintain his head above water whereas hoping to realize full US citizenship.
2022 was a tough 12 months for Netflix comedy. By the top of the 12 months, Netflix had but to meaningfully renew any of its fledgling new comedy sequence in 2022. Murderville, Hard Cell, The Pentaverate, God’s Favorite Idiot, and Uncoupled are all nonetheless ready for renewals as of January 2023.
As talked about, the present has grow to be one of many best-reviewed new Netflix Originals, notably within the comedy division, the place Netflix has struggled in recent times.
Mo has been well-reviewed and even scooped an award on the Gotham Independent Film Awards for Breakthrough Series and American Film Institute honor.
Congratulations to Mo on its 2022 @AmericanFilm Institute honor! #AFIAWARDS pic.twitter.com/jZBiiCLYDY
— Queue (@netflixqueue) December 9, 2022
As of the time of writing, it’s bought a 100% rating on RottenTomatoes with a 90% viewers rating. On IMDb, the sequence has a 7.6 ranking.
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Mo Season 2 Netflix Renewal Status
Current renewal standing: Renewed for remaining season (Last up to date: January twelfth, 2023)
Months after Mo’s launch on Netflix, it was wanting just like the present can be canceled.
At the Red Sea Film Festival in December 2022, Mo Amer confirmed the present’s future remains to be up within the air, answering a query about season 2, saying:
“Ask Netflix, I don’t know what’s going on. We’ve only won awards and we’re in the top 10 lists. I don’t know what’s going on.”
Mo Amer earlier than that had jokingly referred to a second season in an interview phase shortly after its preliminary launch, and the sequence is ripe for extra tales to come back out of Houston sooner or later.
Then in January 2023, Deadline completely revealed that the present had been renewed for a second however remaining season.
In a press release, Mo Amer advised Deadline:
“I’m thankful to continue to tell a universal story of struggle that relates to so many refugees and millions of under-represented humans trying to be seen around the globe and to be able to bring the people who loved and rooted for Mo Najjar along for the ride as we close this chapter of his story,”
Teresa Ruiz, Farah Bseiso, and Omar Elba are confirmed to return for season 2 of the present.
Mo – Picture: Netflix
How properly did Mo carry out on Netflix?
Unfortunetely, the present didn’t rank in Netflix’s high 10 websites, that means we don’t know about viewing hours for the present. The present additionally didn’t rank within the Nielsen high 10s.
Raw high 10s offered by FlixPatrol state that the sequence rocketed up the charts in a few of Netflix’s MENA areas, equivalent to Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.
While it featured within the United States and Canadian high 10s, its time was temporary. In the US, it solely featured for 7 days earlier than dropping out.
Mo Season 1 Performance on Netflix Top 10s – FlixPatrol
What about exterior numbers?
According to the IMDb Moviemeter, the present was the 103rd hottest title in its debut week earlier than shortly dropping out.
Meanwhile, the present climbed to be the 71st hottest present on the planet on August twenty ninth, 2022, in accordance with TelevisionStats.com, which takes knowledge from locations like Google search, Wikipedia, and different sources to find out its rating.
According to British SVOD analytics firm Digital i, they recommend the present didn’t have a powerful completion price, with knowledge from their panels suggesting that solely 40% of people that began the present went on to complete all episodes.
They’ve beforehand steered that reveals that fail to get above 50% completion are unlikely to return for brand spanking new seasons.
Completion knowledge for Mo season 1
More tasks from A24 Television are coming quickly to Netflix. Next up from the studio for Netflix is Beef starring Steven Yeun, after which we’ll see Survival of the Thickest land on Netflix.
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