Exclusive: SouthSide renewed for season 2 on Comedy Central
The Viacom-owned cable network has renewed the critically acclaimed series for a 10-episode second season. The pickup comes midway through the show's inaugural run.centers two friends working at a rent-to-own store in the city's Englewood neighborhood while dreaming of bigger things. The cast also includes Chandra Russell and Bashir Salahuddin as two beat cops who patrol the area, Quincy Young as the manager of the Rent-T-Own.
Again, we wanted to introduce people to that South Side — and they know Bernie Mac and Sherri Shepherd, some of these great comics from the South Side. What we were trying to do is just have a consistent place where they knew they were getting that South Side humor. … Some of the actors on our show aren't even really trained actors. They're just really funny people.
For us, that's so indicative of Chicago. So many intersections you'll pull up, you won't see people begging, you'll see people working, trying to make money. … Because it was very Chicago but also very, very American, it really [became] the core of our show. These are blue-collar folks, but they all have hustle, they all have dreams. … Again, part of our job withis redefinition, and as much as we can help people understand that yeah, that thing is here too.
So we started with that with our writers — let's tell stories to each other about what actually happened, stuff we've been through, and then naturally those do evolve. Some get big. I won't speak for Diallo, but I personally like stuff that gets a little big. For me, silly is great. But I trust Diallo, I trust Michael Blieden. The EP team is very careful with the tone of the show, and we kind of check each other.
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