FX has renewed Adults for a third season, doubling the episode order to 16 episodes after two eight-episode seasons. Series creators Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw have also signed a new overall deal with FX Productions as part of the announcement.
Adults follows five twenty-somethings in New York, Samir, played by Malik Elassal, Billie, played by Lucy Freyer, Paul Baker, played by Jack Innanen, Issa, played by Amita Rao, and Anton, played by Owen Thiele, all crashing together in Samir’s childhood home as they navigate love, work, friendship, and family. The series has featured guest appearances from Charlie Cox, Julia Fox, Ray Nicholson, D’Arcy Carden, Susie Essman, Jake Shane, Zosia Mamet, and Ben Marshall. Season 2 premiered in August, releasing in full on Hulu on August 27 ahead of its weekly rollout on FX, and grew substantially over Season 1, up 60% in viewership on Hulu and Disney+ globally through its first five weeks, with international viewership up 100%, according to FX, though exact figures weren’t disclosed.
Nick Grad, president of FX Entertainment, credited Kronengold and Shaw with elevating the show significantly in its second season, pointing to its growing cultural footprint, memes, Halloween costumes, and a devoted fan base that’s embraced the friend group as its own, as the reasoning behind both the expanded order and the new deal. Kronengold and Shaw reflected on their six-year relationship with the network, joking that they’re glad to make the partnership official “and to start yelling at them like we do our parents,” while crediting FX leadership with teaching them how to lead, produce, and tell stories that make audiences feel like part of a community.
Kronengold and Shaw executive produce and serve as showrunners, alongside Nick Kroll, Sarah Naftalis, Jonathan Krisel, Alicia Van Couvering, and Rob Rosell. FX Productions is the studio. A premiere date for Season 3 hasn’t yet been announced.
With a doubled episode count and a new overall deal landing in the same announcement, FX isn’t just renewing Adults, it’s betting on Kronengold and Shaw as a long-term creative pairing worth building future programming around.