We have our first look at Girls5eva season 2. At South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival, the Girls5eva cast was on hand to speak about the upcoming second season on Peacock. A sneak peek teaser has also been released, featuring a three-minute long scene from the series. Ahead of the show’s return to Peacock on May 5, you can watch the sneak peek scene below.
In the first look footage, Gloria (Paula Pell) learns that he needs knee replacement surgery. During the Girls5eva panel, Pell spoke about how she’d been dealing with real-life knee issues which were incorporated into the storyline. It was also revealed that a scene had been filmed of Renee Elise Goldsberry doing a rendition of Bruce Springsteen music as Wickie, but this was ultimately cut from the episode.
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Showrunner Meredith Scardino joked that season 2 answers the simple question of what would happen if Girls5eva wa renewed for season 2. Scardino also revealed that the second season picks up about one month after the events of season 1 with the girls getting a record deal with a celebrity brand extension of the Property Brothers.
“We are so excited to share the next chapter in Dawn, Wickie, Gloria, and Summer’s journey as they enter ‘Album Mode’ and embark on making their first studio album on their own terms,” Scardino also said of the second season.
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Premiering all eight episodes of its first season in May 2021 on Peacock, Girls5eva follows four women who were part of a girl group called Girls 5Eva. After the one hit wonder group fell into obscurity about two decades prior, the women reunite in an attempt to find musical success and relive their brief glory days. The show was a big hit for Peacock, scoring a near-perfect rating at Rotten Tomatoes at 97% fresh. Viewership has been high with the fan response also largely positive.
You can read the official synopsis for Girls5eva below.
The series stars Grammy Award-winner and Tony and Emmy Award-nominated singer Sara Bareilles, Grammy and Tony Award-winning actress and singer Renée Elise Goldsberry, Emmy winning Saturday Night Live mainstay and comedy icon Paula Pell, and New York Times Best-Selling author, actor, activist, writer and host Busy Philipps. Meredith Scardino serves as creator and executive producer for the series. Jeff Richmond, Tina Fey (Little Stranger, Inc.), Robert Carlock (Bevel Gears), David Miner (3 Arts Entertainment), Eric Gurian (Little Stranger) also serve as executive producers.
When a one-hit-wonder girl group from the 90s gets sampled by a young rapper, its members reunite to give their pop star dreams one more shot. They may be grown women balancing spouses, kids, jobs, debt, aging parents, and shoulder pain, but can‘t they also be Girls5eva?
Girls5eva will be premiering its second season on May 5, 2022, and you can find season 1 streaming on Peacock by signing up at PeacockTV.com. Season 2’s first three episodes will be available on launch day with subsequent episodes releasing weekly.
