Following the release of a new teaser trailer, you might be wondering: is Smiling Friends coming back? Here’s everything you need to know about the new episodes.
Hazbin Hotel dominated the adult cartoon arena earlier this year with its winning combination of great songs, unique animation, and fun characters. It went down a treat, so much so thatSeason 2is currently in development.
But there areplenty of other entriesto the genre worth checking out, including Smiling Friends. Zach Hadel and Michael Cusack’s adorable yet dark animated series centers on Charlie and Pim, whose titular business aims to make people smile.
Smiling Friends new episodes explained
After two long years, Smiling Friends is seemingly coming back to our screens, with Season 2 set to premiere on Adult Swim on Sunday, March 31.
The network shared the news with a teaser, showing the Smiling Friends’ trademark happy face emerging as the sun to our Earth. The clip finishes by promising that the new episodes drop “next Sunday at midnight.”
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However, fans have noticed something concerning: the premiere marks the start of April Fool’s Day. “This better not be an April Fools Joke, please don’t turn me into a Frowning Friend,”saidone on X.
Anotherwrote, “If this is an April Fool’s joke I will never forgive you guys.” And a thirdadded, “Plus the fact that we got the announcement with no press release or trailer, yeah it’s going to be the April Fools stunt.”
“Series co-creators and stars Michael Cusack and Zach Hadel give a special look at the new season of the weirdly warm and oddly relatable workplace comedy that could only exist on Adult Swim.”
So, at this stage, it’s looking likely that Smiling Friends will be dropping at least the first episode of Season 2 this weekend. We’ll be sure to keep you posted on this page if the situation changes.
Until then, here are all the best newTV shows to watchthis month, as well as all of thenew moviesdropping on streaming.
Daisy Phillipson is a Senior TV and Movies Writer on Dexerto’s UK Team. She’s a lover of horror, crime, psychological thrillers. After graduating with a Masters in Magazine Journalism, she’s gone on to write for Digital Spy, LADbible and Little White Lies. You can contact her at daisy.phillipson@dexerto.com
