Fans of ‘Wu-Tang: An American Saga‘ have been on edge wondering if the freshman series would get a renewal for a second season since the final episodes aired on Hulu back in October.
Well, they can now breathe a sigh of relief as the streaming service has announced the series has been renewed for a second season. The news comes reportedly after season 1 brought in major black viewership, a market that surprisingly the service had not tapped into previously.
via Deadline:
Kat Dennings comedy Dollface and music period drama Wu-Tang: An American Saga have been renewed for second seasons by Hulu.
Wu-Tang: An American Saga is understood to have attracted new African American audiences to the streamer, a market that it had not previously tapped into in a major way.
Based on the influential hip-hop group, the Wu-Tang Clan, the series chronicles the history and formation behind the music group as they deal with the daily struggle of balancing their music career amidst the drug induced early 90’s. It stars Ashton Sanders, Shameik Moore, Dave East, Siddiq Saunderson, Marcus Callender, Julian Elijah Martinez, Zolee Griggs, Erika Alexander, TJ Atoms and Johnell Young.
The series is created and written by Alex Tse and The RZA and executive produced by Brian Grazer, Tse, The RZA, Method Man, Francie Calfo and Samie Kim Falvey. Wu-Tang: An American Saga is produced by Imagine Television Studios.
Hulu and the cast took to Instagram to confirm and share the news.
