'Love, Victor,' Padma Lakshmi's 'Taste the Nation' Renewed for Season 2

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterCome and get it — Selena Gomez’s “Selena + Chef” is returning for a second season on HBO Max.The quarantine cooking show features the multihyphenate celebrity whipping up meals while confined to her home, and included in this season recipes for Baja-style fried rice, buttermilk fried chicken, fried gnocchi and meatballs with brown butter sauce, and pan seared Branzino with spiced tomato-coconut sauce, among other dishes.“Learning from some of the best chefs in the

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsIt’s order’s up for Selena + Chef as HBO Max announced Thursday that the quarantine cooking show will return for season two. With the sophomore season, the singer can look forward to whipping up even more delicious and challenging dishes in the comfort of her home.“Learning from some of the best chefs in the world has vastly improved my cooking skills but I have a lot more to learn.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“Steve on Watch,” comedian Steve Harvey’s daily Facebook Watch talk show, has been renewed for a second season, Variety has learned exclusively.The second season will premiere on Sept. 14.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorGood Bones is returning for a sixth season on HGTV. The network has ordered 14 one-hour episodes of the home makeover series starring mother/daughter duo Mina Starsiak Hawk and Karen E Laine for premiere in summer 2021.The renewal comes on the heels of solid ratings for the series in the key P25-54 and W25-54 demos in its Tuesday 9-10 pm timeslot.

Ted Lasso is back in the game. Apple TV+ has renewed its Jason Sudeikis soccer comedy from prolific showrunner Bill Lawrence for a second season.

RuPaul’s Drag Race isn’t slowing down anytime soon.

Will Thorne Staff WriterMel and Sue are coming back for “Hitmen” seconds.Their Sky series “Hitmen,” which premiered on Peacock in the U.S. earlier this month, has been renewed for a second season, Variety has learned exclusively.

Also Read: Bill Lawrence on Why This Ted Lasso Is So Nice, How They Decided Which Jokes to RecycleOn the streaming service’s adaptation of the viral NBC Sports sketch, Jason Sudeikis plays Ted Lasso, a small-time college football coach from Kansas hired to coach a professional soccer team in England, despite having no experience coaching soccer.

Nellie Andreeva, Denise Petski On the heels of its breakout series premiere, Apple has given an early season 2 renewal to sports comedy Ted Lasso. The streaming service has ordered a 10-episode second season of the series from Saturday Night Live alum Jason Sudeikis and Bill Lawrence, set to debut next year.Co-written by Sudeikis and Lawrence, Ted Lasso is based on the popular Coach Ted Lasso character Sudeikis played in NBC Sports videos several years ago.

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineIn the latest season of Top Chef, executive producer and co-host Padma Lakshmi brought together a group of All-Star chefs for a fresh set of culinary challenges, taking the show to Italy for the first time, and paying tribute to the late Los Angeles food critic Jonathan Gold.A nine-time Emmy nominee, Lakshmi has appeared on the Bravo reality series since 2002, bringing constant passion and curiosity to the kitchen, while using her platform for the good of

Fan favorite TV show Warrior Nun has been renewed for a second season at Netflix!

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorNetflix has ordered a second season of drama series Warrior Nun. The renewal announcement comes about six weeks into the series’ season 1 launch.Inspired by the Manga novels, Warrior Nun hails from creator/executive producer Simon Barry (Ghost Wars, Continuum), who also serves as showrunner.

“Warrior Nun” has been renewed for Season 2 at Netflix, the streaming service said Wednesday.The first season of the drama premiered July 2 and stars Alba Baptista (Ava), Tristán Ulloa (Father Vincent), Kristina Tonteri-Young (Sister Beatrice), Lorena Andrea (Sister Lilith), Toya Turner (Shotgun Mary), Thekla Reuten (Jillian Salvius), as well as Sylvia De Fanti (Mother Superion), Emilio Sakraya (J.C.), Olivia Delcán (Sister Camila), Joaquim De Almeida (Cardinal Duretti), May Simón Lifschitz

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorHGTV has picked up a second season of its hit home makeover competition series, Rock the Block. The renewal follows solid ratings for the series, which drew more than 20.3 million total viewers in its first season.

Top Chef hit a little differently for its 17th and most recent season. Filmed entirely in 2019, it premiered mere days after the COVID-19 pandemic forced most of its audience to stay at home.

Hulu has handed out renewals to two of its recent summer debuts. Culinary travel series Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi and coming-of-age series Love, Victor will both be back for second seasons, the streaming service announced Friday during a virtual presentation promoting the platform's upcoming content.Taste the Nation, which debuted in June to critical acclaim, will return for a 10-episode second season at a date to be determined.

Will Thorne Staff Writer“Love, Victor” and “Taste the Nation With Padma Lakshmi” will be coming back for seconds.Hulu announced at its summer TCA press tour day that both series have been picked up for season 2.