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Hulu’s Pen15 is coming to an end.

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“It’s hard to keep your head above water when you’re a teenager — but a best friend can help keep you afloat.” That’s essentially the premise of the teen cringe comedy, “Pen15” (penis). If you’re not watching this show, oh boy, you need to.

Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle spoke with ET ahead of Sunday night's 73rd annual Primetime Emmy Awards about motherhood and what they had to do to get through TV's biggest night, like a little pumping and dumping.«We both have babies at home that are waiting for milk,» Konkle shared.

Anna Konkle and Maya Erskine are hitting the red carpet!

Pen15‘s second season are yet to receive an air date on its home platform Hulu.Until then, fans of the Emmy-nominated comedy will be treated to a one-off animated special, which will air on August 27.The special, which belongs within the timeline of the second season, will see the show’s stars Anna Konkle and Maya Erskine embark on a holiday to Florida.

“Pen15” is offering its own cure for the summer doldrums with a new animated special. The comedy series, currently on a midseason hiatus, presents another story in the lives of teens, Anna and Maya.

“We knew that we wanted to write a show about the most kind of reject-y moments of our lives,” Pen15 co-creator and star Anna Konkle said of the initial inspiration she, co-star Maya Erskine and executive producer Sam Zvibleman had for Hulu’s middle school-set series.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticOne of the best surprises about this year’s Emmy nominations was “Pen15” landing a nomination for outstanding comedy series. More than any other TV show about teenagers, the Hulu show — co-created by Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle and Sam Zvibleman — feels like an open window into my own past as a gawky teen with too many feelings and nowhere to put them but in the waiting arms of the few friends who might understand.

“PEN15” is inherently a series about the awkwardness of your middle school years. The time when puberty is right around the corner, formative social dynamics are experienced practically every day and that line between being a kid and a young adult seemingly finds embarrassment at every turn.

As production designer of the Hulu series PEN15, Grace Alie didn’t need to go far for research and inspiration. Along with a crew that also grew up in the early 2000s, Alie was able to work off their personal experiences to recreate their childhoods.

In Hulu’s Pen15, real-life BFFs Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle play 13-year-old versions of themselves at the turn of the 21st century. Amidst the Y2K era of AOL Instant Messenger chatting, gel pens and Tamagotchi keychains, the TV versions of Maya and Anna must navigate one of the most awkward and painful moments of one’s life: adolescence.

Maya Erskine and Michael Angarano are parents!

Maya Erskine and Michael Angarano are parents!The engaged couple welcomed their first child together, a baby boy named Leon Frederick. The actress opened up about her pregnancy journey in a joint interview with co-creator and co-star Anna Konkle.“I found out at Michael’s parents house in late July,” Erskine shared.

Anna Konkle revealed that she’s welcomed a baby girl with Alex Anfanger.

EXCLUSIVE: Disney+ Star Wars series Obi-Wan Kenobi is adding PEN15 star and co-creator Maya Erskine, we can reveal.

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions has bought all international rights to writer-director Nikole Beckwith’s second feature, Together Together, which debuted at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.

PEN15‘s Anna Konkle and Maya Erskine are pregnant at the same time!

EXCLUSIVE: PEN15 co-creator and star Anna Konkle’s latest memoir The Sane One has landed at Random House in a highly competitive situation.

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The title of Hulu's Pen15 sets you up for a goof. See, the combination of letters and numbers has a strong resemblance to the name of male genitalia.

Pen15 is renewed for a second season! The Hulu original was created by comedic geniuses Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle, who star in the show as themselves in middle school...braces, bowl cuts, and all. It’s a terrifyingly accurate look at what it was like to be a preteen when Limited Too reigned supreme.

Selena Gomez has been tapped to take the very coveted spot in the new Hulu comedy series “Only Murders in the Building” alongside comedy legends Steve Martin and Martin Short.

PEN15 is ready to give you nightmares by digging them up for all the world to see.  The series was written by, created by, and stars Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle as Maya and Anna, middle school versions of themselves at the turn of the millennium who just want to survive their awkward, formative years. Season 2 is coming Friday, Sept.

One of the most unique shows about middle school life is back.

There is nothing in life like the awkwardness and confusion that accompanies being a 7th grader. Hulu’s “Pen15” perfectly captures the memories we’d all choose to gloss over at those boring school reunions or while thumbing through outdated yearbooks.