Maya Rudolph's Extremely Funny New Workplace Comedy 'Loot' Has Just Locked in a Second Season
Following a billionaire who decides to use her fortune to help worthy causes, this Apple TV+ newcomer is a delight — and more is in the works.
What's better than giving a new TV show a whirl, enjoying it immensely and realising that it's one of the best new series of the year so far? Learning that it's coming back for a second season. Ideally, that happens to all of our favourites — but for now, it's definitely on the agenda for new Apple TV+ sitcom Loot.
The streaming platform has confirmed that the show, which both stars and is executive produced by Maya Rudolph, will get a second run after its ten-episode first season wraps up. The latter is dropping episodes weekly now, and just when season two will hit hasn't been revealed. Apple TV+ does tend to like a yearly schedule, though — Physical season one arrived last year, and season two last month, for instance — so cross your fingers that Loot will be back to add some workplace-set laughs to your streaming queue within 12 months.
If you haven't yet made a viewing date with the immensely funny satire, it does two things at once: slots into the workplace comedy genre alongside everything from The Office and Parks and Recreation to 30 Rock, and joins the list of recent shows that haven't had much sympathy for the ultra rich (see White Lotus, Succession, Squid Game and Killing It). The focus: Molly Novak (Rudolph, Big Mouth), who discovers that her billionaire husband John (Adam Scott, Severance) is cheating on her, becomes a billionaire herself in the divorce settlement, and starts partying around the globe.
(She also inhabits the kind of house that doesn't look real, but genuinely is — Loot is partly filmed in one of America's biggest private homes, an enormous mansion that has 21 bedrooms, five pools, a bowling alley and a cinema).
Drinking away her days in different countries only lasts for a short spell, though, with Molly's new routine getting a shakeup when she gets a call from Sofia Salinas (Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Pose), the head of the foundation that bears her name. Soon, she's actually showing up to try to help out rather than merely splashing her cash about. Given that she hasn't worked for two decades, things get chaotic.
Joining the always-excellent Rudolph on-screen: the aforementioned Rodriguez, Joel Kim Booster (Fire Island), Ron Funches (AP Bio), Nat Faxon, Our Flag Means Death), Stephanie Styles (Bombshell) and Meagen Fay (Dopesick).
Clearly, Loot is a parody. It digs into all that wealth, the folks who have it and the bubbles that surround them. It also knows that handing out a tiny portion of a fortune to great causes is the absolute bare minimum that the one percent can do.
And, it's definitely aware of the type of hijinks that can spring in any working environment. Loot's creators Alan Yang and Matt Hubbard are well versed in workplace comedies, sharing Parks and Recreation on their resumes — while Hubbard has written for 30 Rock and Superstore as well.
Check out the trailer for Loot below:
Loot's second season doesn't yet have a release date, but its first is available to stream via Apple TV+. Read our full review of season one.
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