Schmigadoon Season 2 is underway at Apple TV+, and the new episode features a “wide variety of musicals,” according to showrunner/co-creator Cinco Paul. In an exclusive conversation with PopCulture.com, Paul opened up about crafting the new season, revealing he experienced some hesitation early on. “I’m proud of the show. Initially, I felt a lot of pressure to do a Season 2,” he shared, “and thought like, ‘Oh, what if it stinks? What if nobody… everybody says Season 1 was great.. but Season 2 is no good.’” Paul then said, “But I’m feeling like everybody together, we created something pretty special and I’m really proud of it. So I’m excited for finally, it takes a long time to make these shows for everybody to get to see it.
This time around Melissa Gimble and Josh Skinner — played by Cecily Strong and Keegan-Michael Key, respectively — in Schmicago, a musical city with a seedy underbelly. Speaking about all the new eras of Broadway shows that they were able to pay homage to, Paul explained, “We had such a wide variety of musicals to take from. In Season 1 we’re working with a palette of Rodgers and Hammerstein, basically, and a little bit of Music Man.”
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Paul added, “We gave her this Sally Bowles, Velma Kelly, the Charity Valentine sort of character, and really let her show what she can do because she’s amazing and she’s so smart and funny and sings like a dream. I wanted to give her more musical numbers and just more to do in general. And she killed. I’m really proud of Dove. I mean, I don’t want it sound to like I feel like I’m her dad, but in some ways I do.” He then said, “I’m really excited for everybody to see what she can do this season.” The first three episodes of Schmigadoon Season 2 are now streaming on Apple TV+, with new episodes debuting on Wednesdays.
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