‘High Maintenance’ Smokes Out Season 2 Order at HBO
HBO has renewed “High Maintenance” for a second season, the network announed Wednesday.
The series is based on the popular web series of the same name. It explores the private lives of New Yorkers connected by a common thread: their weed deliveryman.
Ben Sinclair stars as the deliveryman, known as The Guy. The series was created by Katja Blichfeld and Sinclair, who write and direct every episode of the first season, and executive produced by Blichfeld, Sinclair and Russell Gregory. Janky Clown Productions produces the series.
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“The response to the new episodes exceeded all of our expectations,” HBO programming president Casey Bloys said. “Ben and Katja are brilliant, unconventional storytellers and we’re excited to see what they dream up for us in our second season.”
“High Maintenance” kicked off its six-episode first season Sept. 16. The first episode was among the top five assets on HBO’s digital platforms in its first week of availability, and has a gross audience of two million viewers to date. The Sept. 23 audience for the second episode was up six percent in comparison to the premiere.
In addition to the six new episodes, HBO made the currently existing 19 episodes, which previously ran on Vimeo, available on HBO, HBO NOW and HBO GO.
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