‘Adults’ Is Coming Back for Season 3 With Twice as Many Episodes

FX’s ‘Adults’ has become one of the network’s breakout comedies. Created by Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw, the series follows a group of twenty-somethings in Queens, New York, trying to be good people. It premiered on FX on May 28, 2025, with the full season available the next day on Hulu and FX on Demand.

The show’s second season gave it even more momentum. The second season premiered in August on FXX and Hulu, and both seasons so far have featured eight episodes. Season 2 featured special guest appearances by Susie Essman, Raven-Symoné, Gaten Matarazzo, Jake Shane, Isaac Powell, Ben Marshall, Zosia Mamet, and more.

Now the friends are getting much more screen time. The Ankler exclusively reported that the Disney-owned network has renewed its Gen Z comedy for a supersized 16-episode third season in 2027, and signed its married creators, Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw, to an overall deal. The information was confirmed to the outlet by FX’s chairman, John Landgraf.

The new order is a big jump for the comedy. The third season will consist of 16 episodes, which is double the eight episodes the show aired for both its first and second seasons. That count doesn’t include the additional prequel episode that launched ahead of the Season 2 debut.

The renewal reflects strong growth. It’s more than a vote of confidence in a show whose second-season viewership jumped over 60 percent. Landgraf is already thinking long-term, too. According to The Ankler, he hopes “Adults” can become the first streaming-era sitcom to reach 100 episodes.

The cast of ‘ADULTS’ announce their 16-episode Season 3 renewal in a newly shared video. https://t.co/f9WAIaoDoi

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FX leadership has praised the creators for building such an engaged fanbase. Nick Grad, president of FX Entertainment, credited Kronengold and Shaw with earning critical praise and a devoted following of fans who have embraced the friend group as their own. He added that the show grew significantly in its second season and has inspired everything from memes to Halloween costumes, which made the decision easy.

The creators also thanked the network. Reflecting on their long partnership with FX, Kronengold and Shaw said Landgraf and his team taught them how to lead, produce, and tell stories that make people feel like part of a community.

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Many viewers had been asking for longer seasons. Fans have spent two seasons asking for low-stakes episodes, and Kronengold has said the requests for “filler episodes” strike him as “so funny and kind of media-literate.” Shaw told TheWrap that “we’ll write as many episodes as we are given.”

The longer order also makes ‘Adults’ feel more like an old-school sitcom. Streaming spent the last decade cutting comedies down to eight or 10 episodes built for a weekend binge. The core group of friends will return. Season 3 will see the return of the core cast that makes up the central group of friends at the heart of the comedy, including Malik Elassal as Samir, Lucy Freyer as Billie, Owen Thiele as Anton, Amita Rao as Issa, and Jack Innanen as Paul Baker.

The creative team is staying in place as well. Kronengold and Shaw executive produce alongside Nick Kroll, Sarah Naftalis, Jonathan Krisel, Alicia Van Couvering, and Rob Rosell. Adults is produced by FX Productions. Fans were also left with a shocking cliffhanger ending, so the expanded run should give the writers plenty of room to explore what comes next.

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