EXCLUSIVE: SisterS, the dark comedy starring Barry’s Sarah Goldberg and Susan Stanley, will be back for a second season in the States.
The series, which is an international co-production between IFC, Ireland’s RTÉ and Canada’s Crave, launched on the AMC Networks channel in 2023 and will return for its second season in 2026.
It comes after Bell Media, which owns streamer Crave, revealed last year the show was returning in Canada.
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SisterS was created and written by real-life best friends Goldberg and Stanley. In the first season, it follows the two women, one from Canada and the other from Ireland, who discover they are half-sisters before embarking on a road trip to find their alcoholic father.
Donal Logue and Sophie Thompson will reprise their roles as Jimmy and Sheryl in the six-part series alongside Sonja Smits, Barbara Brennan, Jim Annan, Dylan Taylor, Vanessa Matsui, Peter Keleghan and Linda Kash.
The series is currently in production in Canada. Fremantle is handling global sales.
Season 2 picks up in Dublin, eighteen months after Sare (Goldberg) had abandoned her sister Suze (Stanley), who has just discovered she can’t have the biological child she has just figured out she wants. Meanwhile in Canada, Sare realizes she is floating in the dreamy haze of denial about who she is but thinks she has managed to board the ‘perfect life’ train, just in the nick of time. When an invite to Sare’s wedding lands on Suze’s doorstep, Suze travels to Canada in the hope of reconnecting with her sister. Then, the sisterly drama ensues.
SisterS is written by Stanley, Karen Kicak, Nessa Wrafter and Paul Howard and directed by Yael Staav. Executive producers are Angela Squire, Richard Cook, Sarah Goldberg, Susan Stanley, Christina Jennings, Scott Garvie, Declan Lowney, Kira Carstensen, Melanie Donkers, Ruth Coady, Justin Healy, and Karen Kicak. It is produced by Ireland’s Peer Pressure and Canada’s Shaftesbury in association with Mermade and Crave.
“The complex yet comedic story of Sare and Suze continues,” said Shannon Cooper, VP Programming at AMC Networks. “We are delighted to partner, once again, with Sarah Goldberg and Susan Stanley on SisterS. As real-life best friends, the dynamic chemistry the ladies bring to the screen is raw, emotional and relatable. Season 2 is sure to be a relationship rollercoaster and we cannot wait to join the ride.”
