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Starz gets taste for more Sweetbitter

Ella Purnell in Sweetbitter

US cablenet Starz has ordered a second season of Sweetbitter, its half-hour drama based on Stephanie Danler’s novel of the same name.

The 6×30′ show follows a 22-year-old woman who is introduced to the world of drugs, alcohol, love, lust, dive bars and fine dining while working at a celebrated New York restaurant.

Danler wrote the script for the first episode of the first season and worked on the remainder with Stu Zicherman (The Americans), who will showrun the second season.

Sweetbitter is produced by Plan B Entertainment and Starz, which holds all domestic pay TV and SVoD rights. Sibling studio Lionsgate holds all distribution and home entertainment rights.

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