# HBO's Avenue 5 - Hugh Laurie, Josh Gad. {Season 2 starts Oct 10, 2022} **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, hbomax-wb-dc\ **Created:** [January 21, 2020, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-avenue-5-hugh-laurie-josh-gad-season-2-starts-oct-10-2022/846766 "2020-01-21T19:58:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-avenue-5-hugh-laurie-josh-gad-season-2-starts-oct-10-2022/846766/41 "2020-03-16T22:48:02Z")
Well, HBO likes it enough to give it a second season: > [@](#): > > “We’ve loved every minute of Avenue 5’s inaugural voyage,” says Amy Gravitt, EVP HBO Programming. “Armando Iannucci and his team are masters of smart and incisive comedy, and the ensemble cast, brilliantly captained by Hugh Laurie, is second to none. We can’t wait to see what’s in store for our hapless heroes in season two.” > **[‘Avenue 5’ Renewed For Season 2 By HBO](https://deadline.com/2020/02/avenue-5-renewed-season-2-by-hbo-1202859329/)** > > HBO has renewed comedy series Avenue 5 for a second season. Good thing, as I’d hate never finding out what happened to those people. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-avenue-5-hugh-laurie-josh-gad-season-2-starts-oct-10-2022/846766/42 "2020-03-18T00:28:27Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Good thing, as I’d hate never finding out what happened to those people. My guess is they would all go on unemployment until their agents got them more work. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-avenue-5-hugh-laurie-josh-gad-season-2-starts-oct-10-2022/846766/43 "2020-03-18T01:15:39Z")
heheh (Some of them may be collecting now, having been expelled already.) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2022, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-avenue-5-hugh-laurie-josh-gad-season-2-starts-oct-10-2022/846766/44 "2022-10-08T20:11:35Z")
Season 2 finally returns October 10th. Word is decent chance of a third season or more. > **['Avenue 5' creator says show is not canceled: 'Everyone wants to do more'](https://ew.com/tv/avenue-5-not-canceled-hbo/)** > > 'Avenue 5' creator Armando Iannucci already has 'ideas and thoughts' about a third season. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2022, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-avenue-5-hugh-laurie-josh-gad-season-2-starts-oct-10-2022/846766/45 "2022-10-08T20:16:20Z")
I’m confused because we saw Ianucci on Colbert, and my sister wanted to watch the trailer for the new season. In his interview Ianucci was talking about Laurie being able to do an American accent (and he can) but several clips in the trailer showed him speaking with a UK accent. ??? Then, a different clip showed him with an American accent. Which is he? ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2022, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-avenue-5-hugh-laurie-josh-gad-season-2-starts-oct-10-2022/846766/46 "2022-10-08T20:51:11Z")
Lol, Laurie is 100% Brit but does a perfect American accent. Don’t believe me? Check out an episode of _Jeeves and Wooster_ then follow up with an episode of _House._ The guy is REALLY good at accents, and I suspect Ianucci was taking the piss. Bigtime. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-avenue-5-hugh-laurie-josh-gad-season-2-starts-oct-10-2022/846766/47 "2022-10-08T20:52:21Z")
In the show, he is an American pretending to be a Brit. Or maybe the other way around. Anyway, that is one of the jokes. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-avenue-5-hugh-laurie-josh-gad-season-2-starts-oct-10-2022/846766/48 "2022-10-08T20:58:06Z")
O.k. thank you. I _know_ he _can_ do an American accent. I was just confused about what was going on in the show. ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2022, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-avenue-5-hugh-laurie-josh-gad-season-2-starts-oct-10-2022/846766/49 "2022-10-08T21:07:27Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > In his interview Ianucci was talking about Laurie being able to do an American accent (and he can) but several clips in the trailer showed him speaking with a UK accent. ??? Then, a different clip showed him with an American accent. Which is he? In the show, it is explained that Laurie’s character is British, but his employers felt the passengers preferred an American captain. So around the passengers he pretends to be American, but drops the accent when with the ship’s crew. ---
**Author:** ![dummygladhands71](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c0e974/32.png) [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2022, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-avenue-5-hugh-laurie-josh-gad-season-2-starts-oct-10-2022/846766/50 "2022-10-09T01:59:37Z")
First couple were laugh out loud funny, then the joke got old. But Laurie was a trooper the whole way. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2022, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-avenue-5-hugh-laurie-josh-gad-season-2-starts-oct-10-2022/846766/51 "2022-10-09T21:26:50Z")
More Hugh Laurie doing an American accent. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/luDAkQzZh6k/hqdefault.jpg "A bit of Fry and Laurie - Are you sleeping with my wife?") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luDAkQzZh6k) ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2022, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-avenue-5-hugh-laurie-josh-gad-season-2-starts-oct-10-2022/846766/52 "2022-10-09T23:00:05Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > O.k. thank you. I _know_ he _can_ do an American accent. I was just confused about what was going on in the show. I’m pretty sure that was the whole point! 😃 Glad to hear there’s more! ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2022, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-avenue-5-hugh-laurie-josh-gad-season-2-starts-oct-10-2022/846766/53 "2022-10-10T02:21:25Z")
I had no idea that this had been renewed! ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-avenue-5-hugh-laurie-josh-gad-season-2-starts-oct-10-2022/846766/54 "2022-11-08T17:00:35Z")
Well, last night’s episode was a perfect choice for Election Day Eve.😁 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-avenue-5-hugh-laurie-josh-gad-season-2-starts-oct-10-2022/846766.md?page=2)