January 17, 2023 Netflix has just announced the renewal of the AFI awards nominated and Gotham award winning series ‘Mo’. The comedy drama series quickly gained popularity for representing the life of an Arab American. The GQ Men of the Year award winner and Palestinian American comedian Mo Amer stars in the series as the main character and also wrote the story based on his experience as a refugee living in Houston. Created by Mohammed “Mo” Amer and Ramy Youssef, the series stars Amer himself, Teresa Ruiz (Narcos: Mexico), and Omar Elba (Limetown). The story focuses on a Palestinian refugee living in Houston doing everything it takes to keep his head above water while hoping to gain full US citizenship. 2022 was a rough year for Netflix comedy. By the end of the year, Netflix had yet to meaningfully renew any of its fledgling new comedy series in 2022. Murderville, Hard Cell, The Pentaverate, God’s Favorite Idiot, and Uncoupled are all still waiting for renewals as of January 2023. As mentioned, the show has become one of the best-reviewed new Netflix Originals, particularly in the comedy department, where Netflix has struggled in recent years. Mo has been well-reviewed and even scooped an award at the Gotham Independent Film Awards for Breakthrough Series and American Film Institute honor. At the Red Sea Film Festival in December 2022, Mo Amer confirmed the show’s future is still up in the air, answering a question about season 2, saying: “Ask Netflix, I don’t know what’s going on. We’ve only won awards and we’re in the top 10 lists. I don’t know what’s going on.”
