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Welcome to Wrexham has its return date set. The FX docuseries that follows Rob McElhenney (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) and Ryan Reynolds as they run a UK soccer club will return in September.
The pair bought the club in 2020, and FX ordered the docuseries in May 2021. This premiere announcement comes after the series’ first season, which was released last summer, was nominated for six Emmy Awards.
FX revealed more about the return of the series in a press release.
FX’s Welcome to Wrexham, the award-winning, global hit docuseries, will light up the pitch with its second season premiere on Tuesday, September 12 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on FX and streaming the next day on Hulu. The series will also premiere on September 13 exclusively on Disney+ in the UK and Ireland. Welcome to Wrexham will be available on Star+ in Latin America and Disney+ in all other territories at a later date. Catch up on the complete season 1 now streaming on Hulu.
Today’s announcement comes on the heels of Welcome to Wrexham receiving six Emmy(R) Award nominations, including Outstanding Unstructured Reality Series, and as Wrexham AFC embarks on their first U.S. tour of non-competition “friendly” matches against Chelsea, Manchester United and more.
Rob McElhenney (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) and Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool) navigate running the 3rd oldest professional football club in the world. Welcome to Wrexham is a docuseries tracking the dreams and worries of Wrexham, a working-class town in North Wales, UK, as two Hollywood stars guide the future of the town’s historic football club.
In 2020, Rob and Ryan teamed up to purchase the 5th tier Red Dragons in the hopes of turning the club into an underdog story the whole world could root for. The world took notice and change is afoot. After a painful elimination in the playoffs, season two continues to track the club as they fight for promotion out of the National League and return to the English Football League. Dedicated staff and supporters hold on to the dream of returning the team and town to glory while bracing for the new-found challenges that fame has brought to their small community.
From Hollywood to Wales, from the pitch to the locker room, the front office to the pub, Welcome to Wrexham follows Rob and Ryan’s stewardship and the inextricably connected fates of a team and a town in the midst of history in the making.
Welcome to Wrexham will be executive produced by McElhenney, Reynolds, Josh Drisko, Bryan Rowland, Jeff Luini, Nick Frenkel, George Dewey and Boardwalk Pictures’ Andrew Fried, Alan Bloom, Dane Lillegard, Sarina Roma and Jordan Wynn. The series is produced by Boardwalk Pictures.
What do you think? Are you excited to see more of Welcome to Wrexham on FX in September?
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