By showcasing shows that build community and spark conversation on the Watch platform, Facebook has renewed four of its original series’ for a second season.
Five Points, Huda Boss, Sacred Lies, & Sorry for Your Loss will return to Facebook Watch for new seasons. These shows, which collectively drew nearly 1.3 million followers, join an increasingly diverse slate of programming that includes Jada Pinkett Smith’s breakout talk show Red Table Talk, the interactive game show Confetti and the planned return of MTV’s The Real World.
The news comes as it was announced that Facebook Watch has gained momentum since its launch with attracting more than 400 million monthly users who spend at least a minute checking out videos. Huda Boss attracted some 400,000 people interested in following the life of beauty blogger-turned-entrepreneur Huda Kattan, while Five Points, Kerry Washington’s school drama series set in Chicago, found an equally large audience.
Sorry for Your Loss, which stars Elizabeth Olsen, is a dark comedy exploring the life of a young widow struggling to put her life back together after her husband’s unexpected death. Van Veen said Facebook was struck by the grief community that formed around the show, in which people supported one-another online.
Sacred Lies, which is produced by Blumhouse, was inspired by the young-adult novel The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly, a young woman whose hands are chopped off in punishment for refusing to wed a self-proclaimed prophet. It returns for a second season with a new mystery and cast of characters.
