{"id":71506,"date":"2024-06-07T00:13:43","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T04:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=71506"},"modified":"2024-06-07T00:13:43","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T04:13:43","slug":"bet-renews-darkly-comedic-original-series-average-joe-starring-deon-cole-for-second-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/07\/bet-renews-darkly-comedic-original-series-average-joe-starring-deon-cole-for-second-season\/","title":{"rendered":"BET+ Renews Darkly Comedic Original Series &#8220;Average Joe&#8221; Starring Deon Cole for Second Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71508\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/228421-average-joe-poster.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/228421-average-joe-poster.webp 666w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/228421-average-joe-poster-200x300.webp 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/>BET+ has renewed its darkly comedic drama series <em><strong>&#8220;Average Joe&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> for a second season.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The series, originally released on June 26, 2023, broke ground for BET+ quickly becoming the #1 scripted drama series on the platform in its debut week.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Inspired by the life of creator Robb Cullen, AVERAGE JOE is a darkly comedic, intense one-hour drama set in &#8220;The Hill&#8221; district of Pittsburgh. Blue-collar plumber, Joe Washington, discovers his recently deceased father lived a secret second life and stole millions of dollars from dangerous people just before he died. Now those people think Joe knows where the money is. A bloody and violent confrontation triggers a chain of events that force Joe and his close-knit circle of family and friends out of their very average and mundane lives into a life-or-death race against time to find the truth and the millions.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Deon Cole is set to reprise his role as &#8220;Joe Washington,&#8221; a hard-working blue-collar Steelers fan.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Season one also starred Tammy Townsend, Malcolm Barrett, Cynthia Kaye McWilliams, Michael Trucco, Ashley Olivia Fisher, Pasha Lychnikoff, and Ashani Perkins.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Robb Cullen, McG, Corey Marsh, Mary Viola, and Deb Evans will return to executive produce. 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We are excited to see where the second season will take us.&#8221;<\/p><div id=\"morty-3994165689\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div>\r\n      <table id=\"tmdb-pro\">\r\n        <tbody>\r\n          <tr>\r\n            <td class=\"tmdb-pro-poster\" width=\"20%\" rowspan=\"3\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/image.tmdb.org\/t\/p\/w300_and_h450_bestv2\/\/jsLYlsWA3CsE7V1owlSqfU9QzVG.jpg\"><\/td>\r\n            <td>\r\n              <h3><b>Average Joe<\/b><\/h3>\r\n            <\/td>\r\n          <\/tr>\r\n          <tr><td><span><b>Network:<\/b> BET+<\/span><span><b>Genre:<\/b> Comedy<\/span><span><b>Seasons:<\/b> 1<\/span><span><b>Episodes:<\/b> 10<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><h5><b>Overview<\/b><\/h5><p>Blue-collar plumber, Joe Washington, discovers his recently deceased father lived a secret, second life and stole millions of dollars from dangerous people just before he died. Now those people think Joe knows where it is. A bloody and violent confrontation triggers a chain of events that force Joe and his close-knit circle of family and friends out of their very average and mundane lives into a life-or-death race against time to find the truth and the millions.<\/p><\/td><\/tr>\r\n        <\/tbody>\r\n      <\/table>  \r\n    <\/div>\n<div><div class=\"content_block\" id=\"custom_post_widget-26535\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themoviedb.org\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25983\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/program-info-provided-by-tmdb.jpg\" alt=\"Powered by TMDB.org\" width=\"250\" height=\"52\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/program-info-provided-by-tmdb.jpg 353w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/program-info-provided-by-tmdb-300x63.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/program-info-provided-by-tmdb-350x74.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"line-height: .4em;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre-wrap; font: normal 8pt Arial;\">TV &amp; Movie information has been provided by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themoviedb.org\/\">themoviedb.org<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BET+ has renewed its darkly comedic drama series &#8220;Average Joe&#8221; for a second season. 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