{"id":73245,"date":"2024-07-15T21:49:26","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T01:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=73245"},"modified":"2024-07-15T21:49:26","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T01:49:26","slug":"michelle-buteaus-survival-of-the-thickest-season-2-returns-with-series-regulars-tasha-smith-and-tone-bell-and-guest-stars-peppermint-liza-treyger-marouane-zotti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/15\/michelle-buteaus-survival-of-the-thickest-season-2-returns-with-series-regulars-tasha-smith-and-tone-bell-and-guest-stars-peppermint-liza-treyger-marouane-zotti\/","title":{"rendered":"Michelle Buteau&#8217;s &#8220;Survival of the Thickest&#8221; Season 2, Returns with Series Regulars, Tasha Smith and Tone Bell and Guest Stars Peppermint, Liza Treyger, &#038; Marouane Zotti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-73247\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/227139-survival-of-the-thickest-poster.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"987\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/227139-survival-of-the-thickest-poster.webp 666w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/227139-survival-of-the-thickest-poster-202x300.webp 202w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/>Today, Netflix confirmed that Michelle Buteau (<em>Babes, Survival of the Thickest, The Circle<\/em>), Tasha Smith (<em>Bad Boys: Ride or Die<\/em>), Tone Bell (<em>Trigger Warning, Coyote vs. Acme<\/em>), Liza Treyger, Peppermint (<em>Harlem<\/em>), and Marouane Zotti (<em>I May Destroy You, Bodkin<\/em>) will return to the scripted comedy series <em><strong>Survival of The Thickest<\/strong><\/em> Season 2, which is now in production in New York.<\/p>\n<p>Tasha Smith will also shift from a recurring character to a series regular and will direct 2 episodes.<\/p><div id=\"morty-1928092129\" 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>\n<p>Directors for the season include Kim Nguyen (<em>Prom Dates, Never Have I Ever<\/em>), Tasha Smith, Thembi Banks (<em>Young. Wild. Free. and Insecure<\/em>.), Amy Aniobi (<em>Insecure, 2 Dope Queens<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>New guest stars include Anderson .Paak, Jonathan Chad Higginbotham, Deon Cole, Alecsys Proctor-Turner, Jerrie Johnson, Celisse, Rolonda Watts, Michael Rishawn, Tika Sumpter, Mon\u00e9t x Change and RonReaco Lee.<\/p>\n<p>Additional returning guest stars include Allan K. Washington and Anthony Michael Lopez.<\/p>\n<p><em>Survival of the Thickest<\/em> centers on Mavis Beaumont (Michelle Buteau). Black, plus-size, and looking for love, while loving herself, Mavis works hard to grow her brand and establish herself as a stylist of note. She&#8217;s determined to not only survive but thrive with the support of her chosen family, a body-positive attitude, and a cute v-neck with some lip gloss. The scripted comedy is inspired by Buteau&#8217;s acclaimed book of essays.<\/p><div id=\"morty-3462740415\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><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>\n<p>Creators \/ Executive Producers: Michelle Buteau, Danielle Sanchez-Witzel<\/p>\n<p>Executive Producer: Grace Edwards<\/p>\n<p>Season 2 Showrunner \/ Executive Producer: Amy Aniobi<\/p>\n<p>Executive Produced by: A24 and Anne Hong from Mosaic.<\/p>\n<p>Format: Comedy<\/p>\n<p>For the latest on <em>Survival of the Thickest<\/em> Season 2, please visit TUDUM.<\/p>\n<p>\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\/\/sD8RToyFl1oMF3kXgkeSmSsJIpa.jpg\"><\/td>\r\n            <td>\r\n              <h3><b>Survival of the Thickest<\/b><\/h3>\r\n            <\/td>\r\n          <\/tr>\r\n          <tr><td><span><b>Network:<\/b> Netflix<\/span><span><b>Genre:<\/b> Comedy<\/span><span><b>Seasons:<\/b> 2<\/span><span><b>Episodes:<\/b> 16<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><h5><b>Overview<\/b><\/h5><p>Black, plus-size and newly single, Mavis unexpectedly finds herself having to rebuild her life after putting all her eggs in one man&#039;s basket, but she&#039;s determined to not only survive but thrive with the support of her chosen family.<\/p><\/td><\/tr>\r\n        <\/tbody>\r\n      <\/table>  \r\n    <br \/>\n<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; 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