'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt': Season 2 To Follow Acclaimed Debut

By R. Siva Kumar - 18 Apr '16 16:55PM

Those of you who loved the Netflix comedy "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" will be glad to know that it has returned for a second season, taking forward the depiction of Kimmy (Ellie Kemper)'s life in New York along with her roommate, landlady, and employer, apart from others.

It is all about a young woman (played by the "Office" star Kemper) who has just been released into the world after spending years underground.

She shares an apartment with Titus (Tituss Burgess), in an area owned by Lillian (Carol Kane). She also is a nanny for the child of an upper-class rich woman, Jacqueline (Jane Krakowski).

Co-created by Tina Fey and Robert Carlock, "Kimmy" became a runaway hit. Critics acclaimed it, and it got nominated for Emmy Awards as the best comedy series, best supporting actor and actress in a comedy for Burgess and Krakowski too.

While this is the latest hit for Netflix, the streaming service has come out with hits such as "House of Cards" and "Orange Is the New Black". It is a huge force and follows the model of a whole TV season premiere too on that day.

Co-creator Carlock said that it had been a different TV model, and was a fun show for all those who were behind the scenes. "It was fun to approach the second season knowing that we didn't have to do exposition over and over again, in the concern that someone hadn't seen previous episodes," the co-creator said. "It does free you up and lets you be a little more ambitious."

Its first season had climbed up on critics' lists of the best TV show of 2015. Guardian writer Chitra Ramaswamy picked it out as the best program for the year. "It's the most whip-smart, subversive, life-loving and hilarious sitcom produced this year," she said.

The TV Guide staff too wrote about the show for the best-of-2015 list of shows: "Very few shows arrive fully formed, but 'Kimmy Schmidt' was one of those rare gems. Kooky, clever, absurd, rich with jokes ... Tina Fey and Robert Carlock's brainchild is so shrewdly executed that when you're not collecting yourself from a laughing fit, you're just in awe of its assured dexterity."