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“The Baby-Sitters Club” has been renewed for a second season on Netflix.
The announcement comes after the show’s first season was released in July. The second season is currently slated to debut in 2021. The cast announced the second season in a video released Wednesday.
Based on the book series of the same name by Ann M. Martin, “The Baby-Sitters Club” follows Kristy Thomas, Mary Anne Spier, Claudia Kishi, Stacey McGill, Dawn Schafer, Jessie Ramsey and Mallory Pike as the middle school students begin their babysitting business in the town of Stoneybrook, Connecticut.
In the cast Sophie Grace plays Kristy, Malia Baker as Mary Anne, Momona Tamada as Claudia, Shay Rudolph as Stacey, Xochitl Gomez as Dawn, Anais Lee as Jessie and Vivian Watson as Mallory.
Rachel Shukert will return as showruner and executive producer for the second season. Lucia Aniello, Lucy Kitada, Michael De Luca will also be executive producers along with Naia Cucukov, Ben Forrer and Frank Smith of Walden Media. Martin is a producer on the series.
The show was well received by critics upon its release, with the first season getting a 100% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes with 43 reviews from critics. Variety Caroline Framke wrote in her review of the show that “Much of this new ‘Baby-Sitters Club’ is about the care that has been given to us.”
“The Baby-Sitters Club” books have sold over 180 million copies to date. It was previously adapted into a television series in 1990, which aired for one season on HBO before being syndicated on Nickelodeon and the Disney Channel. It was then adapted into a feature film in 1995 with Rachael Leigh Cook, Larisa Oleynik and Schuyler Fisk.
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