FX has set a September 12, 2023 premiere date for season two of the Emmy-nominated documentary series Welcome to Wrexham. The docuseries follows the Wrexham Red Dragons under their celebrity owners, Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool) and Rob McElhenney (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia). Season one charted the impact on the team and community after the Hollywood stars took over. Season two picks up the action after Reynolds and McElhenney’s first football season as owners.
FX offered this description of season two:
“Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds navigate running the 3rd oldest professional football club in the world. Welcome to Wrexham is a docuseries tracking the dreams and worries of Wrexham, a working-class town in North Wales, UK, as two Hollywood stars guide the future of the town’s historic football club.
In 2020, Rob and Ryan teamed up to purchase the 5th-tier Red Dragons in the hopes of turning the club into an underdog story the whole world could root for. The world took notice, and change is afoot. After a painful elimination in the playoffs, season two continues to track the club as they fight for promotion out of the National League and return to the English Football League. Dedicated staff and supporters hold on to the dream of returning the team and town to glory while bracing for the new-found challenges that fame has brought to their small community.
From Hollywood to Wales, from the pitch to the locker room, the front office to the pub, Welcome to Wrexham follows Rob and Ryan’s stewardship and the inextricably connected fates of a team and a town in the midst of history in the making.”
Welcome to Wrexham season one won a Critics Choice Award for Best Sports Documentary and was nominated for six Emmys, including Outstanding Directing for a Reality Program and Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program. The docuseries is executive produced by McElhenney, Reynolds, Josh Drisko, Bryan Rowland, Jeff Luini, Nick Frenkel, and George Dewey. Additional executive producers include Boardwalk Pictures’ Andrew Fried, Alan Bloom, Dane Lillegard, Sarina Roma, and Jordan Wynn. The series is produced by Boardwalk Pictures.
New season two episodes will air on Tuesdays at 10pm ET/PT on FX.
