{"id":6,"date":"2021-06-16T04:03:48","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T04:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/8daystv\/2021\/06\/16\/freeform-s-cruel-summer-gets-renewed-for-season-2\/"},"modified":"2023-06-19T08:21:27","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T08:21:27","slug":"freeform-s-cruel-summer-gets-renewed-for-season-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8daystv.com\/?p=6","title":{"rendered":"Freeform&#8217;s &#8216;Cruel Summer&#8217; Gets Renewed for Season 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;It&#8217;s not a cruel summer &#8211; it&#8217;s a great summer for <a href=\"https:\/\/celebritypage.com\/tag\/freeform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Freeform<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/celebritypage.com\/tag\/disney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Disney<\/a>-owned cable channel just revealed that it has officially handed out a <a href=\"https:\/\/celebritypage.com\/tag\/second-season\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">second season<\/a> renewal for its hit <a href=\"https:\/\/celebritypage.com\/tag\/series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">series<\/a> that just premiered two months ago.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Officially becoming the most watched series on the Freeform, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/celebritypage.com\/tag\/cruel-summer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cruel Summer<\/a> <\/em>has it all. The psychological-<a href=\"https:\/\/celebritypage.com\/tag\/thriller\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">thriller<\/a> series follows the story of one girl who vanishes while another girl mysteriously takes her own life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Executive produced by <a href=\"https:\/\/celebritypage.com\/tag\/jessica-biel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jessica Biel<\/a>, the series features Disney Channel-alum <a href=\"https:\/\/celebritypage.com\/tag\/olivia-holt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Olivia Holt<\/a> as Kate, a popular girl who disappears without explanation, and <a href=\"https:\/\/celebritypage.com\/tag\/Chiara-Aurelia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chiara Aurelia<\/a> as Jeanette, a nerdy wannabe who may or may not have a connection to the disappearance of her classmate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;The show shifts between perspectives from the different characters, and is told over three summers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Premiering in April, <em>Cruel Summer <\/em>has already reached the top of Freeform&#8217;s viewing list, ranking at No. 1 for new <a href=\"https:\/\/celebritypage.com\/tag\/cable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cable<\/a> drama of the year for women ages 18-34.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;In a statement, Freeform&#8217;s new president Tara Duncan shared the exciting news:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp; &nbsp;&#8220;Renewing Cruel Summer for a season two was an easy decision. It&#8217;s the biggest series debut in Freeform&#8217;s history, and the audience response has been overwhelmingly positive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;The official <em>Cruel Summer<\/em> account took to <a href=\"https:\/\/celebritypage.com\/tag\/twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> to share the news of their renewal with fans in a short video:<\/p>\n<div id=\"rebelltitem1\" class=\"rebellt-item col1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-basename=\"particle-1\" data-href=\"https:\/\/celebritypage.com\/cruel-summer-gets-renewed-season-two\/particle-1\" data-id=\"1\" data-is-image=\"False\" data-post-id=\"2653388666\" data-published-at=\"1623790350\" data-reload-ads=\"false\" data-use-pagination=\"False\">\n<div id=\"1927d\" class=\"rm-shortcode\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"dd0eb2956e74dea6c8e716409b4daf44\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-custom-tweet twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"rebelmouse\" data-lazy-tweet-id=\"1404847331061628928\" data-twitter-tweet-id=\"1404847331061628928\">\n<div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Some secrets are too good to keep quiet. #CruelSummer #Season2 https:\/\/t.co\/0z2PNS5EFD<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;\u2014 Cruel Summer (@Cruel Summer)<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cruelsummer\/statuses\/1404847331061628928\">1623776679.0<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;The second season&#8217;s release date and episode count have not yet been determined.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp; &nbsp;Season 1 of <em>Cruel Summer<\/em> will wrap up on Tuesday at 10:00 p.m. on Freeform, and is available to stream now with a premium subscription on <a href=\"https:\/\/celebritypage.com\/tag\/hulu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hulu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ref -#celebritypage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;It&#8217;s not a cruel summer &#8211; it&#8217;s a great summer for Freeform. The Disney-owned cable channel just revealed that it has officially handed out a second season renewal for its hit series that just premiered two months ago. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Officially becoming the most watched series on the Freeform, Cruel Summer has it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2084,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hollywood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/8daystv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/8daystv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/8daystv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/8daystv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/8daystv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/8daystv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2172,"href":"https:\/\/8daystv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions\/2172"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/8daystv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/8daystv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/8daystv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/8daystv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}