Kevin Hart Animated Series ‘Lil Kev’ Sets Season 2 Premiere Date — SkimNews
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- Lil Kev Season 2 premieres Wednesday, December 9 on Paramount+, with all ten episodes available to stream on the premiere date.
- In the new season, Kev lands in the juvenile justice system after "lashing out at the system," which the source says plunges him into an adult world he's not ready to deal with.
- The series is set in 1993 North Philadelphia and draws from Kevin Hart's childhood, following a 12-year-old whose ambition fuels one scheme after another amid schoolyard rivalries and family setbacks.
- Wanda Sykes returns as Kev's mother Nancy, alongside Gerald 'Slink' Johnson as father Henry, Deon Cole as uncle Richard Jr., Jamar Malachi Neighbors as brother Robert, and a broader returning voice cast.
- Hart, Bryan Smiley, Jeff Clanagan, Mike Stein, Tiffany Brown, and Candice Wilson Cherry executive produce for Hartbeat, with Matthew Claybrooks and Michael Price serving as both executive producers and showrunners.
- ShadowMachine leads animation for the series, with Alex Bulkley and Corey Campodonico executive producing and Musa Brooker serving as supervising director.
Why it matters: With all ten episodes dropping simultaneously on December 9, Paramount+ is using a binge-release model to drive Season 2 viewership of the Hartbeat-produced show. The Season 2 storyline moves 12-year-old Kev from neighborhood hustles into the juvenile justice system — a tonal shift from the family-schemes premise that defined the first season.
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