In Prime Video’s The Runarounds, a fictional band of the same name was just getting started when Season 1 ended. They snagged a record deal, on the verge of making it big time. After the show’s premiere in September 2025, creator Jonas Pate explained his vision for the band’s future.
“You’re gonna be one of those workhorse bands that keeps going, keeps writing great album after great album, and the fanbase will keep acknowledging it until the world has to,” he told The Hollywood Reporter, adding that he planned to extend The Runarounds for five seasons.
In the seven months since Season 1 aired, the real-life band embarked on a tour, and fans have been clamoring for a Season 2 update. On April 3, Deadline revealed whether The Runarounds would receive an encore. Find out everything we know about the status of The Runarounds Season 2 below.
Has The Runarounds been renewed for Season 2?
The teen drama has been canceled after its one and only season. According to Deadline’s sources, Prime Video “quietly canceled” The Runarounds a couple of months ago. The band itself, which performs under the same name in real life, will continue on.”
“While the TV series may have come to a close, as a band we’re here to stay,” the band wrote on their Instagram. “This is merely the end of one chapter and the beginning of a new one.”
Prime Video
When the show came out, Pate was optimistic about The Runarounds’ chances of success. “The band would make it without a TV show,” he told Michael Fairman. “I feel like they would succeed anyway, just because the band’s good.”
Who was in The Runarounds cast?
Years ago, Pate put out a casting call for musically-inclined teens for his other series, Outer Banks. He landed on five boys to appear as a fictional band in Outer Banks Season 3, and they became a real-life band afterward.
They went on to star in a TV show loosely inspired by their lives. William Lipton appeared as Charlie, Jeremy Yun as Topher, Jesse Golliher as Wyatt, Zendé Murdock as Bez, and Axel Ellis as Neil. Maximo Salas’ Pete and Kelley Pereira‘s Amanda also starred as the band’s managers. Rounding out the group were their friends Sophia and Bender, played by Lilah Pate and Marley Aliah.
What would’ve happened in The Runarounds Season 2?
During his interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Pate said that Season 2 would’ve followed the band in a “super crappy van on the regional tour playing colleges and 200 capacity rooms.” The end goal would be landing a slot at a major festival, and it would end with them opening at Bonnaroo.
When TV Insider spoke with the cast, Lipton also gave some insight into what he thought was in store for Charlie specifically. “I think come Season 2, [Charlie’s] going to have to deal with this major shift and his discovery of his true father,” Lipton teased.
Pate went ahead and gave the plot details all the way through its fifth season. Season 3 would’ve followed the Runarounds on tour in Europe, opening for a more established group. In Season 4, they would’ve been “a headliner with 5,000 capacity rooms and all the pressures and issues with fame.” At that point, the show would’ve dealt with “how fame exploits and magnifies whatever your weakness is because there’s no guard rails anymore.”
They would’ve tackled a stadium tour in the final season. “The dream is, can I legitimately take this all the way and feel like you actually were in the van with them?” Pate said.
The Runarounds, Season 1, Streaming Now, Prime Video
More Headlines:
- Is Jessica Lange Returning as Constance? Ryan Murphy Shares Photo From ‘AHS’ Season 13
- Will Lauren Conrad Revisit ‘The Hills’ After Laguna Beach Reunion?
- ‘Dark Winds’: Will A Martinez Return as Gordo? Boss John Wirth Teases Season 5 Plan
- Will ‘The Runarounds’ Return for Season 2? Teen Drama’s Fate Revealed
- ‘Wheel of Fortune’ Fans Screamed at Their TV Over Couple’s $128,000 Loss
(0) comments
Welcome to the discussion.
Log In
Keep it Clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, racist or sexually-oriented language.
PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK.
Don't Threaten. Threats of harming another person will not be tolerated.
Be Truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyone or anything.
Be Nice. No racism, sexism or any sort of -ism that is degrading to another person.
Be Proactive. Use the 'Report' link on each comment to let us know of abusive posts.
Share with Us. We'd love to hear eyewitness accounts, the history behind an article.