Freeform renews Cruel Summer for Season 2

Entertainment Weekly

Showrunner Tia Napolitano tells EW with a laugh that it "really was not" always the plan to do multiple seasons, which is why they "left it all on the field" in the Season 1 finale. "You're never guaranteed a season 2," Napolitano says. "So we held hands and decided we have to make season 1 be able to stand alone if that was all it was going to be. We had to answer all the questions and we did -- well, I hope. So yeah, onwards!" As for Season 2, Napolitano says, "it's completely open-ended at this point." ALSO: Cruel Summer composers discuss their 1990s "avant-garde" score.