Apple TV+ Renews Widow's Bay for Season Two, Dippold Deal

Six days before the first season closes, Apple TV+ quietly pulled the trigger on Season Two of Widow's Bay — the deadpan horror-comedy that has viewers arguing about curses and laughing in the dark.

The series, led by Matthew Rhys as a beleaguered New England mayor surrounded by townsfolk convinced their home is cursed, will return for another run. Apple also inked creator and showrunner Katie Dippold to a multi-year overall deal so she can keep steering Widow's Bay while developing new projects for the studio. Apple TV+ has ordered a second season and locked Katie Dippold into a multi-year overall deal.

Critics have been kind to the first season. The mix of eerie atmosphere and unexpected humor landed with audiences, and chatter picked up quickly. Why did this story finally find its footing now? Dippold says she carried the idea for nearly two decades and once nearly sold it to another streamer back in 2013, but she shelved it until the world — and the show — felt ready.

Apple Studio produces the series. Dippold writes and executive-produces alongside director-producer Hiro Murai, who directed five of the ten episodes in season one, as well as collaborators listed among the show's creative leadership. The ensemble includes Kate O'Flynn, Steven Root, Kingston Rumi Satowich, Kevin Carroll, Dale Dickey, K Callan and Jeff Hiller, with Matthew Rhys anchoring the cast.

Met Cherniss, Apple TV+'s planning chief, said audiences were instantly drawn to the show's uncanny mysteries, surprise laughs and carefully layered mythology. The series, he noted, became the kind of appointment viewing people start recommending to friends.

So what comes next? More questions, certainly. More secrets, likely. And with Dippold developing fresh ideas under Apple’s banner, the small cursed town of Widow's Bay has plenty of time to keep us guessing.