FX's "Snowflakes" Ordered to Series

Comedy Series From Creators Ben Kronengold & Rebecca Shaw, Who Serve as Executive Producers with Nick Kroll, Jonathan Krisel and Stefani Robinson

Starring Malik Elassal, Lucy Freyer, Jack Innanen, Amita Rao and Owen Thiele

Pilot Directed by Jonathan Krisel

Produced by FX Productions

FX's Showflakes - L-R Lucy Freyer as "Billie," Owen Thiele as "Anton," Malik Elassal as "Samir," Jack Innanen as "Paul Baker," and Amita Rao as "Issa." Photo credit - FX

LOS ANGELES, July 29, 2024 - FX's Snowflakes has been picked up to series with the first season of the comedy set to premiere next year, it was announced today by Nick Grad, President, FX Entertainment.

The half-hour series is created by Ben Kronengold & Rebecca Shaw (The Tonight Show), who wrote the pilot and serve as executive producers with comedy veterans Nick Kroll (Big Mouth, FX's The League), Jonathan Krisel (Portlandia, FX's Baskets), who directed the pilot, and Stefani Robinson (FX's Atlanta, FX's What We Do in the Shadows).

Snowflakes is a twenty-something ensemble comedy following a group of codependent housemates trying to be good people, despite being neither "good" nor "people" yet.

Snowflakes stars Malik Elassal as "Samir," Lucy Freyer as "Billie," Jack Innanen as "Paul Baker," Amita Rao as "Issa" and Owen Thiele as "Anton."

"We are excited about the exceptional cast and powerhouse comedy team we've assembled for Snowflakes," said Grad. "Not only does it give us a chance to introduce our audience to Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw's brilliant comedic voice, but we also get the opportunity to work again with Nick, Jonathan and Stefani, all incredibly talented veterans of signature FX comedies."

"We're so grateful to be telling this story about a group of friends navigating the hardest, horniest time of life together," said Kronengold and Shaw. "FX comedies have defined our generation, and we can't wait to show them the consequences."

"Ben and Rebecca are massively gifted writers, our cast is beyond talented and the team we have assembled around them is the best," said Kroll. "I cannot wait to help make this show and give many more quotes for press releases."

Created by Ben Kronengold & Rebecca Shaw, Snowflakes is executive produced by Kronengold, Shaw, Nick Kroll and Alicia Van Couvering from Good at Business, Jonathan Krisel and Stefani Robinson. The series is produced by FX Productions.

About FX

FX, a division of Disney Entertainment, is a global multiplatform brand that develops, produces, commissions and markets original programming for Hulu and the FX and FXX linear channels in the U.S., and Disney+ in all other international territories. The FX brand mark appears above the title across its entire slate of originals. Over the past two decades, FX has been responsible for some the most-critically acclaimed and award-winning shows on television. Some of the brand's current and legacy titles include the dramas American Horror Story, American Crime Story, The Americans, Damages, Fargo, FEUD, Justified, Nip/Tuck, The Old Man, The Patient, Pose, Rescue Me, The Shield, Shōgun, Snowfall and Sons of Anarchy; the comedies Archer, Atlanta, The Bear, Better Things, DAVE, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Reservation Dogs and What We Do in the Shadows; and a growing slate of docuseries and documentary films including The New York Times Presents, Welcome to Wrexham and Dear Mama.