JENNIFER COOLIDGE RETURNS FOR SEASON TWO OF "THE WATCHER"

· Today, Netflix announced that Emmy-Award and Golden Globe-winning actress Jennifer Coolidge (The White Lotus, A Minecraft Movie) will return as Karen Calhoun, the unforgettable real estate agent who sold the Brannocks their nightmare home, in season two of THE WATCHER. Production begins this fall in New York.

· Coolidge joins the previously announced returning cast: Naomi Watts (Nora Brannock), Bobby Cannavale (Dean Brannock), Margo Martindale (Maureen "Mo"), and Isabel Gravitt (Ellie Brannock).

· Season one followed the Brannock family who moved into what was supposed to be their suburban dream home, and quickly became a living hell. Ominous letters from someone calling themself "The Watcher" were just the beginning as the neighborhood's sinister secrets came spilling out.

· Created by: Ryan Murphy & Ian Brennan

· Showrunner: Ian Brennan

· Executive Producers: Ryan Murphy, Ian Brennan, Crystle Roberson Dorsey (EP/Director), Nissa Diederich, Karl Frankenfield, Scott Robertson, Todd Kubrak, Tanase Popa, Naomi Watts, Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman, Eric Newman, Bryan Unkeless, Max Winkler

· Based on: The New York Magazine Article 'The Haunting of a Dream House' By Reeves Wiedeman

· The Watcher Season 1 spent 5 weeks on the Global Top 10 English TV list and hit the Top 10 in more than 90 countries.

· Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan's true-crime anthology series, Monster, is one of Netflix's biggest franchises with over 325M views across seasons. The first installment, Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, remains Netflix's 7th most popular series of all time, and all four installments of Monster have reached #1 on the Global Top 10. The fourth installment, Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story, premiered to #1 spot on the Global Top 10 English TV list on September 17, and has earned over 32.3 million cumulative views in the three weeks since its debut.

· Netflix drama series are having a standout year, led by breakout hits His & Hers, which earned 98.2M views in its first 91 days, and Harlan Coben's I Will Find You, currently ranked #5 on the Most Popular list of all time. Season 2 of the anthology series BEEF led all limited series with 16 Emmy nominations, securing first-time nominations for Carey Mulligan, Charles Melton, and Youn Yuh-jung. East of Eden debuted at #1 on the Global Top 10 English TV list with 6.5M views the week of September 28, reaching the Top 10 in 80 countries and #1 in 22 countries. The series pushed the novel back into the charts, which debuted #1 on the Amazon Best Sellers List following its release on Netflix. The upcoming slate of prestige series includes The Altruists (Julia Gardner), Rabbit, Rabbit (Adam Driver), Trigger Point (Joel Edgerton), Kennedy (Michael Fassbender), So Far Gone (Mark Bomback), The Roman (Martin Scorsese), and The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey (Melissa McCarthy and Clive Owen).