Creator and star Benito Skinner has confirmed that his hit show Overcompensating will return early next year and revealed it’s going to be even gayer and sexier than the first season.
In a new interview with Vanity Fair, Skinner announced that Overcompensating season 2 will premiere on February 17, 2027, and will focus on Benny navigating his sexuality and coming out to his family in the heartfelt, funny, and raunchy way the show is known for.
Skinner already teased that he was “half-naked” and wore “like 12 jock straps” during filming the season, which will have a hot hookup scene with Benny’s (Skinner) frat brother Miles (Rish Shah). But now he’s dropping even more steamy details about the upcoming season, including that it will feature sex scenes too steamy to show his own family.
“There are a couple scenes that are definitely going to be off-limits for the family,” Skinner told the publication.
As a refresher, the show follows Benny as he navigates life as a closeted college student and the painful and awkward experience of experimenting with your sexuality. And because the show isn’t just an exploration of the perils of living in the closet and coming out to friends and family, but is also a hilarious comedy, the upcoming season will also show the more embarrassing side of sex.
“I think our show is about trying to be sexy and then it going wrong, or feeling like you start to come into yourself but you get made a fool,” he said.
Skinner admitted that some of the gay folks he talked to after Overcompensating premiered were disappointed because they “thought it’d be gayer,” but that won’t be a problem in season 2. “We’re creeping out of the closet,” he said.
The first look images for the upcoming season show Benny working out with other shirtless men and a scene where it looks like he’s hooking up with Sammy (Lukas Gage). Queer actress Aisha Day is also joining the cast, and Vanity Fair says the talking Megan Fox poster will be back again, making it sound like season 2 really will be “gayer.”
Between Overcompensating, Heated Rivalry, and Bridgerton all returning, 2027 is shaping up to be a very queer year for television!
