Inside Amy Schumer is back — and this time, the comedian is a mom, advocate, patriot, artist, astronaut, gardener, dancer, sleuth, bachelor, professional, screamer, contractor, dog lover, patient, tree, and, well, farter.
After a six-year hiatus, the award-winning sketch series returns in October with five new standalone episodes appearing weekly on Paramount+, with the majority of the show’s original staff at the helm.
“Whatever kind of experience you’re looking for, you can find it here,” says Schumer at the start of a new season five trailer for Inside Amy Schumer that shows that she is taking on different careers.
When asked why? Inside Amy Schumer went on hiatus, Schumer previously explained to: The Hollywood Reporter that when Donald Trump became president, she felt “totally depressed and without saying anything useful” about the series.
Had Trump not been elected president, Schumer would have continued the already-ordered fifth season of her sketch series on Comedy Central. At the time, Kent Alterman, then head of the cable channel, promised the show would be there when Schumer wanted to pick it up again.
“We said to her, ‘Anytime you want to come back, we’re here,'” Alterman told THR.
When Paramount executives approached Schumer about: Returning to Inside Amy Schumer for their streaming service, she felt ready.
“Of course Trump will probably come back and we will lose our rights, but I feel like I need it,” she said. “Because I have these very specific things that I want to express and also [I want to] make it funny.”
The first two episodes of Inside Amy Schumer season five premiered on Paramount+ on October 20.