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Superstore season 2

season of television series

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ27704840 ↗
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The second season of the American television series Superstore was ordered on February 23, 2016. On May 15, 2016, NBC announced that Superstore would be moving to Thursdays in the 8 p.m. time slot, leading off NBC's Thursday night primetime programming in the 2016–17 season. The season premiered on September 22, 2016, and concluded on May 4, 2017. On September 23, 2016, NBC gave the series a full season order of 21 episodes.

Superstore follows a group of employees working at Cloud 9, a fictional big-box store in St. Louis, Missouri. The ensemble and supporting cast features America Ferrera, Ben Feldman, Lauren Ash, Colton Dunn, Nico Santos, Nichole Sakura and Mark McKinney.

Cast

Main

America Ferrera as Amy Dubanowski

Ben Feldman as Jonah Simms

Lauren Ash as Dina Fox

Colton Dunn as Garrett McNeil

Nico Santos as Mateo Fernando Aquino Liwanag

Nichole Bloom as Cheyenne Tyler Lee

Mark McKinney as Glenn Sturgis

Recurring

Johnny Pemberton as Bo Derek Thompson

Kaliko Kauahi as Sandra

Josh Lawson as Tate

Michael Bunin as Jeff Sutton

Ryan Gaul as Adam Dubanowski

Jon Barinholtz as Marcus

Co-starring

Linda Porter as Myrtle

Irene White as Carol

Kelly Schumann as Justine

Guest

Cecily Strong as Missy Jones

Episodes

Production

Development

The day after the first season finale had aired, Superstore was renewed for a second season on NBC. The second season will contain 13 episodes, but on September 21, 2016, the day before the second season premiere, NBC ordered 9 additional scripts, possibly making the episode-count up to 22 episodes. NBC announced on May 15, 2016, that the show had been moved, and would be airing on Thursdays in the time slot 8 p.m.

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