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[12/11/25 - 10:01 AM]
Michelle Buteau's Final Season of "Survival of the thickest" Casts New Guest Stars Wanda Sykes, D.L. Hughley, Ashley Graham, Ronny Chieng, Wyatt Cenac, Jenna Lyons, Ice-T, and More
Buteau and co-creator Danielle Sanchez-Witzel will also make their directorial debuts.
[via press release from Netflix]

MICHELLE BUTEAU'S FINAL SEASON OF "SURVIVAL OF THE THICKEST" CASTS NEW GUEST STARS WANDA SYKES, D.L. HUGHLEY, ASHLEY GRAHAM, RONNY CHIENG, WYATT CENAC, JENNA LYONS, ICE-T, and more

BUTEAU AND CO-CREATOR, DANIELLE SANCHEZ-WITZEL, MAKE THEIR DIRECTORIAL DEBUTS

Returning Series Regulars and Guest Stars include Tone Bell, Marouane Zotti, Peppermint, Liza Treyger, Alecsys Proctor-Turner, Anthony Michael Lopez, Garcelle Beauvais and RonReaco Lee

· Today, Netflix confirmed that the final season of SURVIVAL OF THE THICKEST, Season 3, will include guest stars Wanda Sykes (The Upshaws, Please and Thank You Tour), D.L. Hughley (The DL Hughley Show), Ashley Graham (Chicago on Broadway), Ronny Chieng (The Daily Show), Wyatt Cenac (Problem Areas, Medicine for Melancholy), Jenna Lyons (Designer & Creative Entrepreneur), Ice-T (Law & Order: SVU), LaQuan Smith (Designer), Charles Harbison (Designer), and Ashley Romans (Y: The Last Man, The Pitt). The series is now in production in New York.

· Co-Creator, EP, and Star, Michelle Buteau, and Co-Creator and EP Danielle Sanchez-Witzel will make their directorial debuts. Buteau will direct episode 5, and Sanchez-Witzel will direct episode 3.

· Returning Series Regulars and Guest Stars include Michelle Buteau (Babes, Survival of the Thickest, The Circle), Tone Bell (Trigger Warning, Coyote vs. Acme), Marouane Zotti (I May Destroy You, Bodkin), Liza Treyger (Liza Treyger: Night Owl), Peppermint (Harlem), Alecsys Proctor-Turner, Anthony Michael Lopez (Broad City, Mapplethorpe), Garcelle Beauvais (Black Girl Missing, Spider-Man: Homecoming), and RonReaco Lee (Fight Night, Friends and Lovers).

· Marouane Zotti shifts from guest star to series regular.

· Additional directors for the season include Kim Nguyen & Amy Aniobi.

· Logline: Survival of the Thickest centers on Mavis Beaumont (Michelle Buteau). Black, plus-size, and looking for love, while loving herself, Mavis works hard to grow her brand and establish herself as a stylist of note. She's determined to not only survive but thrive with the support of her chosen family, a body-positive attitude, and a cute v-neck with some lip gloss. The scripted comedy is inspired by Buteau's acclaimed book of essays.

· Creators / Executive Producers: Michelle Buteau, Danielle Sanchez-Witzel

· Season 3 Showrunner / Executive Producer: Amy Aniobi

· Executive Produced by: A24 and Anne Hong from Mosaic

· Format: Comedy

· For the latest on Survival of the Thickest Season 3, please visit TUDUM.





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