FX'S "ADULTS" RELEASES STANDALONE PREQUEL EPISODE REVEALING PAUL BAKER'S ORIGIN STORY

After Screening Tonight to a Sold-Out Crowd at Tribeca Festival, The Bonus Episode Drops For Fans Everywhere July 31 on FXX and Hulu

LOS ANGELES, June 11, 2026 - Ahead of its second season, FX's "Adults" surprised a sold-out crowd at Tribeca Festival tonight with the screening of a special prequel episode that introduces the lovable friend group and reveals Paul Baker's origin story. Written by series creators Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw and directed by Jonathan Krisel, the special episode entitled "Marathon Day" will be available for fans everywhere on Friday, July 31 on FXX and Hulu at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT.

The full prequel episode will also be available beginning July 31 for a limited sneak peek on Hulu's YouTube channel and FX's TikTok and Instagram channels.

"We're so excited for the opportunity to show fans how this friend group came to be," said Kronengold and Shaw. "We love a good origin story, and we can't wait for you to see where the radioactive spider bit Paul Baker."

Season one of FX's "Adults," currently available to stream on Hulu, became an instant favorite hangout comedy among viewers and critics, making "Best of 2025" lists from Vulture, The Atlantic, GQ, IndieWire, Decider, TV Guide and more.

FX's "Adults" returns for its highly-anticipated second season on Thursday, August 27 on FXX and Hulu beginning at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT. The full eight-episode second season of the ensemble comedy will be available on FXX on-demand and Hulu at premiere, while two episodes will premiere each week on FXX. The series will also be available on Disney+ internationally.

FX's "Adults" is an ensemble comedy series about a group of twenty-somethings in New York leaning on each other to navigate love, work, friendship and family. Samir (Malik Elassal), Billie (Lucy Freyer), Paul Baker (Jack Innanen), Issa (Amita Rao) and Anton (Owen Thiele) are five friends crashing together in Samir's childhood home. Created by Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw, the show puts a generational lens on the wins, losses and humiliations of being in your twenties.

Over eight episodes, the housemates tackle a new set of real-world questions. What if the 20-year-old who inherited your fake ID is cooler than you ever were, and younger than you'll ever be again? How do you explain to your friends that you actually love your boring office job? Why does being around your family make you regress into your worst self? And how do you ask for things to change, when you also need everything to stay the same? Together, the friends weave intricate webs of multi-player strategy just to avoid hurting someone else's feelings. They invent elaborate workarounds for problems they're too afraid to face head-on. It's not so much that they keep learning the same lessons - it's that they keep finding new ways to make mistakes. But the one thing they consistently get right: showing up for each other.

FX's "Adults" is executive produced by Ben Kronengold & Rebecca Shaw ("The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon"), Nick Kroll ("Big Mouth", "The League"), Sarah Naftalis ("What We Do in the Shadows"), Jonathan Krisel ("Baskets," "English Teacher"), Alicia Van Couvering ("Tiny Furniture," "Drinking Buddies") and Rob Rosell ("It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," "DAVE"). "Adults" is produced by FX Productions.

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About FX

FX, a division of Disney Entertainment, is a global multiplatform brand that develops, produces, commissions and markets original programming for Hulu and the FX and FXX linear channels in the U.S., and Disney+ in all other international territories. Over the past two decades, FX has been responsible for some of the most-critically acclaimed and award-winning shows on television. Some of the brand's current and legacy titles include the dramas "Alien: Earth," "American Crime Story," "American Horror Story," "The Americans," "The Beauty," "Damages," "Dying for Sex," "Fargo," "FEUD," "Justified," "Love Story," "Nip/Tuck," "The Old Man," "The Patient," "Pose," "Rescue Me," "The Shield," "Shōgun," "Say Nothing," "Snowfall" and "Sons of Anarchy;" the comedies "Archer," "Atlanta," "The Bear," "Better Things," "DAVE," "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," "The Lowdown," "Reservation Dogs" and "What We Do in the Shadows;" and a slate of docuseries and documentary films including "Welcome to Wrexham," "The New York Times Presents" and "Dear Mama."