Inside the new high school Netflix comedy series, ‘I Suck at Girls’
If you love the kind of high-school chaos Netflix brings religiously with its genre-defying teen dramas, you need to hear it all about I Suck at Girls, based on Emmy-nominated showrunner Justin Halpern’s autobiography.
In the forthcoming series, Anna Konkle and Taegen Burns are going back to school, and the New York Times bestselling author is expected to share showrunner, writer, and executive producer duties with Patrick Schumacker for Delicious Non-Sequitur Productions.
In a conversation with Tudum, Halpern opened up about the comedy series titled I Suck at Girls, saying, “I’m incredibly excited to make a show that can hopefully capture the funny, emotional, and oftentimes humiliating experience of growing up, as opposed to just the emotional and humiliating experience of my life as an adult.”
I Suck at Girls tells the story of three awkward high schoolers who navigate the complicated world of teenage romance and identity, gradually making peace with the reality that sucking at girls is simply a universal part and parcel of growing up.
While Konkle and Burns have been cast to portray Maria and Natalia, respectively, the Netflix ensemble also features Kayo Martin as Steven, Jeremy Ray Taylor as Garrett, Laila Pruitt as Anna, Brianna Reed as Emmy, JJ Nolan as Coach Doyle, Paul Scheer as Mr Jung, and Tory Kittles as Principal Harrison.
Although Netflix has pulled back the curtain on the cast of I Suck at Girls, which is currently in production, the streaming giant remains tight-lipped about character details and the potential release window the comedy series is eyeing for release. Similarly, Netflix may have allowed viewers a vague synopsis of what’s to come. However, an in-depth plot description might surface with more updates in the days to come.
In addition to Halpern and Schumacker, Chet Dave serves as an executive producer for Delicious Non-Sequitur Productions, alongside Bill Lawrence, Jeff Ingold, and Liza Katzer on behalf of Doozer Productions. Meanwhile, Tracey Pakosta, the Netflix US Vice President of comedy series, looks over the moon for their upcoming collaboration with I Suck at Girls’ creative team.
“They have a rare ability to turn deeply personal, unconventional ideas into culture-defining series that are sharp, funny, and deeply human,” Pakosta says. “This show captures universal truths about life and relationships with authentic heart and humour. We believe it’s a story audiences will genuinely love and connect with.”