‘English Teacher’ Renewed for Season 2 at FX

[Warning: The following contains discussions of sexual assault.]

English Teacher has been renewed for Season 2 at FX, the network announced on Friday, February 7. The renewal comes two months after creator and star Brian Jordan Alvarez was accused of sexual assault by former colleague, Jon Ebeling, in a December report in Vulture.

English Teacher follows Alvarez’s Evan Marquez, an English teacher at an Austin-based high school where he works alongside a ragtag team of faculty members as they contend with the day-to-day trials of teaching a new generation of students. The series took TV by storm in 2024 as the comedy found a loyal audience in its freshman outing, but the allegations against Alvarez made its future unclear until now.

In an exposé on Vulture, Ebeling, who previously collaborated with Alvarez on the web series The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo, among other projects, accused Alvarez of sexual assault. The biggest accusation from Ebeling is that Alvarez performed oral sex on him while shooting scenes for Caleb Gallo without consent.

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“I was like, ‘Wait a second. I didn’t consent to this. We didn’t talk about this. I was raped,'” Ebeling alleged. At the time, Ebeling had been dating fellow Caleb Gallo star and current English Teacher cast member Stephanie Koenig, who is also best friends with Alvarez. Per Vulture‘s report, Ebeling had texted Koenig about the encounter, writing, “We were shooting and Brian took a huge god***n liberty… I’m so f***ing upset. I feel like I was raped. Literally I was raped.” According to Ebeling, Koenig’s response was allegedly, “Why didn’t you push his head down? You’re a man.”

Alvarez’s response to Ebeling’s claims suggested the encounter was “consensual.” A statement by Alvarez’s lawyer Michael J. Kump to Vulture read, “Brian briefly made contact with Mr. Ebeling’s penis under the covers, believing (correctly and justifiably in light of Brian’s then-current sexual relationship with Mr. Ebeling) that Mr. Ebeling was fine with it.”

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Since Vulture‘s article was published, a spokesperson for Alvarez told The Wrap, “Brian Jordan Alvarez’s interactions with Jon Ebeling were always entirely consensual – as numerous witnesses have attested. Indeed, in 2018, two years after this alleged incident, Mr. Ebeling himself unambiguously said as much on tape.”

“For many months, Mr. Ebeling has peddled his falsehoods to anyone who would listen but, when confronted with proof of his duplicity and definitive evidence provided by third parties showing why Mr. Ebeling should not be trusted, numerous media outlets declined to print his outrageous claims. Sadly, New York Magazine displayed no such judgment in its reckless headlong pursuit of publishing a salacious, attention-grabbing article, no matter the truth,” the spokesperson’s statement concluded.

Season 1 of the series concluded with Evan’s birthday party at a club where his colleagues joined him for a celebration before eventually returning to his best friend Gwen’s (Koenig) house where she makes up with boyfriend Nick (Chris Riggi) after a spat. While there was no major cliffhanger, the only potential storyline left unanswered is whether or not coach Markie (Sean Patton) will confess his crush to Gwen. Otherwise, the door is open for new storylines.

English Teacher, Season 1 Available Now, Hulu

If you or someone you know is the victim of sexual assault, contact the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network‘s National Helpline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673). If you or a loved one are in immediate danger, call 911.