'Good Omens' Season 2 Will Bring Back Jon Hamm

When Amazon Studios announced it had renewed Good Omens for a second season, fans were thrilled and a touch on the perplexed side. The first season used up all the material from the novel, and while Neil Gaiman's other series based on a single book, American Gods, managed to squeeze out three seasons before getting canned, Amazon had not planned to do the same.

However, using up all the material in the first season never stopped a streaming service from renewing a show before. Sometimes it's a success like Orange Is The New Black, sometimes less so (looks at Big Little Lies Season 2). Sometimes the author will go so far as writing a sequel 35 years later to give the show more material. (It's Margaret Atwood!) As a parody of apocalyptic fiction (and prestige TV that is predicated on global catastrophes), Good Omens had made its point.

But it also has three secret weapons: Gaiman's direct involvement and lead actors David Tennant (Doctor Who) and Michael Sheen (The Queen) as Crowley and Aziraphale. The latter two have continued their double act since the first Good Omens season, teaming up for two seasons of the pandemic-inspired award-winning Hulu series Staged. And now it's adding a fourth: Jon Hamm (Mad Men) will return for Season 2, reprising his role of Archangel Gabriel. As Gaiman put it, "Good Omens 2 just would not be the same without the astonishing Jon Hamm as Gabriel, everyone's worst boss."