The series was created by George Pelecanos and David Simon, who previously collaborated on the HBO series The Wire and Treme.
Following early critical raves for the freshman drama series, HBO has given The Deuce Season 2 the green light, it was announced today by Casey Bloys, president, HBO Programming.
“We are thrilled to continue our creative collaboration with master storytellers David Simon and George Pelecanos,” said Bloys.
It is executive produced by George Pelecanos, David Simon, Nina Kostroff Noble and James Franco; the pilot was executive produced by Michelle MacLaren, who also directed the pilot and final episode of the first season.