Long Story Short debuts on Netflix Aug 22, renewed for season 2

Raphael Bob-Waksberg, creator of BoJack Horseman, is back with a new animated family drama called Long Story Short, which debuts its first season on Netflix on Aug. 22. The 10-episode series follows the Schwooper family across decades in a non-chronological format, centering on parents Naomi and Elliot and their three children as they navigate religion, love, career and loss. Netflix renewed the series for a second season ahead of its premiere, signaling confidence in the show.

Long Story Short uses a time-jumping structure to compress what Bob-Waksberg described as the emotional intimacy of a long-running series into a single season. The episodes leap between the 1990s, the 2000s and the pandemic era, revealing how old wounds, jokes and decisions reverberate through the family. Bob-Waksberg said the idea was to show characters aging and changing while exploring time and identity. He added he wanted the show to "feel like we'd spent 100 episodes with this family" within 10.

The series foregrounds Jewish American identity in a way its creator called specific but broadly accessible. The Schwoopers are portrayed as raised in an observant household that kept kosher and practiced...