Will Forte helps ‘Sunny Nights’ land on Hulu, but renewal status stays unclear

Will Forte and D’Arcy Carden headline Sunny Nights, an eight-episode Australian American crime comedy that is now available to stream in full on Hulu. Yet the show’s newly expanded U. S. availability sits alongside a key gap in the record: the context confirms neither a renewal nor a cancellation, even as multiple write-ups frame it as a breakout or under-the-radar hit.

Will Forte and D’Arcy Carden anchor Sunny Nights as all eight episodes stream

Confirmed details across the context align on the basics. Sunny Nights stars Will Forte and D’Arcy Carden as American siblings who move from Indiana to Sydney to launch a spray-tan product called Tansform. The show is described as a crime comedy with escalating criminality and a storyline that pulls the siblings into Sydney’s criminal underworld, raising stakes that include staying alive, avoiding jail, and keeping the business afloat.

The release path is also documented. The series originally premiered on Australia’s Stan in December, then became available for U. S. viewers on Hulu on March 11. One review also characterizes it as a new Australian American crime comedy premiering on Hulu and describes it as an Australia-set, eight-episode series created by Nick Keetch and Ty Freer, with Trent O’Donnell directing.

The on-screen setup is similarly consistent. Forte plays Martin Marvin, described as a Midwestern, risk-averse figure who shifted into the beauty space after a 20-year career as a risk analyst. Carden plays Vicki Marvin, his sister, described as the family’s black sheep with a history of petty crimes. Both pieces underscore the siblings’ co-dependent dynamic, and both point to their attempt to get Tansform off the ground as the narrative engine that collides with crime.

Trent O’Donnell’s references and escalating violence sit beside “not always fresh” critiques

The context documents a creative tension: the show is repeatedly praised for energy, chemistry, and comic momentum, while also being critiqued as less original or less likely to match the prestige comparisons it invites. One review describes Sunny Nights as “violent, funny and energetic, if not always fresh, ” and notes that early episodes use cold opens that push an explicit comparison to Breaking Bad. Specific examples are cited, including a point-of-view sequence inside a character’s mouth as a tooth is about to be forcibly extracted for an unpaid debt, plus a montage set to “Wishin’ and Hopin’. ”

That same piece then documents a shift: those Gilligan-esque cold opens do not remain a consistent stylistic choice after the initial episodes, allowing the series to carve out space closer to other post-Breaking Bad heirs, explicitly naming Killing It and Deli Boys for their blend of anarchic comedy, sympathetic characterization, and self-awareness. Still, it frames a ceiling, stating it is not a comparison in which Sunny Nights is likely to come out on top.

A separate account emphasizes the show’s loudness and frequent spectacle: an exploding crocodile, a crashing plane, a blown-up car, and numerous bloody interactions. It also records that a body or body part appears in the premiere to trigger an investigation, and it points to torture scenes, including a tooth pulled with pliers on a mini golf course. Even there, the tone is documented as comedic rather than grim, with the observation that the viewer is left “more amused than shocked. ” The record shows the show leans into recognizable crime-comedy framing, yet the critical language differs on whether those parallels flatter the series or expose its limits.

Hulu availability, “sleeper hit” framing, and the unresolved limbo around Sunny Nights Season 2

The most concrete contradiction in the coverage is not about what Sunny Nights is, but what happens next. The context includes emphatic language that the show flew under the radar while also being positioned as a standout comedy series, with claims that it has received glowing reviews and has quickly become must-watch viewing. It also states the series has been described by critics as “a contender for the best TV show” of 2025 and “pure comedy excellence, ” and that comparisons have been drawn to titles including Barry, Killing It, Deadloch, and Fargo.

Yet the same material documents uncertainty at the decision level: Sunny Nights has not been renewed or canceled, and it “remains in limbo. ” The context does not confirm any timeline for that decision, any network statement, or any production update that would explain why the show’s status remains unresolved despite its full-season availability on Hulu and the promotional framing of it as newly streamable.

There are also smaller documented gaps that complicate efforts to measure momentum in a standardized way. The context states the series does not have a critic or audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. That does not negate positive reviews described elsewhere in the context, but it does remove one commonly cited yardstick, leaving the narrative to rely on qualitative praise and comparative references rather than a single visible consensus metric.

For now, the record supports a narrow, verifiable bottom line: viewers can watch all eight episodes on Hulu, and the show’s next step is formally undecided. If a renewal or cancellation is confirmed, it would establish whether the Hulu rollout functions as the start of an ongoing series plan or a capped one-season release.