‘santa clarita diet’: zach knighton set for major season 2 arc on netflix comedy

_Happy Endings_ alum Zach Knighton has been tapped for a major recurring role on the upcoming second season of Netflix‘s dark comedy_ Santa Clarita Diet_ starring Drew Barrymore and Timothy

Olyphant. Netflix is not revealing details about his character, who will play a key role in Season 2. In _Santa Clarita Diet,_ Joel (Olyphant) and Sheila (Barrymore) are husband and wife

realtors leading vaguely discontented lives in the L.A. suburb of Santa Clarita with their teenage daughter Abby (Liv Hewson), until Sheila goes through a dramatic change that sends their

lives down a road of death and destruction — but in a good way. Skyler Gisondo co-stars. The series hails from creator Victor Fresco, Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment and Tracy Katsky’s

Kapital-based KatCo. Fresco, who serves as showrunner, executive produces with Barrymore through her Flower Films banner, Olyphant, Kaplan, Katsky and Flower Films’ Chris Miller and Ember

Truesdell. Flower Films’ Nancy Juvonen is a producer. Knighton played Dave Rose on all three seasons of ABC’s _Happy Endings._ He previously recurred on _Parenthood_ and most recently

guest-starred on_ The Good Fight, Fresh Off the Boat_ and _Elementary_. Knighton is repped by UTA, 3 Arts and attorney James Adams. WATCH ON DEADLINE