{"id":40014,"date":"2025-09-24T03:45:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T03:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/40014\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T03:45:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T03:45:07","slug":"when-does-murder-in-a-small-town-season-2-premiere-how-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/40014\/","title":{"rendered":"When does ‘Murder in a Small Town’ Season 2 premiere? How to watch."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kelly Lawler spotlights 3 must see Fall shows to include \u201cThe Paper,\u201d \u201cBoots,\u201d and \u201cStranger Things\u201d<\/p>\n

Fox’s mystery drama “Murder in a Small Town” returns to television just in time for the fall.<\/p>\n

In the second season, which airs this week, Rossif Sutherland’s Karl Alberg will grapple with “an increased caseload and limited resources,” according to Fox.<\/p>\n

Sutherland and Kristin Kreuk, who plays Cassandra Lee, expressed excitement for fans to see the upcoming storylines.<\/p>\n

“Because the characters are established, we get to delve into some of the characters in the town,” Kreuk told WTVO<\/a>. “We get to go deeper into the relationship between Karl and Cassandra. Seeing these two navigate their way through a relationship at the ages that they are at is really lovely.”<\/p>\n

The show will also feature a guest performance from the late, renowned actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner<\/a> in the third episode. “The Cosby Show” star passed away<\/a> after drowning in Costa Rica in July.<\/p>\n

Here’s what we know about Season 2 of “Murder in a Small Town.”<\/p>\n

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When does ‘Murder in a Small Town’ Season 2 premiere?<\/p>\n

The drama series premieres on Fox on Tuesday, Sept. 23, at 8 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n

According to Fox, the second season will have 10 episodes.<\/p>\n

Malcolm-Jamal Warner guest stars in Season 2<\/p>\n

Malcolm Jamal Warner will guest-star in the third episode titled “Mother Love.” The episode will air on Tuesday, Oct. 7.<\/p>\n

In the episode, Warner portrays a “protective” father named Richard Buscombe. Per Fox, the actor’s character becomes a top suspect in the murder probe of his ex-wife, who was killed after coming back to the town.<\/p>\n

“Still heartbroken years after the split, Richard wears his anger and pain on his sleeves, but his only goal in life is to keep his daughter safe,” the episode description states.<\/p>\n

In a recent interview with People,<\/a> the showrunner and executive producer of the show gave insight into Warner’s final television performance.<\/p>\n

“His performance \u2014 as a struggling single dad, fiercely protective of his daughter \u2014 just glows with integrity. He found levels that I hadn’t imagined,” Ian Weir told the outlet.<\/p>\n

Watch the ‘Murder in a Small Town’ Season 2 Trailer’Murder in a Small Town’ Season 2 castRossif Sutherland as Karl AlbergMya Lowe as Edwina YenKristin Kreuk as Cassandra LeeAaron Douglas as Sid SokolowskiSavonna Spracklin as Isabella HarbudFritzy-Klevans Destine as Andy KendrickMarcia Gay Harden as Mayor Christie Holman<\/p>\n

Taylor Ardrey is a news reporter for USA TODAY. You can reach her at tardrey@gannett.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2018Stranger Things\u2019 and new show \u2018Boots\u2019 are top shows this fall Kelly Lawler spotlights 3 must see Fall…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40015,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[441,442,3795,430,451,1656,156,4131,36315,438,440,456,36313,36316,426,449,3805,3811,111,43,139,69,428,2996,2989,439,436,418,427,38,478,437,454,455,431,36314],"class_list":["post-40014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-affiliate","tag-arts","tag-broadcasting","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrities-u0026-entertainment-news","tag-company","tag-entertainment","tag-fox","tag-fox-broadcasting-company","tag-guides","tag-local","tag-local-affiliate-arts-u0026-entertainment","tag-malcolm-jamal","tag-malcolm-jamal-warner","tag-modular","tag-modular-story","tag-network","tag-network-trending","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-overall","tag-overall-positive","tag-positive","tag-programs","tag-reference","tag-shows","tag-story","tag-top-stories","tag-trending","tag-tv","tag-tv-guides-u0026-reference","tag-tv-shows-u0026-programs","tag-u0026","tag-warner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}