Netflix reportedly already ordered two seasons of John Mulaney's live talk show

John Mulaney offered a clear mission statement for his new talk show at a Netflix event on Thursday: “We will be live globally with no delay. We will never be relevant. We will never be your source of news. We will always be reckless. Netflix will always provide us with data that we will ignore," he said (via Deadline). "It’s the one place where you can see Arnold Schwarzenegger sitting next to Nikki Glaser sitting next to a family therapist with music by Mannequin Pussy. That’s just an idea, we don’t know if we can lock in Mannequin Pussy." There will apparently be plenty of time to confab with Mannequin Pussy's management, as Deadline reports the show received a two-season order from Netflix.

Everybody's Live With John Mulaney, the first season of which will run for 12 weeks beginning March 12, will build off the eccentricity of the comedian's 2024 Live From L.A. show. "Netflix and I discussed this summer not being done with the show and I was thrilled to do that," Mulaney said at the event. "It was a total blast and it was one of those shows that neither Netflix nor I really needed to do. I never wanted to host a talk show and they were getting out of the talk show game. So it was the perfect moment to do this."

Keeping the spirit of Everybody's In L.A. alive, Richard Kind will return as Mulaney's sidekick-slash-announcer, and so will the food delivery robot Saymo. "We’re having trouble finding Saymo, so we just keep ordering Shastas and ginger ales and hoping that he’ll roll up," Mulaney joked at the Netflix event (via Variety). "Richard and I met through a real-life Baby Reindeer scenario. He kept showing up where I worked and I decided to incorporate him into my life.”

Reflecting on the first outing, which took place during the Netflix is a Joke festival, Mulaney said, “We had a hypnotist. We had an expert on coyotes in Los Angeles. We had a palm tree expert. We had an earthquake expert. We covered most all natural disasters that take place in California except for one. We just weren’t ready.” He admitted that "There is absolutely nothing new about what I’m doing but, by taking a lot of elements other people have already done and doing them out of order, it feels new and that’s what’s important.”

"This is a really fun experiment," Mulaney teased. "Not since Harry and Meghan has Netflix given more money to someone without a specific plan."