By KRYSTA FAURIA, Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — When the first season of Netflix’s “Nobody Wants This” premiered last year, the series exploded in popularity in ways its creator and stars could never have imagined. It spent six weeks on Netflix’s Global English Top 10 TV List and was viewed 57 million times in three months, according to the streaming service.

“I think we just kind of won the lottery with how ready people were for this kind of story,” said star and executive producer Kristen Bell ahead of Season 2’s release on Thursday.

The romantic comedy follows the relationship between a hip but devout Reform rabbi, Noah (Adam Brody), and Joanne (Bell), an agnostic woman who hosts a podcast about dating and sex.

This image released by Netflix shows Kristen Bell, left, and

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