The sci-fi series was hailed as a dark, timely satire of office life—but its return is bogged down by abstract ethical conundrums and rote emotional ones.

As Los Angeles is coming to grips with the unprecedented destruction from this week’s wildfires, Apple TV+ and the Severance producing team have decided to cancel the Jan. 13 red carpet premiere for the upcoming second season of the acclaimed drama series, which was to be held in L.A.

Severance Season 2 premieres Jan. 17 on Apple TV+, with a new episode every week. Belen Edwards is an Entertainment Reporter at Mashable. She covers movies and TV with a focus on fantasy and science fiction, adaptations, animation, and more nerdy goodness.

Severance Season 2’s early reviews on Rotten Tomatoes are in. How did the show's long-awaited continuation fare?

In a novel promotion, Season 1 of breakout Apple TV+ series Severance will stream free on the Roku Channel during the runup to the second-season premiere.

We have waited three long years for Severance season 2 and according to critics, it was very much worth the wait.

Apple TV has canceled the Season 2 premiere event for "Severance," the latest Hollywood event to be affected by the Los Angeles wildfires.

Thankfully, answers are oh-so-close to arriving, as Severance Season 2 is set to debut on Friday, January 17, but even those who haven’t yet experienced the singular majesty of watching the quizzical drama can join the rest of us without requiring a current Apple TV+ subscription.

Ahead of the premiere of Severance season 2, Apple TV+ and Roku teamed up to make the first season of the show available for free.