Debbie Allen and Amber Riley are transferring into “The Decrease Bottoms.”

The 2 actors be a part of the scripted darkish comedy podcast — about denizens in a gentrifying neighborhood in West Oakland, Calif. — for Season 2. Additionally showing within the second season of “The Decrease Bottoms” is Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Alice Walker, who will visitor star alongside returning stars together with Kelsey Grammer, Theo Rossi and Annie Ilonzeh. The present is coproduced by iHeartMedia and Will Packer Media.

Season 2’s first episode premieres Monday (Sept. 12) with new episodes launched each Monday on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and different audio platforms. The second season can have a 10-episode run, the identical as the primary season, which was launched in the summertime of 2021.

Allen (“Gray’s Anatomy,” “Fame”) will lead as a feminine narrator on “The Decrease Bottoms” S2, together with returning narrator Grammer (“Cheers,” “Frasier”). Actor-singer Riley (“Glee”) will voice a brand new character, Rebecca.

“I actually loved voicing the brand new feminine narrator and sparring with Kelsey,” Allen stated in an announcement supplied to Selection. “This intriguing story can have audiences begging to see a film model of ‘Decrease Bottoms.’”

Rossi (“Military of the Lifeless,” “Sons of Anarchy”) reprises his flip as Lenny, a boisterous cafe proprietor with a chip on his shoulder. Ilonzeh (“Peppermint,” “Individual of Curiosity”) will proceed to lend her voice to Beulah, a assured however reserved younger lady seeking to discover her manner.

Season 2 of “The Decrease Bottoms” kicks off six months after the Freedom Home hearth and knowledge leak scandal. Beulah struggles together with her psychological well being as her loyalty is examined from each path. In the meantime, Lenny flounders as Oakland’s new mayor, and Shante (Teresa Celeste) finds her new life with the Russians haunted by a really actual pair of ghosts from the previous.

“The Decrease Bottoms” is created and written by Dominique Mouton, produced by Will Packer for Will Packer Media, Joelle Monique for iHeartRadio and Jack Levy, who additionally produced and directed the sequence.