June 24, 2026

Paramount+ announced today that Average Joe is returning for its long-awaited second season on August 19. It has been over two years since the drama was renewed by its original network, BET+. But with that streaming service shuttering in July, the show has been moved to Paramount+.

The series stars Deon Cole as Joe Washington, a blue-collar plumber whose life is turned upside down when he finds out that his late father stole millions of dollars from the Russian mob, who want their money back. Joe is left to decide how far he will go to give his family the life they've always wanted.

In Season 2, Joe is trying to move forward after the events of the first season, when a mysterious threat targeting his family sends him and the gang to Cape Town, South Africa. What begins as a search for answers quickly spirals into a dangerous adventure involving international criminals, powerful enemies and long-buried secrets. As Joe, Leon, Cathy and Touch find themselves hunted across the city, they'll dodge assassins, outrun bounty hunters and attempt to survive a series of increasingly impossible situations that only seem to get more chaotic by the day.