Izzard
FX will launch the second season of "The Riches" on Tuesday, March 18, at 10 p.m.
Cabler recently downsized "The Riches'" order from 13 to 7 episodes. Show will air on seven consecutive Tuesdays through the spring.
Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver star as Wayne and Dahlia Malloy, Irish Travellers who assumed the identity of a deceased, wealthy family in the show's first season. The second season will follow the Malloy family as they look for new ways to escape their past life and assume a more normal one.
Shannon Woodward, Noel Fisher, Aidan Mitchell, Margo Martindale, Gregg Henry, Todd Stashwick and Jared Harris also star.
"The Riches" comes from FX Prods. and Fox TV Studios. Dmitry Lipkin created the show and exec produces with Izzard, Dawn Prestwich, Nicole Yorkin, Michael Rosenberg, Mark Morgan and Guy Oseary. Show's first season averaged 3.3 million viewers among adults 18-49, based on weekly multi-telecast cume.
FX's spring sked also includes the second season of the Courteney Cox skein "Dirt," which returns Sunday, March 2 at 10 p.m.
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