Will there be a season two of Netflix’s series “America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders”?

Before Netflix released the debut season of “America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders” earlier this month, CMT had a very similar series called “Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team”, which ran for 16 seasons. The shows had similar premises, both exploring the grit and strength it takes to become a part of the coveted Dallas Cowboys cheerleading squad.

In director Greg Whiteley’s version, which premiered on Netflix on June 20, he digs a little deeper into the personal lives of the women who audition and takes us into the NFL season as well, following the lives of the women who make it, and the particular challenges they face and the drama they encounter as they try to keep their place on the squad and live up to the high standards of being a member of the DCC.

Whitely was initially hesitant to direct the series, unsure if he would be given enough personal access to be able to tell the story how he wanted. However, after one meeting with chief brand officer Charlotte Jones, daughter of Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, his doubts disappeared.

“She was open to giving us what we would need and I was convinced that this was a far more interesting world than I’d given it credit for initially,” said Whitely. “If you spend five minutes with Charlotte, you suddenly get the impression that you’re in the presence of somebody incredibly smart, polished, and accomplished. It’s no accident that they’ve built what they’ve built with that kind of acumen and I just thought that if I find her so interesting and if she thinks the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders are interesting, then I’m all ears.”

“We went into this understanding that the opportunity to transparently share the journey of our season, and the emotions, challenges and joy experienced along the way, is exactly what our fans and viewers would want,” said Jones. “It’s also part of the reason that, for decades, the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders have earned their place as being ‘often imitated, but never equaled.’”

Will there be a season 2 of “America’s Sweethearts”?

With the 2024-25 auditions happening now, fans of the show are wondering if we’ll get a look at this season’s candidates and future team as well. We know that two girls who didn’t make the cut in season one - Charly Barby and Kelly Villares - have returned to tryouts this year and are in training camp with the DCC now, and many people are interested in following their journey after their heartbreaking finale in season one.

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However, it’s still undetermined whether or not there will be a second season of Netflix’s “America’s Sweethearts”. Currently, the Cowboys organization is monitoring the response to the first season in hopes that there will be more to come in the future. They released this statement:

“We hope the series gives people a new, more authentic perception of what it means to be DCC, similar to how [Whitely’s] ‘Cheer’ made people respect that sport and those athletes in a new way that we had never seen before. The team members on DCC are all incredible professional dancers - we want to highlight their impressive skill, technique, and athleticism as well as the determination and drive it takes to perform at this level.”

As for Whitely, he is definitely hoping for another season. He told Variety that he thought they were “just starting to hit our stride” at the end of filming for season one.

“Part of it is the stakes are higher when you’re at a place like The Star, where it is the most financially lucrative, valuable sports franchise in all the world,” Whitely said. “They have plenty at stake and that breeds a certain culture that’s very buttoned down and can sometimes bump up against a documentary film crew trying to pierce that. I felt like we were just starting to get there as we were wrapping up, and I’d love to have more time to see if we can get deeper and deeper with more and more of the team.”