Overcompensating (TV series)
2025 American comedy television series
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- Overcompensating is an American comedy television series created by Benito Skinner for Amazon Prime Video.
- The show is based on Skinner's own college experience meeting a woman who became his best friend and helped him come out.
- In September 2025, Amazon Prime Video renewed the series for a second season.
- Season two will feature guest appearances from Tom Francis, Aisha Dee, and AnnaSophia Robb.
- He is a closeted gay man and masks his true identity by aping the machismo of his male peers, particularly that of Peter, Grace's jock boyfriend.
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WikipediaOvercompensating is an American comedy television series created by Benito Skinner for Amazon Prime Video. Skinner stars as Benny, a former high-school jock and closeted college student navigating freshman year. The show is based on Skinner's own college experience meeting a woman who became his best friend and helped him come out. The show premiered on May 15, 2025, on Amazon Prime Video.
In September 2025, Amazon Prime Video renewed the series for a second season. Vernon Sanders, Amazon's head of global television, confirmed writer's rooms for season two began in July 2025. Season two will feature guest appearances from Tom Francis, Aisha Dee, and AnnaSophia Robb.
Benny, a former high school football star and valedictorian from Idaho, begins his freshman year of college at the fictional Yates University, where his sister Grace is a junior. He is a closeted gay man and masks his true identity by aping the machismo of his male peers, particularly that of Peter, Grace's jock boyfriend. On his first day on campus, Benny befriends Carmen, a freshman from New Jersey who was an outsider in high school. Together, Benny and Carmen navigate their first year of college, which includes new relationships, pledging the college's secret society, and figuring out their true selves.
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