DALLAS — The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders are heading back to Netflix for another season.
"America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders" made its debut on the streaming giant over the summer. Netflix on Monday announced the docuseries will return for Season 2 sometime in 2025.
"America's Sweethearts" chronicled a full season of the famed cheerleaders, from initial auditions and cuts through the end of the year.
Director Greg Whiteley, who also directed the Netflix series "Last Chance U" and "Cheer," is behind the project.
The first season of "America's Sweethearts" drew rave reviews, if also a bit of criticism for how much (or little) the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders are paid.
"I would say I'm making, like, a substitute teacher [salary]," said former Cowboys cheerleader Kat Puryear in the documentary. "I would say I'm making, like, Chick-Fil-A worker that works full-time."
While the show depicted the weekly practices and game performances for the cheerleaders, it also revealed that many of the dancers have second jobs. During the course of the series, rookie cheerleader Reece Allman started working at a florist.
During the show, Cowboys chief brand officer Charlotte Jones defended the franchise's payroll for cheerleaders.
"There are not a lot of opportunities in the field of dance to get to perform at an elite level," Jones told Netflix. "It is about being part of something bigger than themselves."
The Cowboys cheerleaders are no strangers to reality TV. The squad's audition process was the subject of the long-running CMT series "Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the team," which ran 16 seasons and last aired in 2021.
Throughout its tenure, the show captivated its audience by showcasing the extreme difficulty of making the squad -- and that was on display again during the Netflix docuseries.
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