Friends from College

Friends from College is an American comedy television series created by Francesca Delbanco and Nicholas Stoller. The series was greenlit for Netflix as an original on March 11, 2016. The first season consists of eight half-hour episodes, and premiered on Netflix on July 14, 2017. On August 21, 2017, Netflix renewed the series for a second season of eight episodes, which was released on January 11, 2019. The series was canceled on February 18, 2019.

Plot
The series irreverently depicts the tragicomic misadventures of a close-knit group of Harvard alumni in their 40s as they navigate their ambitious yet clumsy and romantically intertwined lives in New York City.

Main

 * Keegan-Michael Key as Ethan Turner, Lisa's husband, a respected but financially struggling writer
 * Cobie Smulders as Lisa Turner aka “Froshy”, a hedge fund lawyer
 * Annie Parisse as Samantha "Sam" Delmonico, a Manhattan interior designer with whom Ethan has been having an on-and-off affair since college
 * Nat Faxon as Nick Ames, an unemployed, aging party boy with a trust fund
 * Fred Savage as Max Adler, a gay literary agent
 * Jae Suh Park as Marianne, a hippie yoga instructor and an unemployed actress

Recurring

 * Billy Eichner as Dr. Felix Forzenheim, Max's fiancé
 * Greg Germann as Jon Spurling, Sam's wealthy husband
 * Sarah Chalke as Merrill Morgan (season 2), a former Harvard classmate who begins dating Nick
 * Zack Robidas as Charlie (season 2), Lisa's new boyfriend

Guest

 * Ike Barinholtz as Degrasso, an obnoxious coworker at Lisa's hedge fund
 * Billy Magnussen as Sean, Shawna's attractive kept man
 * Kate McKinnon as Shawna, an eccentric YA author
 * Seth Rogen as Paul "Party Dog" Dobkin, college classmate of the group, Sam's ex-boyfriend and Ethan's rival/frenemy during their college days
 * Chris Elliott as the Mentalist

Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, the series has an approval rating of 24% based on 62 reviews, with an average rating of 4.78/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Even a cast of talented comedic actors can't keep Friends from College from being anything but underwhelming." On Metacritic, the series has a score of 44 out of 100, based on 31 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

Jeff Jensen of Entertainment Weekly gave the first season a C− rating, writing that the series wastes the talents of its cast members. Tim Dowling of The Guardian writes, "Each character may be unpleasant in his or her own right, but the sheer charmlessness of the group is hard to overstate. If they were sitting at a table near you, you'd leave the restaurant."