HBO has picked up How to Make it in America for a second season, ordering eight more episodes of the half hour dramedy.

The show centers on a pair of 20-something hustlers in New York City, as they aspire to achieve the American dream.

It stars Bryan Greenberg, Victor Rasuk, Luis Guzman, Lake Bell, Scott “Kid” Mescudi, Eddie Kaye Thomas and Shannyn Sossamon.

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