Foul Play with Anthony Davis season 2 returns to television tonight, with new episodes of the hidden-camera prank series premiering Monday, November 2 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on TBS. The NBA star is back at the centre of the chaos, this time with a supersized premiere built around famous friends pranking each other — and, in several cases, being pranked themselves.
The return matters because the show did not arrive quietly the first time. According to TBS, the series first launched earlier this year and reached a combined 8.1 million viewers across TBS, TNT and truTV, while its social media content has generated more than 256 million impressions and 239 million video views to date.
A supersized premiere with three set-ups
The premiere episode, titled “Cuban Missile Crisis,” packs in three separate pranks, according to TBS and episode listings. First, Davis pranks former NFL safety Tyrann Mathieu during a children’s television segment that spirals into a puppeteer meltdown. The joke depends on Mathieu staying in character while everything around him falls apart — the classic hidden-camera test of patience.
Second, billionaire investor Mark Cuban turns prankster, setting up former NBA forward Chandler Parsons with a T-shirt cannon disaster. Cuban is better known to most viewers as a businessman and former NBA team owner, so seeing him on the pranking side of the joke, rather than as the target, is part of the appeal. Finally, Davis sends NBA All-Star Jamal Murray on a night out that takes a sharp turn after a disastrous dinner order, according to TBS.
TV Insider’s November 2 listing confirms the same shape for the night: a season premiere in which Davis “conjures mischief,” with targets including Tyrann Mathieu and Jamal Murray.
A much bigger guest list still to come
Beyond the premiere, TBS has promised a deep bench of celebrity guests for the new episodes. Legendary boxer Floyd Mayweather teams up with Davis to set up LA Clippers head coach Tyronn Lue in a charity cookout gone wrong, according to the network. Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels, NBA champion Tristan Thompson, Sacramento Kings guard Zach LaVine — who sets up his brother-in-law, LA Dodgers pitcher Blake Snell — and Dallas Mavericks centre Daniel Gafford are also among the names announced.
The new episodes spread across football, boxing, baseball and skateboarding, with pros Alex Midler and Sunny Suljic and legend Jesse Sebastiani also listed. The show is produced for TBS by Grandma’s House Entertainment, Bad Woods Entertainment and 4.4.Forty Media, and viewers can follow the conversation with the hashtag #FoulPlayTBS.
For viewers who missed the first run, the format needs little explanation: famous athletes lure their superstar friends into staged situations, then reveal the cameras. If the premiere lands, tonight’s episode should give the show three shareable moments before the rest of the season even begins.
