The Runarounds

The Runarounds is an American musical teen drama television series created by Jonas Pate for Amazon Prime Video, with a teleplay by David Wilcox. Josh Pate, and Shannon Burke are among the executive producers. The series premiered on September 1, 2025.

Premise

In Wilmington, North Carolina, a disparate group of high school graduates form a rock band.

Cast

Main

• William Lipton as Charlie Cooper, lead singer and guitarist
• Axel Ellis as Neil Crosby, singer and guitarist
• Jesse Golliher as Wyatt Wysong, bassist
• Zendé Murdock as Bez Willis, drummer
• Jeremy Yun as Topher Park, guitarist
• Maximo Salas as Pete Antuna, the band manager
• Marley Aliah as Ruthie Bender
• Kelley Pereira as Amanda
• Lilah Pate as Sophia Kinney, Charlie's crush

Supporting

• Shea Pritchard as George Benson
• Dani Deetté as Wendy, Wyatt's mom
• Hayes MacArthur as Finn, Charlie's dad
• Brooklyn Decker as Hannah, Charlie's mom
• Mark Wystrach as Catesby, Hannah's high school boyfriend
• Willa Dunn as Tatum, Charlie's sister
• Darin Heames as Dusty, Neil's dad
• Gillian Vigman as Nora, Topher's mom
• Woody Fu as Edward, Topher's dad
• Rey Hernandez as Rick, Pete's dad
• Lindsey Rubino as Mandy, Pete's stepmom
• Timeca Seretti as Niecy, Bez's mom
• Cranston Johnson as Theo, Bez's dad
• Jennifer Daley as Danny Mace
• Joshua Mikel as Spider
• Jordan Sherley as Maya
• MacKenzie Porter as Phoebe, lead singer in a band
• Jason Alan Carvell as Lawrence McGill
• Adam Aalderks as Jeremy Jones
• Emme Sibulkin as Izzy
• Lydia Night as Kelsey, in Phoebe's band
• Annika Cowles as Allison, in Phoebe's band
• Alitha Tuttle as Tatiana
• J. Anthony Crane as Sandford

Episodes

Production

The Runarounds is produced by Skydance Television and created and executive produced by Jonas Pate, with a teleplay from David Wilcox. The series is executive produced by Josh Pate, Shannon Burke, Joon Yun, Lisa Mae Fincannon, Scott Lambert, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Matt Thunell and Wilcox.

The eight-part series is inspired by the real band of the same name and includes the real group's members, William Lipton, Axel Ellis, Jeremy Yun, Zendé Murdock and Jesse Golliher, amongst the cast. The Runarounds formed as a band in 2021, when Jonas Pate was casting for a group to appear on his Wilmington, North Carolina–set television series Outer Banks, with the group first performing together for Pate ahead of their appearance in season three of Outer Banks. They were selected from more than 5,000 musicians who responded to the casting call for Outer Banks.

In August 2024, Brooklyn Decker, Maximo Salas, Marley Aliah, Hayes MacArthur, Mark Wystrach and Shea Pritchard joined the cast. The cast also includes Lilah Pate and Kelley Pereira. Filming began in August 2024. Filming locations include Wilmington, North Carolina.

Release

All eight episodes of The Runarounds were released on September 1, 2025.

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds an approval rating of 60% based on 5 critic reviews.

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