‘About A Boy’ Star David Walton Opens Up About Finally Getting A Second-Season TV Show

NBC's hit comedy About a Boy returns tonight for its second season. With its start, David Walton, who plays Will, celebrates the first time a show of his has been picked up for a sophomore season, and he couldn't be more excited.

"This is my first Season 2 experience, and I really like it. It's just nice to be employed," David told TV Guide.

After starring in six failed TV shows, including Heist, 100 Questions and Bent, David is thrilled to be filming a second season for the NBC show.

"There's a lot of young actors and people who have success very quickly who kind of expect it or don't have the experience to really appreciate it. I feel and I know I'm incredibly fortunate for this situation," he explained to the publication.

About a Boy is based on the 1998 novel and 2002 film of the same name. The TV show was adapted by Jason Katims, who previously worked on Friday Night Lights and Parenthood. Despite the show's success, David doesn't try to get too excited about what's happening next with the series.

"I always try to be cautiously optimistic. Network TV is insanely competitive, a gut-wrenching for so many people who dedicate the years of their life and creativity and passion, and [their project] makes it not even out of the starting gate or take one or two steps before you're disqualified," the 35-year-old said.

"The silver lining of having a lot of disappointments in television is we go to set every day and it's really a family environment. Everybody really loves each other, everyone's having a total blast and everyone's really on the exact same page trying to make as good TV as possible," he added.

According to TV Line, the Season 2 premiere of About a Boy picks up "when Will returns to San Francisco to sort out his finances, he finds himself having to convince Fiona and Marcus [that their] new 'friends' are, in fact, up to no good."

Tune in tonight to see what happens when About a Boy returns for its sophomore season at 9:30 p.m.