Renewed for Season 4, but Younger Season 5 is already on the radar. Speaking to THR, EP Darren Star leaves the door open for a potential fifth season, but doesn’t have a fixed end date in mind:
Younger started with Liza keeping this big secret. Now, after three seasons, she makes a big confession and Kelsey joins the characters who are in the know. How does the finale impact the show’s longevity?
From the beginning, I always think of Younger as an inter-generational romance and part of that is building an ensemble of characters that you’re going to want to follow. I don’t know that it was necessarily a plan in terms of how many seasons it would take to get here, and there still may be people that she holds her secret from for a very long time for a number of reasons. It’s a part of the show, but the show is bigger than being about a woman lying about her age. We’ve moved beyond that and are now exploring this really wonderful ensemble of characters and what it means to get older and, what is ageism? And a lot of things.
How many seasons do you envision Younger going?
They’re short seasons so I do think it’s a show that can sustain a good number of seasons. These are 12-episode seasons. I think what it comes down to is you have characters that people are really invested in and care about, so it’s really as long as everybody wants to do it and that the network is happy. I don’t have a specific number in mind.
Season 5 has yet to be confirmed by TV Land, but Star believes the series has a new lease of life heading into Season 4:
It opens up new possibilities. Even at the end of the season, we don’t know what exactly Liza said to Kelsey and we don’t know how Kelsey is going to react, but I do feel like it’s going to be a springboard to other stories.
Can Younger extend its life beyond Season 4? Stay tuned as we continue to monitor the survival status of the comedy-drama…
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