Episodes to wrap with Season 5

No surprises here, Showtime have confirmed Episodes, starring Matt LeBlanc, will wrap with its upcoming fifth season in 2017.

Production on the final season begins next week in London, and will consist of seven episodes.

Cast had previously touted it would bow out of the trans-Atlantic comedy soon, while the BBC dropped out of co-producing the fifth season.

“Episodes‘ scathing portrait of network executives has kept me on my best behavior these last several years, for which I am grudgingly grateful to Jeffrey and David,” said Showtime’s president of programming Gary Levine. “I love this show and can’t wait to see what comic heights Matt and company will scale during the fifth and final season of our inspired series.”

Co-creators David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik commented: “We have had the best time making this show. Showtime has been the opposite of every network we write about. If it were up to them we could go on making Episodes forever. But we’ve told the story we set out to tell and we’d never want to outstay our welcome.”

Matt LeBlanc has no shortage of projects, including his upcoming presenter role on the new-look Top Gear and a new sitcom pilot I’m Not Your Friend, which has a series commitment. That means he gets a big payout if it doesn’t proceed to series.

ABC is currently screening Episodes from its first season on Thursday nights, but BBC First retains first-run rights to new episodes. Of Episodes.

Source: Variety