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Uzo Aduba in In Treatment (Photo: Suzanne Tenner/HBO); Naomi Ackie and Lena Waithe in Master Of None (Photo: Netflix); Kate Winslet in Mare Of Easttown (Photo: Michele K. Short/HBO)
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Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Sunday, May 23. All times are Eastern.
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In Treatment (HBO, 9 p.m. and 9:28 p.m., season-four premiere, back-to-back episodes): “Uzo Aduba is a powerhouse performer, as witnessed in her Emmy-winning work on
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Mrs. America. The actress has an innate ability to enrapture audiences with an emotive performance. Her new series further allows her to fully occupy the frame and do just that: Aduba leads HBO’s revival of
2021-2022 TV season: What shows are renewed, and what’s canceled
Updated May 18, 2021;
Posted May 18, 2021
Sterling K. Brown and Justin Hartley in This Is Us, which will return for its sixth and final season. (Photo: Ron Batzdorff/NBC)Ron Batzdorff/NBC
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During the past year, TV viewers have seen the return of favorite shows delayed because of pandemic-related production pauses, watched as late-night hosts broadcast from their temporary studios, and been bombarded with streaming services eager for new subscribers.
At times, it felt like TV would never be the same. But amid the uncertainty, fans have still wondered: Which shows have been renewed, and which ones are canceled? As another year of virtual “upfronts,” the event where executives announce their upcoming schedules, happens in virtual fashion, details of the 2021-2022 TV season are coming into focus.
We have a story to tell and we want to do this the right way, he said on an FYC panel for the show. Based on reactions from the cast, Milo Ventimiglia knew about the plan for the series finale and Chris Sullivan did not.
NBC renewed the series for seasons four, five and six back in 2019, and sources told THR at that point that season six would likely be the last. Fogelman had also previously called season three the midpoint of the series, so the writing has been on the wall for a long time.
The show has also been giving us hints of a future that now feel like a potential series finale. We know that in about 10 years, the Pearsons gather at Kevin s (Justin Hartley) home to visit with Rebecca (Mandy Moore), who appears to be very sick. We ve spent the last two seasons slowly learning how the family gets to that point, as Rebecca deals with the early stages of Alzheimer s and Kevin begins building his family and getting acquainted with his uncle Nicky (Griffin Dunne).