After three seasons of exploring the ups and downs of dating, marriage, and building a career in New York City, And Just Like That has been canceled.
On Friday, Aug. 1, series showrunner, writer and director Michael Patrick King announced the current third season of the Sex and the City spinoff will be its last.
“And just like that… the ongoing storytelling of the Sex And The City universe is coming to an end. While I was writing the last episode of And Just Like That season 3, it became clear to me that this might be a wonderful place to stop,” King wrote in a statement posted to the show’s social media accounts.
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MPK added that he consulted with HBO CEO Casey Bloys, HBO Max content chief Sarah Aubrey, and series lead and executive producer Sarah Jessica Parker on the decision to cancel the series.
“We decided to end the popular series this year with a two-part finale and extended the original series order from 10 episodes to 12,” he shared. “SJP and I held off announcing the news until now because we didn’t want the word ‘final’ to overshadow the fun of watching the season.”
SJP reacted by posting a heartfelt goodbye letter with a gallery of photos from her years playing fashionable writer Carrie Bradshaw on both SATC and AJLT.
“She crossed streets, avenues, rubicons, so it seemed. She broke hearts, heels, habits. She loved, lost, won, tripped, leaped, fell short and into puddles, aged, got wiser. She has made the hardest, worst and best decisions… Changed homes, time zones, boyfriends, her mind, her shoes, her hair, but never her love and devotion to New York City,” SJP wrote on Instagram.
“Miranda, Samantha and Charlotte, there will never be better friends and what great fortune for Carrie to come to know and love Seema and LTW, most divine new connections,” she continued. “Carrie Bradshaw has dominated my professional heartbeat for 27 years. I think I have loved her most of all.”
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Kristin Davis, who played demure art expert Charlotte York since SATC began, released a statement saying she was heartbroken by the cancellation.
“I am profoundly sad. I love our whole beautiful cast and crew, 400 artisans working so hard on our show with deep love. And to our loyal fans, we love you forever and ever,” she shared.
Cynthia Nixon, who portrayed brash attorney Miranda Hobbes, said she would miss working on the show.
“I can’t believe our wild, beautiful And Just Like That ride is almost over. It has been such a delight from start to finish. I will miss working with these people everyday SO incredibly much but know we will always be a part of each other’s lives,” she wrote.
Nicole Ari Parker, who joined AJLT as documentarian and fashionista Lisa Todd Wexley in 2021, wrote on Instagram that her time with the show had been “amazing.”
“An honor and a joy to be a part of this iconic family. Thank you MPK, @madamefaleshill, @sarahjessicaparker, @iamkristindavis, @cynthiaenixon, and the extraordinary writers and producers of And Just Like That. From the first day to the last… it has been Just Like That… Amazing.”
Sarita Choudhury, who portrayed luxury real estate broker Seema Patel on AJLT reshared part of SJP’s statement on an Instagram Story.
Sex and the City launched in 1998, and ran for six seasons. Kim Cattrall starred alongside Parker, Nixon and Davis. The show won seven Emmy Awards and became one of HBO’s most popular programs. It was followed by feature films in 2008 and 2010, along with And Just Like That in 2021.
Cattrall cut ties with the team behind the franchise, but returned in 2023 to appear in one episode of AJLT.
News of the show’s cancellation comes amid widespread changes at HBO and HBO Max parent company Warner Bros. Discovery, as the media giant prepares to split into two separate entities.
On July 30, Variety published a story saying the company cut 10 percent of its employees in the Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group.
In June, the Hollywood trades reported the company parted ways with “under 100” employees at its cable networks, which include TNT, TBS, CNN, Food Network, Discovery, TLC, OWN, Cartoon Network and Turner Classic Movies.
According to TheWrap, WBD’s credit rating was recently downgraded to junk status by financial firm S&P Global because of “continued challenges in the linear TV business.”
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