It looks like Ballers is nearing the end zone. The football comedy returns Sunday for its fifth season at HBO but it has been announced it will be its last.
Fans need not worry if they won’t get closure when it ends. According to reports, producers crafted season five with an endgame in mind as a decision on the conclusion of the series was made months in advance.
Ballers ranks as HBO’s most-watched scripted comedy and, in season four, averaged 834,000 total same-day viewers. Rob Corddry, John David Washington and Omar Miller star alongside Dwayne Johnson. The series was created by Stephen Levinson and is executive produced by Mark Wahlberg, Peter Berg, and Andy Garcia. Ballers marked the latest collaboration for HBO with Levinson and Wahlberg, whose credits also include the premium cabler’s Entourage, Boardwalk Empire, How to Make It in America and In Treatment.
