Schitt’s Creek will be returning for a sixth season but it will be the last for the popular fan favorite. The comedy’s co-creators Daniel Levy and Eugene Levy just made the announcement on social media. The show’s final chapter is currently in pre-production and begins shooting in a few weeks.
Airing on Pop in the US and CBC in Canada, Schitt’s Creek has been a transformational series in particular for Pop, putting the network on the original programming map and remaining the CBS-owned net’s flagship show. The saga of the wealthy Rose family took a little while to gain traction but in the last couple of years, it hit its stride, growing in popularity and entering the pop culture consciousness in a big way.
Here is the letter to the fans that Daniel Levy and Eugene Levy Penned about ending the series:
To Our Dear Fans,
We are very excited to announce that Schitt’s Creek is coming back for a sixth season on CBC and Pop in 2020! We also wanted to take this opportunity to let you know that we have decided season six will be our last. We are so grateful to have been given the time and creative freedom to tell this story in its totality, concluding with a final chapter that we had envisioned from the very beginning. It’s not lost on us what a rare privilege it is in this industry to get to decide when your show should take its final bow. We could never have dreamed that our fans would grow to love and care about these characters in the ways that you have.
We are all so excited to begin shooting these last fourteen episodes and can’t thank you enough for the overwhelming love and generosity you’ve shown us. We hope you continue to enjoy the rest of our fifth season as we prepare to shoot our sixth!
Best Wishes and Warmest Regards,
Dan and Eugene Levy
Schitt’s Creek’s ensemble cast includes Eugene Levy, Catherine O’Hara, Daniel Levy, Annie Murphy, Chris Elliott, Emily Hampshire, Jennifer Robertson, Noah Reid, Dustin Milligan, Sarah Levy, and Karen Robinson. Season 5 is currently airing on Pop and CBC while the sixth and final season, consisting of 14 episodes, will air in 2020.
