Coming as no surprise, Amazon announced today at its Upfront presentation that its superhero series The Boys will be continuing to a fifth season. That show has been one of Amazon’s most-watched originals in its first three seasons and it has spawned a successful spin-off with Gen V (which has been renewed for a second season) as well as the one-off animated series The Boys: Diabolical. In addition, as Spanish-language tie-in to The Boys universe is in the works as well. Amazon has turned this into a franchise and I expect it to stick around for several more years. Showrunner Erik Kripke had the following to say about the renewal:
The Boys could be the best job I’ll ever have. What other show allows me to write about politics, capitalism, family, and exploding genitalia, though not in that order. The cast and crew are deeply grateful to Sony Pictures Television and Amazon MGM Studios for the opportunity to tell this story for another season. My only problem is that since this year promises to be free of any conflict or misinformation, we’re not sure what to write about.
The fourth season of the show is set to premiere on June 13th with three episodes released that day followed by one per week after that.
This renewal brings the Cancellation/Renewal Score for the current season to 24 renewed sci fi and fantasy entries (39% of shows tracked) vs. 14 cancelled and ending (23%). You can see the breakdown of the numbers and the full list of shows for the current and prior seasons at our Cancellation Watch Page.
The Boys follows a group of vigilantes who are trying to bring down the superheroes known as “The Seven” who work for the corrupt company Vought International and who have been abusing their powers. It stars Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty, Dominique McElligott, Jessie T. Usher, and Laz Alonso and it is based on the comic book series created by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson.
We are at the end of the broadcast network regular season and I expect more announcements to come over the next week or so. You can see the status of all this season’s shows at this link. And be sure to follow this site and the Cancelled Sci Fi Twitter Site for updates and breaking news.
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