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“The Sex Lives of College Girls” is dropping out after a few semesters.
The show, which follows a foursome of roommates as they navigate the ups and downs as they embark on their college careers, has been canceled after its third season. Warner Bros. Television, the studio behind the show, is trying to find a new home for the comedy series.
A brainchild of comedy writer and actress Mindy Kaling, “Sex Lives” enjoyed cult-like popularity when it was first released on HBO Max in 2021.
However, the third season, which began airing on the platform (now called Max) in November and wrapped in January, offered fans a bit of a different flavor.
Breakout star Reneé Rapp, who played the self-confident and oozingly sarcastic Leighton, departed just two episodes in and was replaced by a new suite-mate: Kacey, played by Gracie Lawrence.
Rapp previously announced the season would be her final one, writing in a post on X in 2023: “A lot of queer work gets belittled—but playing Leighton has changed my life. I love who I am 10x more than I did before knowing her. I hope she gave y’all a little bit of that too.”
The reception to her replacement was a bit wobbly, however, and some fans speculated that the final episode, which did not lean into a cliffhanger format mid-way through the ladies’ sophomore year, was a hint that the show’s future was uncertain.
Justin Noble, who co-runs the show alongside Kaling, previously insisted that wasn’t the case, however.
“No one told us to, like, wrap up the show or anything like that,” Noble said in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter published in January.
In the streaming era, cancellation has proved somewhat more fickle as a show that was one platform’s trash can become another’s treasure.
How did ‘Sex Lives’ Season 3 end?
As Season 3 wrapped, Bela (Amrit Kaur) had a bisexual awakening, Kimberly (Pauline Chalamet) faced legal action from Essex College, Whitney (Alyah Chanelle Scott) had successfully unionized against the university and Kacey found her voice as the lead of a play.
Noble told TheWrap in January that he felt there was “momentum” for Season 3 to inspire a Season 4 renewal.
“We have multiple new love interests that appear in these two episodes at the end of Season 3, we have the closing of some doors and different extracurriculars and school things, so there’s a lot of momentum heading into a Season 4, and lots of ways we can go,” he said.
Noble added: “So pending a phone call, Mindy and I and the writers will be at the ready to decide which way to go.”
Justin Noble holds out hope for ‘Sex Lives’ Season 4
On Tuesday, Noble took to Instagram to express sadness over the cancellation news.
“Unfortunately, Max has decided not to order a fourth season,” he confirmed. “We are currently in discussions with some new potential homes for the show, and it’s nice that there is so much interest.”
“As creatives we’re sort of taught to never compliment our own projects. Or even downplay it when other people do,” he wrote. “But here’s the thing: I think ‘The Sex Lives of College Girls’ is a pretty damn good TV show.
“I can’t help but mention that it feels like there are fewer and fewer comedy series every month − and we are living in an era where we need that comedy badly, so I really hope that turns around,” he continued later in the four-slide statement.
“I will always be proud of this show for being the thing that we weren’t seeing enough of: a hard comedy ensemble where ladies get the jokes,” Noble wrote, adding that he hopes there is still a future for the program somewhere.
In his January Hollywood Reporter interview, Noble discussed the possibility of a Season 4.
“I’m hoping the show goes on,” he said. “It’s always at the top of the Max (top 10 series) list, which is nice to see. And I think that’s, at the end of the day, what’s making decisions these days, it’s numbers and dollars spent.”
This story has been updated to add new information.
Contributing: KiMi Robinson, USA TODAY
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