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Is 'The Bear' Really Ending After Season 5? Jamie Lee Curtis Says...
It’s nearly time for all of the chefs to clear the kitchen.
Indeed, The Bear is officially set to end after its fifth season, which premieres in its entirety on Hulu and FX June 25, the network confirmed May 6.
The upcoming season—which will have eight episodes—will pick up the morning after chefs Sydney Adamu (Ayo Edebiri), Richard “Richie” Jerimovich (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) and Natalie “Sugar” Berzatto (Abby Elliot) learn that Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White) has quit the food industry and left the restaurant to them.
In addition to the main cast, Lionel Boyce, Liza Colón-Zayas and Matty Matheson will also return to their main roles, with Jamie Lee Curtis, Ricky Staffieri, Oliver Platt and Will Poulter also reprising their recurring roles.
While this is the first time FX has officially confirmed the show will end with season 5, Jamie Lee, who plays Carmy’s mother Donna Berzatto, previously shared that the chefs were ready to close the kitchen.
“It is the end of the show,” Jamie Lee told Entertainment Tonight March 3 of the upcoming season. “They've said it from the beginning. It's the end of the show. It's not me announcing any endings of anything.”
Meanwhile, Jeremy Allen—who previously starred in Shameless alongside Emmy Rossum and William H. Macy—explained how he’s kept up momentum going into the show’s fifth and final season, despite previously admitting he hit a wall acting in the Showtime series.
“There were some years on Shameless where I felt more connected to Philip Gallagher and there were some years I didn’t,” Jeremy Allen told Variety in November 2025 of fulfilling his role in the hit show. “I feel really connected to Carmy.”
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What’s more, The Iron Claw actor admitted he felt closer to The Bear’s creator Christopher Storer more so than Shameless showrunner John Wells, considering he started on the former show as an adult.
“Those were very separate things, kind of the story coming at me as an 18-year-old and a 19-year-old,” Jeremy Allen reasoned, “versus the story coming at me from Chris, who I really consider a friend and a peer.”
For her part, Ayo, who had her breakout role as Sydney when the series premiered in 2022, previously shared how much the show’s longevity thus far meant to her.
“I just love learning,” she explained during an October 2025 appearance on Late Night With Seth Meyers, “and so, to be on a show that’s so supportive of that, that gives us that environment that fosters that, it’s really special.”
For a look at all the shows that have been renewed or canceled in 2026, keep reading…
FX
ENDING: The Bear
Goodbye, chef. FX announced the culinary drama's upcoming fifth season will be its last.
Disney
RENEWED: Scrubs
ABC's revival of the medical comedy will return for season two.
Netflix
RENEWED: Stranger Things: Tales From '85
The animated spinoff will investigate new supernatural mysteries in Hawkins during season two.
Amazon MGM Studios
RENEWED & ENDING: From
The Sci-Fi horror series starring Harold Perrineau will return for a fifth and final season on MGM+.
Virginia Sherwood/PEACOCK
CANCELED: Law & Order: Organized Crime
The Law & Order spinoff starring Christopher Meloni was canceled by NBC and Peacock following five seasons.
Darren Goldstein/CBS
RENEWED: Sheriff Country
The sheriffs are back on duty when season two debuts.
Mark Schafer/CBS
RENEWED: CIA
CBS' top CIA agents will be back on the case when they return for another season.
Michael Parmelee/CBS
RENEWED: Elsbeth
Carrie Preston's quirky alter-ego will return with the CBS show's fourth season.
Darko Sikman/CBS
RENEWED: Tracker
Justin Hartley's drama has been renewed for a fourth season by CBS.
Sonja Flemming/CBS
RENEWED: Matlock
The Kathy Bates-led drama will take on more legal cases during season three.
Troy Harvey/2026 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
RENEWED: Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage
The CBS comedy will return for season three.
Disney/Eric McCandless
RENEWED & ENDING: Wizards Beyond Waverly Place
The Wizards of Waverly Place sequel will return for season three this summer in a four-part event, with the first episode directed by Selena Gomez.
Netflix
RENEWED: Age of Attraction
Get ready to fall in love with some new age-gap couples because Netflix's new reality dating show has been renewed for a season two.
Sergei Bachlakov/CBS
RENEWED: Fire Country
The CBS drama won't be extinguished. That is, the show will return for a fifth season.
Matt Barnes/CBS
CANCELED: DMV
CBS terminated the workplace comedy costarring Molly Kearney, Gigi Zumbado, Tony Cavaleiro, Alex Tarrant, Harriet Dyer and Tim Meadows after one season.
Disney/Anne Marie Fox
RENEWED: Grey's Anatomy
No emergency here. ABC's longest-running scripted drama will return for seson 23.
Daniel Asher Smith/Paramount+
RENEWED: NCIS: Sydney
CBS and Paramount+ are returning Down Under to solve more crimes with season four of the procedural.
Sergei Bachlakov/CBS
CANCELED: Watson
The modern take on Sherlock Holmes' story, with Morris Chestnut starring as the detective's fame sidekick Dr. John Watson, was canceled after two seasons.
CBS Media Ventures/Paramount
RENEWED: Flip Side
Hosted by Jaleel White, the game show was renewed for a third season by CBS Media Ventures.
CBS Media Ventures/Paramount
RENEWED: Wheel of Fortune
"America's favorite game show" will be back with more head-scratching word puzzles with seasons 44 and 45.
CBS Media Ventures/Paramount
RENEWED: Hot Bench
The daytime court show will lay down more justice when season 13 debuts.
Michael Yarish/Paramount+
RENEWED: Criminal Minds: Evolution
The long-running FBI drama will solve more heinous crimes and murders when season 20 debuts on Paramount+ in 2027.
Bertrand Calmeau/CBS
RENEWED: Ghosts
Boo! There's actually nothing scary about the comedy landing a sixth season at CBS.
Apple TV
RENEWED & ENDING: For All Mankind
Apple TV announced the space drama will return for a sixth and final season.
HBO Max
ENDING: Hacks
The Emmy-winning comedy starring Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder returns with its fifth and final season April 9.
Peacock/NBCUniversal
RENEWED: Ashanti and Nelly: We Belong Together
Music to our ears! The Peacock reality series following Ashanti and Nelly's decades-long love story will return for season two.
Sophy Holland/Bravo
ON PAUSE: The Real Housewives of Miami
The Bravo series has halted production after season seven ended in October due to low ratings, according to multiple outlets. Fingers crossed we get our drama-loving Florida ladies back ASAP.
Ryan Muir/TBS/Warner Bros. Discovery
RENEWED: Impractical Jokers
Comedians Brian “Q” Quinn, James “Murr” Murray and Sal Vulcano will return for more laughs and pranks when season 13 of the TBS series premieres.
Prime Video/Amazon MGM Studios
RENEWED: Cross
Prime Video's thriller series will solve more mysteries and murder cases on season three.
Netflix
NOT ENDING, BUT...: With Love, Meghan
The royal's Netflix series With Love, Meghan, which released seasons one and two in 2025, has not been renewed for a third season on the streaming platform, but is instead continuing with one-off episodes.
A spokesperson for the Sussexes told Variety in a story published March 17, “With Love, Meghan will continue as seasonal specials.”
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