Girls5eva’s days at Peacock are numbered.
Netflix introduced Thursday that it had picked up a 3rd season of the musical comedy collection, from creator/showrunner/govt producer Meredith Scardino, govt producer Tina Fey, and Universal Television.
What’s extra, Netflix would be the unique house to the third season, and it additionally acquired co-exclusive international streaming rights to the primary two seasons of the critically-acclaimed Emmy® Award-nominated comedy.
Girls5eva stars Grammy® Award-winner and Tony® and Emmy® Award-nominated singer Sara Bareilles (Dawn); Grammy® and Tony® Award-winning actress and singer Renée Elise Goldsberry (Wickie); Emmy® Award-winning Saturday Night Live mainstay and comedy icon Paula Pell (Gloria); and New York Times Best-Selling writer, actor, activist, author and host Busy Philipps (Summer).
The collection follows a one-hit-wonder woman group from the ‘90s who reunite to give their pop star desires yet another shot.
They could also be grown girls balancing spouses, youngsters, jobs, debt, getting old dad and mom, and shoulder ache, however can‘t in addition they be Girls5eva?
“Our deepest thanks to Peacock for bringing Girls5eva to life and supporting us creatively at each flip because the first pitch. And we’re endlessly grateful to our companions at NBCU for his or her boundless dedication,” stated govt producers Meredith Scardino, Tina Fey, Jeff Richmond & Robert Carlock.
“Today, we are thrilled to announce that our reunited girl group will be re-reunited at Netflix. We are so thankful to everyone at the streamer who fell in love with our music-filled comedy.”
“We cannot wait to introduce Dawn, Wickie, Summer, and Gloria to the global Netflix audience.”
“Well, not fully introduce, if you look closely, Girls5eva can be seen in the background of the Woodstock ’99 documentary setting a porta potty on fire.”
“We are so happy to bring Girls5eva to Netflix,” stated Tracey Pakosta, Netflix Vice President of Comedy Series. “Just like the show, we are so excited to reunite with this amazing team.”’
The transfer to Netflix is undoubtedly a shocker, however on condition that there was no phrase on the present’s destiny since its Season 2 finale, many thought it was quietly canceled.
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