While “The Bear” is currently in production on Season 3, sources confirm this diverse FX has already quietly greenlit a fourth season, which will be filmed back-to-back with season three.
FX renewed the Chicago-set restaurant drama for a third season in November and has not announced a renewal for a fourth season. A network spokesman declined to comment.
Season 3 of The Bear is gearing up to premiere in June on Hulu, as several paparazzi shots of the band filming in Chicago have leaked over the past two weeks. It is unclear whether or not “The Bear” season 4 will be the last.
Season 3 is poised to build on the momentum of the series’ victorious awards season, which saw Jeremy Allen White, Ayo Edebiri, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach win at the Primetime Emmys, with creator Christopher Storer also taking home the top award for comedy series, in addition to outstanding directing and writing for the first season. White and Edebiri also took home Golden Globes and SAG Awards, among other awards, for season two.
The series – which also stars Lionel Boyce, Lisa Colon-Zayas, Abby Elliott and Mattie Matheson – has featured a host of guest stars including Jon Bernthal, Jamie Lee Curtis, Bob Odenkirk, Will Poulter, John Mulaney, Olivia Colman, Sarah Paulson. Molly Ringwald and Joel McHale. Oliver Platt, Molly Gordon, and Edwin Lee Gibson are additional recurring cast members. In its second season, Carmy (White) works to transform his family’s sandwich shop into a fine dining establishment while balancing a budding romance as the rest of his kitchen staff find deeper meaning in their craft.
Deadline first reported that The Bear had been quietly renewed for a fourth season after Reel Chicago spread a rumor that the series was filming “additional episodes” after season three.
Additional reporting by Joe Otterson.