Candy Magnolia followers’ persistence has been rewarded — Netflix has renewed the small city romantic drama for a fifth season with Sheryl J. Anderson again as showrunner. The information comes greater than two and a half months after the discharge of Season 4.
In contrast to earlier renewals, the newest pickup was doubtless not as simple because the collection, sometimes a dependable viewers draw, spent solely two weeks in Netflix’s world High 10 for English-language collection with its fourth season, peaking at #4. There have been exhibits with related efficiency which have been canceled by the streamer.
Billed by Netflix as “consolation drama,” Candy Magnolias, primarily based on the e-book collection by Sherryl Woods, follows lifelong greatest mates Maddie (JoAnna Garcia Swisher), Dana Sue (Brooke Elliott), and Helen (Heather Headley) as they juggle relationships, household, and careers within the charming small city of Serenity, SC.
Season 5, which isn’t labeled remaining by Netflix within the renewal announcement, will decide up after an eventful Season 4 finale, which ended on a number of cliffhangers, the most important being Maddie’s pending transfer to New York for a publishing job.
“Can something finish the Magnolias?! Our women have seen one another via larger challenges than bodily distance,” Anderson instructed Deadline in an interview after the discharge of Season 4. “Whenever you love somebody, you need what’s greatest for them and wish to assist them attain that aim. True mates have fun one another in instances of victory, embolden one another to grab their ardour, after which hyperlink arms to determine logistics.”
Anderson government produces with Dan Paulson, whose Daniel L. Paulson Productions is producing the collection. Matt Drake will function an government producer. Norman Buckley serves as co-executive producer.
