Max will bring back its Sex and the City spinoff series And Just Like That … for a third season on the eve of the show’s second season finale.

The Michael Patrick King-produced series, which stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, Sara Ramirez and Sarita Choudhury, ends its 11-episode second season on August 24. Season two of  And Just Like That … ranks as Max's most-watched original series, Max head of original content Sarah Aubrey said. 

“[And Just Like That …] is the most watched returning Max original to date,” Aubrey said. “As we approach the highly anticipated season finale on Thursday, we raise our cosmos to Michael Patrick King and his magnificent team of writers, producers, cast, and crew who continue to charm us 25 years later, with dynamic friendships and engaging stories. We cannot wait for audiences to see where season three will take our favorite New Yorkers.” 

Added King: “We are thrilled to spend more time in the Sex And The City universe telling new stories about the lives of these relatable and aspirational characters played by these amazing actors. And Just Like That… here comes season three.”

And Just Like That … is produced by King, Parker, Davis, Nixon, John Melfi, Julie Rottenberg, and Elisa Zuritsky.  

HBO Max said it has given a series order to And Just Like That..., which is billed as a new chapter of the Sex and the City story.

The sequel will star Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis. The three stars will executive produce along with Michael Patrick King.

“The series will follow Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte as they navigate the journey from the complicated reality of life and friendship in their 30s to the even more complicated reality of life and friendship in their 50s,” HBO Max said.

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“I grew up with these characters, and I can’t wait to see how their story has evolved in this new chapter, with the honesty, poignancy, humor and the beloved city that has always defined them,” said Sarah Aubrey, head of original content, HBO Max. 

The ten-episode, half-hour series is scheduled to begin production in New York late spring.

The announcement did not mention Kim Cattrall, who played Samantha Jones in the series. 

The news appeared on Sara Jessica Parker’s Instagram Sunday afternoon.

As we near the 20th anniversary of Sex and the City’s premiere, Jennifer Keishin Armstrong releases her book Sex and the City and Us: How Four Single Women Changed the Way We Think, Live and Love. Keishin Armstrong, who also wrote the Seinfeld deep dive Seinfeldia and Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted, chose Sex and the City for a book because of the effect it had on her life. The introduction details the author, emboldened by the show, leaving her fiancé in the early 2000s.

“It was very personal to me, and I don’t think I’m alone,” she said.

Keishin Armstrong landed interviews with Sarah Jessica Parker, Darren Star, Michael Patrick King, Kristin Davis and other key figures involved with the series. She supplements those with published reviews and think pieces about its six-season run on HBO.

Which episodes stand out? One entitled “My Motherboard, My Self,” from season four, which sees the women rally around Miranda when her mother dies. “It’s the absolute essence of the show,” Keishin Armstrong said.

She noted Sex and the City’s “magical effect” on young women. “It changed people’s lives,” she said. “It changed so much about the way we date, the way we talk about sex.”

A new season of Teachers begins on TV Land June 5. Season three offers surprises, star and executive producer Katy Colloton promised. “We’ve done 30 episodes, and wanted to change it up a bit,” she said. “We introduce some new characters and explore new territory.”

One episode offers an homage to The Walking Dead. A student has lice, prompting the teachers, in ponchos and hairnets, to wander the halls like the living dead. “It’s a fun twist on zombie movies,” Colloton said.

Teachers features six stars that also write and produce: Colloton, Caitlin Barlow, Cate Freedman, Kate Lambert, Katie O’Brien and Katie Thomas, collectively known as the Katydids. Each has her own style of comedy, said Colloton, be it bathroom humor or something more sophisticated. “It ends up being something everyone can enjoy,” she said.

What style of humor does Colloton bring? Physical. “I just want to be Lucille Ball,” she said.

HBO has set a Jan. 14 date for the second season return of two comedy series Divorce and Crashing, said network executives.

Divorce, which stars Sarah Jessica Parker and Thomas Haden Church, will debut Jan. 14 at 10 p.m., while the Pete Holmes starrer Crashing will premiere its new season at 10:30, according to the network. 

Divorce is executive produced by Jenny Bicks, Sarah Jessica Parker, Alison Benson, Sharon Horgan and Aaron Kaplan, while Crashing is executive produced by Pete Holmes, Judd Apatow and Judah Miller.

Sarah Jessica Parker is returning to HBO. The pay cabler has picked up her series Divorce.

The half-hour comedy, from British writer-actress Sharon Horgan, tells the story of a “very, very long divorce.” Parker is an executive producer on the series, along with Paul Simms, Alison Benson and Aaron Kaplan.

Parker stars as Frances, who HBO describes as a “woman who suddenly begins to reassess her life and her marriage.” Thomas Haden Church will play Parker's husband, Robert. Molly Shannon and Talia Balsam round out the initial cast.

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