Showtime Picks Up 'The L Word: Generation Q' for Third Season

By R. Thomas Umstead
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Ten-episode third season to return later this year

From left: Katherine Moennig as Shane, Jamie Clayton as Tess, Leisha Hailey as Alice and Leo Sheng as Micah in 'The L Word: Generation Q'.
From left: Katherine Moennig as Shane, Jamie Clayton as Tess, Leisha Hailey as Alice and Leo Sheng as Micah in 'The L Word: Generation Q'. (Image credit: Paul Sarkis/Showtime)

Showtime will bring back its drama series The L Word: Generation Q for a third season, the network said Friday.

The show, a sequel to the The L Word series that ran on Showtime from 2004 to 2009, will continue to follow the intermingled lives of characters as they experience love, heartbreak, sex, setbacks and success in Los Angeles, the network said. The series stars Jennifer Beals, Leisha Hailey, Katherine Moennig, Arienne Mandi, Leo Sheng, Jacqueline Toboni, Rosanny Zayas, Sepideh Moafi and Jordan Hull. 

According to Showtime, season two found Bette (Beals) dealing with Tina (guest star Laurel Holloman) and Carrie’s (guest star Rosie O’Donnell) engagement, and daughter Angie’s (Hull) search for her birth father; Shane (Moennig) while ramping up her business and her feelings for Tess (Jamie Clayton). Meanwhile, a newly single Dani (Mandi) leaned on Gigi (Moafi) during her father’s trial; Finley (Toboni) and Sophie (Zayas) tried hard to make it work despite Finley’s spiraling addiction; and friends Micah (Sheng) and Maribel (Jillian Mercado) fell hard for each other.  

The L Word: Generation Q season three will be executive produced by Beals, Moennig and Hailey, along with Marja-Lewis Ryan, series creator Ilene Chaiken, Kristen Campo, Allyce Ozarski and Melody DerloshonIn. ■ 

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R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.