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Showtime has cancelled The L Word: Generation Q, so there won’t be a fourth season. However, the franchise may continue with a new series.
A drama series, The L Word: Generation Q TV show is a sequel to The L Word series, which ran on the same channel from 2004-2009. This incarnation was created by Kathy Greenberg, Michele Abbott, and original series creator Ilene Chaiken. It stars Jennifer Beals, Jordan Hull, Jacqueline Toboni, Rosanny Zayas, Arienne Mandi, Leo Sheng, Sepideh Moafi, Kate Moennig, Jamie Clayton, and Leisha Hailey. Season three guests include Kehlani and Fletcher, Margaret Cho, Joanna Cassidy, Joey Lauren Adams, Laurel Holloman, Jillian Mercado, Simon Longnight, Rosie O’Donnell, and Donald Faison. The current iteration follows the intermingled lives of Bette Porter (Beals), Shane McCutcheon (Moennig), Alice Pieszecki (Hailey), Dani Nùñez (Mandi), Micah Lee (Sheng), Sarah Finley (Toboni), Sophie Suarez (Zayas), Gigi Ghorbani (Moafi), and Angelica Porter-Kennard (Hull) as they experience love, heartbreak, setbacks, and success in Los Angeles.
The third season of The L Word: Generation Q averaged approximately a 0.01 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 67,000 viewers. Compared to season two, that’s even in the demo and down by 16% in viewership in the live+same day ratings (includes DVR playback through 3:00 AM). Note: Because this show’s ratings are quite low, there are gaps in our ratings data.
The third season finished airing in January. The ratings were quite low and, as Deadline points out, no Showtime series have been renewed since it was announced that the cable channel will be integrated into the Paramount+ streaming service. Showtime will be rebranded as “Paramount+ with Showtime” across both streaming and linear platforms.
Deadline reports that Showtime and Chaiken are developing a reboot of the original series. The working title is The L Word: New York. The news fits with Showtime’s newly revealed strategy of creating new series connected to preexisting and popular properties like Dexter and Billions.
What do you think? Have you kept up with The L Word: Generation Q series? Are you sad this drama hasn’t been renewed for a fourth season? Would you watch a reboot of the original?
Bring Nicole Parker for Laurel Holloman and re-kindle Randy Dean & Evie Roy….
Samozřejmě že se budu dívat na restart pokud tam bude dál Jacqueline toboni jinak ne
Prosím spin off generace q finley ( Jacqueline to oni) byla úžasná prosím hlavně ať je pokračování s ní
Yes I would watch the reboot of L Word. With familiar faces..Alice, Shane,and occasionally Bette and Tina. The new faces, let us get more into their stories..I love the older individuals looking for a permanent partner..gives all hope for finding love..no matter what age.
Not surprised. When the showrunner stupidly didn’t jump on and embrace the Gigi & Gini stuff, I knew this show was doomed.
l’m very disappointed that the q generation of L word is being canceled ,l was hoping to know what was going to happen next . l would love if the series was continued l enjoyed watching it all the time . Please bring it back !
I loved the original L Word with the opinion that GenQ didn’t come close to the quality of the original. Storyline and writing did not hold my interest. I stayed with my subscription to Showtime only because of the acting and interest in the original four. Other than ‘Tibette’ scenes I fast forwarded through most episodes. At the end of the season I canceled my subscription to Showtime and if the show had been brought back without Laurel Holloman & Jessica Beals I would not have re-subscribed. I’m excited and encouraged with the possibility that Ilene Chaiken might reboot the… Read more »
Ugh! It appears that not only has the Supreme Court gone conservative, but so are networks, as ANY TV show that has LGBTQ+ characters in it are getting cancelled left & right! I didn’t know about Paramount+ taking over Showtime, but that surely has something to do with this. But this is even happening to network shows like, “A Million Little Things.” The original L Word was groundbreaking and I am anxious for a reboot of that. I also watched the Generation Q iteration somewhat less enthusiastically. But God knows, I’m anxious for any program that will allow to me… Read more »
or maybe viewers just want to be entertained by stories, and sharing superficial features with characters is not entertaining and not a sign of quality of the content.
this is what original the L world did right.
I loved the original L Word but never got into the Generation Q one as much but I hope it returns for Season 4.
I’m not surprised. Every time you liked a couple together they either split them up or stopped showing them…Dani & GiGi for example. Also, it completely sucked when they stopped showing Tina & Bette – the couple that drew me into the original L Word and the only reason I watched the sequel.
Im gutted i love this show so much to the point i bought it all on dvd
I’m pissed
BOOOOOOOOOOO
and yet the Simpsons are still running
Very sad gen q isn’t renewing. But since Bette and Tina moved to NY the thought of them being the focus of another L series is awesome!
no im not said its ended marja lewis ryan destroyed it in 1 fell swoop it had all the potential but ilene chaiken left or was sacked and wat was aired by mlr was dross rubbish waste of money, now i know there are a minor group of ppl who hated tibette and wanted more of the other couples so i think with news that its gonna be rebooted by ilene chaiken they will be happy.