Bad news from The Good Place: the NBC comedy series is officially set to end after Season 4.
The news was announced by series creator Michael Schur in a statement tweeted from The Good Place‘s official Twitter account:
Dear Residents of #TheGoodPlace Neighborhood 12358W… pic.twitter.com/UVsm5x704p
— The Good Place (@nbcthegoodplace) June 8, 2019
“After The Good Place was picked up for season two, the writing staff and I began to map out, as best we could, the trajectory of the show,” he wrote. “Given the ideas we wanted to explore, and the pace at which we wanted to present those ideas, I began to feel like four seasons – just over 50 episodes – was the right lifespan. At times over the past few years we’ve been tempted to go beyond four seasons, but mostly because making this show is a rare, creatively fulfilling joy, and at the end of the day, we don’t want to tread water just because the water is so warm and pleasant. As such, the upcoming fourth season will be our last.
“I will be forever grateful to NBC and Universal TV for letting us make The Good Place, and for letting us end it on our own schedule. I will also be forever grateful to the creative team, both on-screen and off for their hard work and dedication to a very weird idea. We ask the question very frequently, on this show, what do we owe to each other? The answer for me is: I owe all of you a whole lot.
“We look forward to a great final season airing this fall.”
It’s obviously brilliant that the show is ending on its own terms, but we’re still gutted that it’s going to be over. Better than finishing like this though:
In a statement, NBC executives Lisa Katz and Tracey Pakosta said: “Since day one, The Good Place has been a seminal show for us and one that hits all the NBC touch points – incredibly smart, funny, inventive and emotional.
“We know the audience will love what Mike Schur and his writers have in store for the final season.”
The Good Place Seasons 1-3 are available to stream on Netflix UK now. Get all the latest sci-fi news with every issue of SciFiNow.
