While the final season ofGame of Throneskicked off on HBO on Sunday, fans will have to wait quite a while longer for new seasons of a few other popular HBO original series. It was confirmed by HBO today thatWestworldSeason 3 won’t be airing on the pay cable channel until 2020, withCurb Your EnthusiasmSeason 10 andInsecureSeason 4 also not expected to air until next year.
This news isn’t terribly surprising with regards toWestworld. The ambitious sci-fi Western series carries with it a lengthy production schedule, but the show’s producers also took an extended break between Season 1 and Season 2 to ensure they were carefully crafting the story arc for the sophomore season. While reactions vary as to whether they succeeded, they were looking to avoid a situation similar to the one during Season 1 filming when production had to shut down for a bit so the writers could reconceive and course-correct some storylines.
WestworldSeason 3 last year addedAaron Paulto the ensemble, and we learned last night thatThe ChicreatorLena Waitheis also being added to the cast. The Season 2 finale opened up a world of possibility for the show, so it’ll be interesting to see how the story progresses. It’ll likely be considered one of HBO’s anchor shows for 2020 alongside the untitledGame of Thronesprequel series.
As forCurb Your Enthusiasm, creatorLarry Davidsticks to his own schedule when it comes to the entirely improvised comedy series, and while production reportedly began in October 2018, it appears either David doesn’t think the show will be ready this year, or HBO would rather wait and airCurbcloser to next spring, when Emmy voting is in full swing.
Insecure, meanwhile, wrapped up its third season this past September, but it’s unclear why the show is being delayed a bit for Season 4. PerhapsIssa Rae’s increasingly busy schedule has something to do with it.
Not to fear, though, as HBO has a number of exciting shows on tap for later in 2019, includingBig Little LiesSeason 2 andDamon Lindelof’s highly anticipatedWatchmen.
Shows that haven’t yet been dated includeJoss Whedon’s new seriesThe Nevers, theJordan Peele-produced sci-fi historical seriesLovecraft Country, and the epic and intimate sci-fi fantasy dramaContraband(previously titledDemimonde) which was created and written byJ.J. Abrams.
