FX’s Breeders starring Martin Freeman and Daisy Haggard will end with its upcoming fourth season. The network has set a July 31, 2023 premiere date for the popular half-hour comedy and confirmed the series will wrap up with season four.
Breeders debuted in March 2020, followed by season two in March 2021 and season three in May 2022. The upcoming fourth season will consist of 10 episodes, with the first two airing on July 31st. New episodes will arrive on Mondays at 10pm ET/PT.
Oscar nominee and Emmy Award winner Simon Blackwell (In the Loop, Veep) created the series along with Emmy winner and DGA winner Chris Addison (Veep) and Emmy winner Martin Freeman (Sherlock). Blackwell serves as showrunner and executive produces with Addison, Freeman, Jon Thoday, Richard Allen-Turner, Rob Aslett, David Martin, Toby Welch, and Michael Wiggs.
Chris Addison directs season four’s first five episodes. Ollie Parsons (Man Like Mobeen) directs the final five.
FX offered this description of the final season: It’s five years since we last saw the Worsley family, caught up in the dramatic events at the end of season three — “Paul” (Martin Freeman) and “Ally” (Daisy Haggard) on the verge of splitting up, “Jim” (Alun Armstrong) and “Jackie” (Joanna Bacon) in turmoil, “Luke” finding a new relationship and “Ava” mending an old one.
Season four of Breeders brings the biggest parenting challenge that Paul and Ally have ever faced, as 18-year-old Luke (Oscar Kennedy) drops a bombshell at Christmas dinner that will change everyone’s lives forever. No longer in Luke’s shadow, 16-year-old Ava (Zoë Athena) experiences her own bombshell moment as she meets and immediately falls for the charismatic “Holly” (Jessie Williams). Paul and Ally continue to try, fail and try again as they face these latest parenting challenges, while also having to support the increasingly troubled Jim and Jackie.
