The Bear is officially closing its doors.
Sources have told Deadline that the Jeremy Allen White-led comedy drama will end with its upcoming fifth season.
The move is not much of a surprise given that White’s character Carmy Berzatto [SPOILER ALERT] tells Syd, played by Ayo Edebiri, and Richie, played by Ebon Moss-Bachrach, that he’s leaving the restaurant and signing over his stake at the end of Season 4.
FX has largely always allowed creators of hit shows to determine how and when they’re final season is announced. However, Jamie Lee Curtis recently let the cat out of the bag when she posted a photo of herself with Abby Elliott, who plays Carmy’s sister Natalie ‘Sugar’ Berzatto, who is a co-owner in the restaurant.
“FINISHED STRONG! Surrounded by an extraordinary crew and group of writers and producers and scene partners on the show that Chris Storer created, completing the story of this extraordinary family that we have all fallen in love with. Got to finish it out with my baby Berzatto bear,” she wrote on Instagram.
White has previously said that Storer’s original idea was to end the show after Season 4.
The Bear was renewed for Season 5 in July and it is set to premiere later this year.
The show, which was created by Christopher Storer, also stars Lionel Boyce, Liza Colón-Zayas and Matty Matheson, with Oliver Platt and Molly Gordon in recurring roles.
It has been an awards magnet since its launch in 2022. It won the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series in 2023 with White, Moss-Bachrach, Edebiri and Storer all winning individual awards. Liza Colón-Zayas won for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2024 and even Curtis, who has played Carmy and Natalie’s mother Donna Berzatto since Season 2, won Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series.
Produced by FX Productions, Storer exec produces alongside alongside Josh Senior, Joanna Calo, Cooper Wehde, Tyson Bidner, Matty Matheson, Hiro Murai and Rene Gube.
