Featured image: Keri Russell. Photo: Gage Skidmore / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Lowdown
Season 4 blew up the status quo, and Netflix rewarded it quickly. Steady numbers plus an Emmy win for Janney make this one of Netflix’s most dependable adult dramas. The question now is what The Diplomat looks like without a diplomat.
Key Takeaways
- Netflix renewed The Diplomat for a fifth season on October 29 (Deadline).
- Season 4 opened with 4.8 million views in its first week, in line with Season 3 (Deadline).
- Season 4 ended with Kate Wyler resigning in the middle of a G7 meeting in Italy (Deadline).
- Creator Debora Cahn said she doesn’t know how long her plan for the show runs (Deadline).
The Story
Netflix has renewed The Diplomat for Season 5, two weeks after Season 4 was released. The fourth season opened with 4.8 million views, about the same as Season 3 (Deadline).
Season 4 leaned heavily on Allison Janney as President Grace Penn and Bradley Whitford as her husband, while Keri Russell’s Kate Wyler dealt with an assassination attempt on British soil. It ended with Kate resigning during a G7 meeting in Italy, soon followed by her husband Hal, played by Rufus Sewell (Deadline).
Creator Debora Cahn told Deadline she knows roughly where the characters end up but not how long it will take. “When I first pitched the series, I wanted it to be a living document,” she said (Deadline).
Janney won the supporting actress in a drama Emmy for the role in September (Television Academy).
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- Deadline — ‘The Diplomat’ Renewed for Season 5 at Netflix ↗
- Television Academy — 78th Emmy Awards telecast recap ↗