Pop Sets "Schitt’s Creek" Final Season for Jan. 7th

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"Schitt’s Creek" Gets Premiere Date for Sixth & Final Season at Pop TV
by Anita Bennett
September 17, 2019


Pop TV announced today "Schitt’s Creek" will return for its sixth and final season on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, with the new season consisting of 14 episodes.

“Schitt’s Creek has become a pop culture phenomenon fueled by the most talented cast and the most passionate fans in all of television, and the final season is sure to be weekly must-watch TV as we see what happens to the Roses,” said Brad Schwartz, president of Pop TV.

“It is gut-wrenching to say goodbye, but we know this final season will deliver even more of the heart and humor that has made the series one of the best ever.”

https://deadline.com/2019/09/schitts...tv-1202736543/

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It's gonna be a sad day when they air the final episode. But I realize everything has to come to a end sometime.

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It looks like Schitt's Creek will say goodbye without ever experiencing a dip in quality

"It’s not just that Schitt’s Creek is funny—and it still very much is, somehow able to draw vast amounts of humor from its fish-out-of-water premise after all this time," says Gwen Inhat of the sixth and final season premiere. "But it’s the surprising bits of heart that emanate from the show that make it even more valuable, like Johnny’s growing paternal affection for his motel business partner Stevie (Emily Hampshire), which obviously means a lot to her, or Moira’s concern about what Roland’s wife Jocelyn (Jennifer Robertson) thinks about the Crows trailer (which itself makes the season a must-watch). Patrick has brought out sensitive sides of David that wouldn’t have even seemed possible at the start of the series. Not every plotline’s a winner, but Alexis adapting her party-girl skills to social media and wedding planning is an absolute hoot, as is a setup that involves Stevie and David competing for the same job. Even an initially awkward situation between Patrick and David gets amped up by going viral. The continued excellence of Schitt’s Creek makes it even more painful that this sweet, funny show will soon end. But the preparations for Patrick and David’s wedding and the renewed question of whether or not the Roses will stay put establish steady footing for the portions of season six that follow the episodes screened for critics. The family once greeted such an opportunity for escape with giddy enthusiasm; five seasons on, they know they’d be parting with so much more than a piece of real estate Johnny once bought for David as a joke. The feeling, from the other side of the screen, is mutual."

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• Dan Levy looked to Friends, Sex and the City and Six Feet Under for inspiration for the final season: “The common thread was, ‘Give the audience what they want but also give them something new and expected that doesn’t feel outside of the show," he says. "If I do my job properly the first episode of our show and the last episode of our show will not feel that different from one another.”
  Dan Levy says making a positive sitcom is harder than a negative one: “I felt like there was this wave of comedy that was really mean-spirited for a while,” says Levy. “I never responded to that. It’s a lot more challenging to make well-intentioned comedy.”
  Eugene Levy praises his son for Schitt's Creek becoming a beacon for LGBTQ viewers: The elder Levy said that his son’s “sensibility has really carried the show into a lovely area of recognition, in terms of critical recognition, in terms of emotional recognition, what he’s done for the LGBTQ community.” Dan Levy adds: "I want to feel like I’m putting something out into the world that’s of consequence. It is a comedy, but there’s a bit of weight to it. In our own little way we’re taking a stand.”
  Six seasons in, the characters have become more vulnerable than they used to be, and on Schitt's Creek there is no taking a big leap without vulnerability
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  Behind the scenes of Schitt's Creek as the cast filmed the series finale: "It’s hard,” Eugene Levy said at the time. “But you can’t go there. You can really slow down the day. You’ve got to redo makeup. Touch up the eyes again.”
  Schitt's Creek has always been Stevie's story: "Five years ago, the bougie Rose family landed in a podunk town and moved into a motel, and the series seemingly functions under the premise that they'd do anything to get out," says Justin Kirkland. "But as the finale nears, the Roses are more adjusted than they've been in years. The only person who needs out of is the one character who was always bigger than the town that raised her. Schitt's Creek has always been about Stevie Budd, the flannel-wearing receptionist-turned-motel owner."
  Emily Hampshire says the final season will "rip your heart out"
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Dan Levy: Schitt's Creek's final season gives fans what they want, including Moira's best outfit

"This last season, we did write it as a love letter to our fans and characters," Dan Levy told TV Guide at the TV press tour. "So obviously, when you are playing a little more attention to fan expectation, of course we are going to ramp up the clothes. Of course we are going to, you know, give the people what they want."

ALSO:

• Levy on a Schitt's Creek revival: "Of course I’d be open to anything"
  Levy on concluding Schitt's Creek: "It surpassed all my expectations. 80% was how I pictured in my head and 20% was magic"