HBO Confirms Popular TV Show Ending With Series Three

Euphoria is officially ending after its third season, HBO has confirmed. This comes after months of speculation that this could be the last time we see Rue, Cassie, Maddie and friends. Now, it's official.

After seven years, three seasons and 26 episodes, the show's creator, writer and director Sam Levinson announced on Popcast, The New York Times' music podcast, that the show will not return for a fourth series. "In terms of the story that we set out to tell, which is a story about addiction and its consequences, this feels like the end to me," he explained.

Speaking with Joe Coscarelli in an interview with the Timesbefore the latest season premiered, Levinson admits he writes "every season like it's the last," and hesitated when asked about a fourth season. "I don't know," Levinson replied. "As of right now, all I want to do is hang out with my wife and kids and read some Elmore Leonard and watch ‘Mrs. Miniver' again."

The news that this is it for the show won't be a surprise to anyone who follows the cast of Euphoria. Zendaya has previously stated that she believed the show would not continue after the third series. Per Variety, the Dune actress told Drew Barrymore on her chat show that she believed the show would only run for three seasons. "That closure is coming," she told Barrymore.

The HBO show followed a group of high schoolers in California. The third season time jumped to the group as adults and explored sex work, drug addiction and human trafficking. It made stars of its cast, with Zendaya, Jacob Elordi, Colman Domingo and Sydney Sweeney going on to have huge careers.

The show's last episode was not the most universally loved with Page Six declaring it "tawdry, tasteless, and squandering its all-star cast with ludicrous writing."

Levinson explained to The New York Times that the show's story is "a tragic one in the end - but it's also the truth."

"If you are experimenting or taking drugs today, it's very possible it'll kill you," he said of the ultimate message of the show, which feature multiple character deaths.

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This story was originally published June 1, 2026 at 4:15 AM.