{"id":40335,"date":"2025-08-01T21:54:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T21:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/40335\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T21:54:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T21:54:08","slug":"and-just-like-that-abruptly-ending-with-season-3-following-widespread-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/40335\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;And Just Like That&#8217; abruptly ending with Season 3 following widespread criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And Just Like That \u2026 it was over.<\/p>\n<p>Showrunner Michael Patrick King made the surprise announcement that the HBO series, \u201cAnd Just Like That\u2026,\u201d will end after three seasons.<\/p>\n<p>The show was <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/05\/20\/style\/and-just-like-that-fans-baffled-by-sarah-jessica-parkers-unhinged-hat\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">often maligned<\/a> and seen by some as inferior to its predecessor, \u201cSex and the City.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd Just Like That\u2026\u201d will be wrapping up after three seasons. HBO<\/p>\n<p>Showrunner Michael Patrick King announced the news. HBO<\/p>\n<p>King explained that as he was writing the season three finale, \u201cit became clear to me that this might be a wonderful place to stop.\u201d HBO<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DM0Xlboxx1L\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">statement released on Friday<\/a>, King shared that as he was writing the last episode, \u201cit became clear to me that this might be a wonderful place to stop\u201d the \u201cSATC\u201d revival series.<\/p>\n<p>He also explained that he and the show\u2019s star, Sarah Jessica Parker, had delayed announcing the news \u201cbecause we didn\u2019t want the word \u2018final\u2019 to overshadow the fun of watching the season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>King ended the statement, which was shared as a joint post on the show and HBO Max\u2019s accounts, with a message of thanks.<\/p>\n<p>King noted his \u201cgreat gratitude\u201d to all the fans of the show. AndJustLikeThat\/X<\/p>\n<p>He also added that he and Sarah Jessica Parker had delayed the announcement \u201cbecause we didn\u2019t want the word \u2018final\u2019 to overshadow the fun of watching the season.\u201d AP<\/p>\n<p>Parker, 60, who has <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/06\/18\/entertainment\/sarah-jessica-parker-reveals-hardest-part-of-sex-and-the-city-role\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">played Carrie Bradshaw<\/a> on and off since 1998, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DM0bTX3M_sx\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">posted a video reel <\/a>of Carrie through the years.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside it, she wrote a heartfelt extended caption noting that Bradshaw \u201cdevoted herself to hats, books, shoes, friends and the promise of a new day in her beloved city and the people she treasured most. She has worn shame, pride, honor, optimism and literally countless dresses, skirts, tutus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The actress noted that the now iconic character \u201chas dominated my professional heartbeat for 27 years\u201d and confessed that \u201cI have loved her most of all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The series followed three of the \u201cSex and the City\u201d characters. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Kim Cattrall, who played Samantha Jones, declined to take part in the show. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>She added, \u201cThe symphony of all those emotions has been the greatest soundtrack and most consequential companion. Therefore the most sentimental and profound gratitude and lifetime of debt. To you all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Parker went on to call \u201cAJLT,\u201d \u201call joy, adventure, the greatest kind of hard work alongside the most extraordinary talent of 380 that includes all the brilliant actors who joined us. I am better for every single day I spent with you. It will be forever before I forget. The whole thing. Thank you all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a post on her Instagram Stories, Kristin Davis shared King\u2019s statement and wrote: \u201cI am profoundly sad,\u201d she wrote. \u201cI love our whole beautiful cast and crew. 400 artisans working so hard on our show with deep love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She did film a brief cameo for the second season. Craig Blankenhorn\/HBO<\/p>\n<p>Parker posted an Instagram reel of Carrie Bradshaw through the years after the announcement.  AP<\/p>\n<p>Cynthia Nixon did not comment but did share the statement on her Instagram Stories.<\/p>\n<p>The first season of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/06\/26\/style\/and-just-like-that-costume-designers-talk-season-3-viral-memes-and-fan-backlash\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">And Just Like That<\/a>\u201d was billed as a one-off miniseries. However, a second season was ordered up soon after its February 2022 finale.<\/p>\n<p>It followed the travails of Parker, Davis and Nixon\u2019s characters as they navigated more serious topics like death, alcoholism, gender and aging.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The new series tackled a host of more serious topics. AP<\/p>\n<p>The show received mixed reviews. AP<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/07\/01\/kim-cattrall-says-and-just-like-that-cameo-is-as-far-as-shell-go\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Noticeably absent was Kim Cattrall<\/a>, who played Samantha Jones, in the original series. Cattrall did appear in a brief cameo in the second season.<\/p>\n<p>This season has seen Bradshaw break up with her boyfriend, Aidan Shaw, played by John Corbett.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/02\/05\/sara-ramirez-addresses-backlash-to-che-diaz-on-ajlt\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sometimes controversial series<\/a> received mixed reviews. It came under a storm of criticism in Season 1 for the inclusion of Che, a non-binary character, played by Sara Ramirez, who was later written off.<\/p>\n<p>Fans were also irked by a script blunder this season when Lisa Todd Wexley\u2019s (Nicole Ari Parker) father seemingly died twice.<\/p>\n<p>The finale of \u201cAnd Just Like That\u2026\u201d will premiere Aug. 14 on Max.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"And Just Like That \u2026 it was over. 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