Groundbreaking drama Pose will end with its third season

Pose will end after its upcoming third season. 

The groundbreaking drama, which told the stories of the drag ball culture of New York City’s LGBTQ+ and gender nonconforming Black and Latino community, premiered in 2018 to critical acclaim, and its second season aired in 2019.

However, after being nominated for multiple Emmys and Golden Globes, it will come to an end after a shortened third season.

Co-creator Ryan Murphy said: ‘We got to tell the exact story we wanted, as we wanted to tell it, and I’m incredibly honoured and grateful. Pose’s story may end in 1996, but its impact will go on forever.

‘Pose has been one of the creative highlights of my entire career. From the very beginning when Steven Canals and I sat down to hear his vision and ideas for the show, it has been a passion project. To go from the beginning of my career in the late 90s when it was nearly impossible to get an LGBTQ character on television to Pose — which will go down in history for having the largest LGBTQ cast of all time — is a truly full circle moment for me.’

Fellow creator and writer Brad Falchuk added: ‘I am more proud of this show than anything else I have created – or ever will create. I’m so grateful to have been a part of it.’

Co-creator Steven Canals said that Pose was borne of the idea that he should write the TV show he wanted to watch.

He said: ‘At the time we weren’t seeing very many Black and Latinx characters — that happened to also be LGBTQ+ — populating screens. And so I wrote the first draft of a pilot the “younger me” deserved.

‘Pose was conceived as a love letter to the underground NY ballroom community, to my beloved New York, to my queer & trans family, to myself. I, along with my incredible collaborators, never intended on changing the TV landscape. I simply wanted to tell an honest story about family, resilience, and love. How fortunate am I to have done that for three seasons.

‘I’m filled with gratitude to our intrepid writers, cast, crew, and producers who worked tirelessly to make Pose come to life, humbled by our loyal audience, thankful to the ballroom community who trusted us to tell their story, overwhelmed by the critics who warmly embraced us, and forever indebted to Ryan Murphy, FX, and 20th Television for changing my life.’

The third and final season will begin on May 2 on FX with its first two episodes, and its seven episode run will end on June 6. 

The last season will be set in 1994, and ballroom feels like a distant memory for Blanca (Mj Rodriguez) who struggles to balance being a mother with being a partner to her new love, and her latest role as a nurse’s aide. 

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