PBS Sets 'Guilt' Season 3 Debut, Will Be the Show's Final Season

The BBC Scotland series Guilt was initially scooped up by Masterpiece in the summer of 2020 out of an abundance of caution by the anthology series executive producer Suzanne Simpson. It was part of a group of shows Simpson picked up the rights for to make sure there was programming during the spring and summer of 2021, just in case the filming disruptions from COVID were longer than the initial delay estimates suggested. It was a smart move; those programs turned out to be Masterpiece's main program offerings for the first half of 2021, with Guilt Season 1 closing out the summer schedule.

Guilt proved popular enough with Masterpiece audiences at the time that the anthology scooped up Season 2 from the BBC as well and once again aired it at the end of the summer of 2022. Both seasons aired across Labor Day, with Season 1 airing its four episodes in two two-hour installments on either side of the holiday, and Season 2 as three parts, two one-hour episodes and then a two-hour finale.

However, while Guilt Season 3 aired on the BBC in April 2023 and Masterpiece assured fans it was bringing it over, summer 2023 closed out without a sign of the Scottish comedy and no news about its premiere as 2024 rolled in. It turned out Masterpiece was holding the show until Spring 2024, where, for the first time, the series will air as four one-hour episode installments. The series will directly follow the romantic drama Alice & Jack in the 10 p.m. ET slot on PBS linear and debut on streaming the same day.