'Big Boys' Renewed for Third & Final Season

Big Boys, the smash hit Channel 4 series that initially debuted in 2022 but didn’t manage to cross the pond until Season 2 won BAFTAs, will sadly draw to a close with Season 3. The 2010s-set sitcom began in Season 1 as “a silly, sweet comedy about two boys from very different ends of the ‘spectrum of masculinity’ who become best mates at Brent Uni freshers’ week 2013;” however, graduation is coming, and all good things must come to an end. For Americans who only just discovered the series on Hulu, it’s a swift turnaround from “amazing new show” to “show that is now over.” On the other hand, considering this is a world where people waited four years for a new episode of Severance, one should not complain when handed this sort of television efficiency.

Big Boys creator Jack Rooke, who based the series on his own experiences leaving home to attend school for the first time, released a statement with the announcement that sounds less like he’s sorry to see it go and more like he’s excited for the series to exit while still at the top of its game:

“Ten years ago, I took a rather ramshackle comedy-theatre hour about grief and friendship to a damp cave at the Edinburgh Fringe and never thought a decade later it’d be a silly, sweet lil sitcom about a lad’s lad and a dweeby gay becoming best mates," Rooke said. "My therapist (a close lesbian friend) suggested that Big Boys is subconsciously about me not being able to say a proper goodbye to certain people or periods of my life, and so to give this show a final send-off is a huge honor. I’ve known the ending since the pilot, and I hope it still represents those first Edinburgh shows and the collaborative genius of our incredible cast, crew, and creative team. I’ll always be indebted to them for giving me the funniest, happiest years making Big Boys 1-3. Thank you!”