Girls Returns to HBO with Lena Dunham, Original Cast: All the Details
Lena Dunham Says Adam Driver Threw a Chair, Screamed at Her While Filming ‘Girls’
Let’s celebrate the girls who took a risk and put herself out there creatively
After all, Lena Dunham, Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke and Zosia Mamet will be reprising their roles in five-episode revival of the HBO show.
“We always said we would only return to Girls if there was a specific story we were burning to tell," Dunham, who also created the series, shared in an Oct. 13 press release. "I've missed these characters, but for a long time I couldn’t quite picture them in the present day."
The actress said the comedy's iconic characters—Hannah Horvath (Dunham), Marnie Michaels (Williams), Jessa Johansson (Kirke) and Shoshanna Shapiro (Mamet) as well as Andrew Rannells’ Elijah Krantz "started talking to me in the shower" around her 40th birthday in May.
"And, as you may remember, once this fivesome starts talking it’s pretty hard to get them to stop," Dunham continued. "It’s rare that you get the chance to return to something that changed your life with the gift of hindsight and a whole new level of gratitude and understanding."
To mark the occasion, Dunham and her former castmates reunited in an Oct. 13 video announcing the revival.
"Would you want to do Girls again next summer?" Dunham asked the group in the clip, to which Rannells jokingly replied, "I'm in, but only because you trash cans need constant supervision."
Production on the revival will start in 2027, 10 years after Girls' five-season run ended with Dunham's character moving out of New York City and giving birth to a baby boy named Grover.
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And since the finale, Dunham's real life has also seen plenty of changes. In addition to breaking off her professional relationship with Girls producer Jenni Konner in 2018, she married musician Luis Felber in 2021 and welcomed their first baby together, a girl, earlier this year.
She also recounted her time creating the voice of a generation—or at least a generation—in her memoir Famesick. In it, she doesn’t shy away from the ups and downs she had making the HBO hit, including costar Adam Driver's alleged "feral" outbursts on set.
“Adam screamed, ‘F--KING SAY SOMETHING’ and hurled a chair at the wall next to me,’” wrote Dunham, who at the time was dealing with dissociation as part of her undiagnosed endometriosis. “‘WAKE THE F--K UP,’ he told me. ‘I’M SICK OF WATCHING YOU JUST STARE.’”
In response to the claim, Driver—who played Dunham's onscreen boyfriend—said, “I have no comment on any of that. I’m saving it all for my book."
As the Girls cast prepare for the revival, keep reading to see what other TV shows have been renewed this year.
Netflix
RENEWED: The Hunting Wives
Netflix's juicy drama starring Malin Akerman and Brittany Snow will bring even more heat when season three debuts next year.
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RENEWED: Anna Pigeon
Tracy Spiridakos is back on the case as USA Network has renewed the drama for season two.
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RENEWED: Crew Girl
Netflix's teen drama will return for season two.
Apple TV
RENEWED: Imperfect Women
The Kerry Washington-led thriller was renewed for season two by Apple TV.
Netflix
RENEWED: A Different World
Netflix's reboot of the '90s college series will return for a sophomore year.
NBCUniversal
RENEWED: The Traitors
Attention Faithfuls and Traitors alike: Peacock has ordered three more seasons of the wickedly deceptive game show.
Apple TV
RENEWED: Slow Horses
Apple TV announced that Gary Oldman and crew will return for season eight of the spy drama.
Netflix
CANCELED: Ransom Canyon
The romance between Josh Duhamel's Staten and Minka Kelly's Quinn will end with season two as Netflix has canceled the drama, Deadline confirmed.
Apple TV
RENEWED & ENDING: Silo
The Apple TV sci-fi thriller will return with a fourth and final season in 2027.
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RENEWED: MobLand
Tom Hardy is reportedly set to return for season three of the Paramount+ drama.
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RENEWED: American Ninja Warrior
The NBC competition series will challenge more hopefuls with new and insane obstable courses during seasons 19 and 20.
Hulu/Disney
RENEWED: Furious
The new thriller starring Emmy Rossum will return for season two.
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RENEWED: Love Island USA
The Bombshells will be back.
Because Peacock's hit reality dating competition series will return for season nine with host Ariana Madix.
Disney
CANCELED: Not Suitable for Work
The Mindy Kaling-created series was not greenlit by Hulu for a second season after its June premiere.
Netflix
RENEWED: The Gentlemen
Guy Ritchie's Neflix drama was renewed for a third season ahead of its season two premiere Sept. 3.
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ENDING: Yellowjackets
The Showtime drama's upcoming fourth season, premiering Nov. 20, will be it's last.
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RENEWED: Sterling Point
Fans are headed back to Muskoka because Prime Video has renewed the teen drama for season two.
Netflix
RENEWED: America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
Consider this renewal news something to cheer about.
The Netflix reality series will return for a fourth season.
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RENEWED: Stuart Fails to Save the Universe
Bazinga! The Big Bang Theory spinoff will return with more time-traveling antics in season two on HBO Max.
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RENEWED: IT: Welcome to Derry
The HBO series based on Stephen King's terrifying clown killer will cause more nightmares when season two debuts.
Samsung TV Plus
RENEWED: Hooligans: The ARCH Racing Project
Samsung TV Plus greenlit a season two of the high-octane series, which follows Keanu Reeves and Gard Hollinger, riders Corey Alexander and Jeremy McWilliams, and their team as they rev up from building world-class machines to competing in the high-stakes world of professional racing in MotoAmerica, America’s premier motorcycle road racing series.
Starz
RENEWED: S.W.A.T. Exiles
Star Shemar Moore announced the S.W.A.T. spinoff was renewed for season two ahead of its season one premiere on Starz.
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RENEWED: The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives
MomTok survives to dance another day.
The hit Hulu reality series will be back for season six following a drama-plagued fifth season.
Peacock
RENEWED: The Five Star Weekend
The Peacock series based on Elin Hilderbrand's novel is booking another stay with news of a season two renewal.
Disney
RENEWED & ENDING: The Artful Dodger
The Australian drama will return for its third and final season on Hulu in 2027.
Paramount+
CANCELED: Colin From Accounts
The Paramount+ comedy returns for its third and final season Sept. 10.
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RENEWED: American Idol
The search for America's next music superstar continues when season 25 premieres next year.
AppleTV
ENDING: The Morning Show
Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston’s Apple TV series is officially coming to an end with its fifth season, set to premiere in 2027, the stars confirmed in a press release July 23.
“From the beginning, Apple has supported our vision for The Morning Show, and we feel so lucky to have had the opportunity to tell stories that reflect what’s happening in the world around us with a twist of dark humor,” Aniston, who plays Alex Levy, said. “It’s been such a privilege to work with this insanely talented cast, and our extraordinary writers, producers, and crew.”
Peacock
RENEWED: Love Island: Beyond the Villa
Follow Love Island USA's hottest Bombshells from season eight as they transition from the Villa back to real life on season three of Peacock's reality TV spinoff.
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RENEWED: Every Year After
The Prime Video television series based on Carley Fortune's Barry's Bay universe will return for a sophomore season.
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