When Does Suburgatory Season 4 Come Out? Is It Renewed?

What is Suburgatory about?

Suburgatory works as a culture-clash comedy because it actually believes in the clash. When George moves his cynical teenage daughter from Manhattan to the suburbs, the show doesn't pretend the suburbs are secretly great or that Tessa's snobbery was wrong all along. Instead, it commits fully to the idea that both perspectives have merit and that the real comedy lives in watching people who genuinely don't understand each other try to coexist. Jane Levy carries the show with a deadpan delivery that makes Tessa's horror at suburban rituals feel earned rather than scripted, while Jeremy Sisto grounds the setup by playing a father who's clearly in over his head but determined to make this work.

The show's distinct voice comes from its willingness to mock its own premise without ever winking at the camera. The caricatures of suburban mothers are broad, yes, but they're given actual personalities and reasonable motivations. Cheryl Hines, in particular, steals scenes as Dallas Royce, the queen bee mom who could have been a one-note villain but instead becomes someone you almost root for. The comedy often lands precisely because the show recognizes that real people exist beneath the stereotypes.

ABC's audience found enough to like that the network gave the show three seasons, which is respectable for a comedy that relies heavily on a somewhat tired premise. It never became a critical darling or a water-cooler phenomenon, but it built a steady viewership of people who appreciated its balance between sharp writing and genuine heart. The 7.2 IMDb rating suggests it attracted a devoted core audience even if the broader culture didn't particularly care.

The show sits comfortably in the mid-tier of fish-out-of-water comedies, never reaching the heights of its best-case comps but avoiding the trap of becoming mean-spirited or hollow. What keeps it from being forgotten is that Levy and Sisto have genuine chemistry as a father and daughter trying to meet each other halfway, and the show's willingness to let both of them be right sometimes.

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Is Suburgatory renewed or cancelled?

Why was Suburgatory cancelled?

Suburgatory arrived on ABC in 2011 with a solid premise and a capable cast, but it never quite found the audience size that networks demand to justify keeping a comedy on the air. The show's satire of suburban life and upper-middle-class anxiety had merit, and critics gave it a respectable 7.2 rating on IMDb, but critical approval does not translate automatically into viewership. By its third season, the show was pulling in ratings that made it increasingly difficult for ABC to justify its slot in their primetime schedule, especially against the other comedies competing for the same demographic.

The cancellation also reflected a broader shift in how networks were managing their comedy lineups around 2014. ABC was recalibrating its strategy, and shows that failed to build momentum or capture ratings growth—rather than decline—were the first to go. Suburgatory had its audience, but that audience was not large enough or growing enough to warrant renewal. The network made the decision to end the show after three seasons, giving it a definitive endpoint in May 2014 rather than leaving it in limbo. It was a clean break, but one driven by the economics of broadcast television rather than any creative decision from the show's producers.

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