Comedy

When Does The Boss Season 5 Come Out? Is It Renewed?

The Boss Season 5 doesn't have an official release date yet. Based on the roughly 13-month gap between previous seasons, expect it around May 2027.

IMDb

8.1/10

Seasons

4

Episodes

32

The Boss poster

Diagnostics

Network
Disney+
Genres
Comedy, Drama
First aired
2022-10-26
Last aired
2026-04-30
Runtime
Rated
TV-MA

Awards 6 wins & 13 nominations total

Predictive Logic Analysis

The Boss has a lot going for it on paper. An 8.1 on IMDb from over 6,000 votes is a genuinely good score for a comedy-drama, and 6 wins from 19 award nominations suggests the show has earned some critical recognition. Season 4 just finished airing as of April 2026, so there has been no meaningful gap yet that would signal the platform is quietly letting it die. Trakt active watchers sit at roughly 5,200 with steady momentum, and Wikipedia pageviews are trending upward, both pointing to a maintained audience rather than a fading one.

The one internal warning sign is the season-over-season ratings dip: Season 3 averaged 7.3 versus 7.8 the season before. That said, the within-season trajectory was rising across Season 3's 25 rated episodes, which suggests viewers who stuck around were rewarding what they saw. At 32 total episodes across four seasons, the show has had a relatively compact run, which typically gives a platform less reason to cut it than a sprawling, expensive series would. Disney+ tends to make renewal decisions fairly quickly after a season wraps, so a signal one way or the other should come within the next few months. The lack of any renewal or cancellation news right now likely just reflects how recently Season 4 ended.

What is The Boss about?

Guillermo Francella plays Eliseo, a building superintendent who has convinced himself he runs the place. He's polite to residents' faces, fixes their leaks, listens to their problems, and generally performs the role of helpful staff. Behind closed doors, he schemes to control them. When a new pool project threatens his position, Eliseo's paranoia and manipulative instincts go into overdrive. The show mines real comedy from the gap between how he sees himself (indispensable operator, master strategist) and what he actually is (a middle-aged man obsessed with keeping a job that may not even be in danger).

The Argentine series has the texture of a dark workplace comedy, though the workplace is really just the hallways and apartments of one building. Francella delivers a performance of meticulous pettiness. He doesn't play Eliseo as a cartoon villain but as someone who genuinely believes his meddling is benevolent, that he knows better than the residents what they need. The show finds humor in the specifics of his failures: a plan that backfires because he misunderstood one detail, a manipulation that collapses under its own contradictions. There's something both funny and sad about watching him scurry around convinced he's a puppet master when he's mostly just making things worse.

The show has found an audience on Disney+ and maintained strong viewer ratings across its four seasons. Critics have responded well to Francella's performance and the show's willingness to sit with uncomfortable character dynamics rather than resolve them tidily. It operates in a mode similar to other character studies that find humor in delusion and social anxiety, though with a distinctly Latin American sensibility about class, hierarchy, and the small humiliations of service work.

What keeps The Boss engaging across multiple seasons is that it doesn't need grand plots. A new neighbor moving in, a maintenance issue, a resident's casual comment about efficiency, someone else getting hired for a better job: these are enough to send Eliseo into a tailspin of defensive scheming. The show understands that for someone like him, everything feels like a threat.

Created by Mariano Cohn, Gastón Duprat

Themes

manipulationbuenos aires, argentinaapartment buildingschemingbuilding superintendent

Is The Boss renewed or cancelled?

Working toward renewal

high

Season 4 aired as recently as April 2026, so no concerning gap has developed yet

medium

Strong IMDb rating of 8.1 from 6,356 votes

medium

Within-season ratings trajectory rising across Season 3, suggesting audience retention among active viewers

medium

6 award wins and 13 nominations, indicating some critical standing

low

Trakt active watchers steady at ~5,246 with stable momentum

low

Wikipedia pageview trend rising, corroborating continued audience interest

Working against it

high

No renewal or cancellation signals published; verdict relies entirely on metadata

medium

Season-over-season episode rating dip (7.3 vs 7.8 prior season)

medium

Disney+ has an inconsistent renewal record with smaller comedy-dramas

The Boss Season 5 Release Date

If a fifth season is greenlit, realistically it would not arrive until sometime in 2027. Disney+ originals in this mold typically take 12 to 18 months from renewal announcement to premiere, accounting for production scheduling, post-production, and the platform's release calendar. Season 4 wrapped at the end of April 2026, so even an optimistic timeline puts a renewal announcement in late 2026 at the earliest, with the new season following roughly a year after that. Without a confirmed renewal, any more specific timing is speculative.

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Best & worst episodes

The Boss seasons

Season 12022 · 11 ep
  • 1. A Dangerous Project2022-10-26 · ★ 7.4
  • 2. A Sympathetic Move2022-10-26 · ★ 7.5
  • 3. A Tourist in Buenos Aires2022-10-26 · ★ 7.6
  • 4. A Lover for Zambrano2022-10-26 · ★ 7.5
  • 5. Surprise Visit2022-10-26 · ★ 7.7
  • 6. Night Driver2022-10-26 · ★ 7.6
  • 7. Therapeutic Companion2022-10-26 · ★ 7.4
  • 8. Sabotage in the Engine Room2022-10-26 · ★ 7.7
  • 9. The Squatter in 5B2022-10-26 · ★ 7.6
  • 10. The Moment of Truth2022-10-26 · ★ 7.7
  • 11. The Phoenix2022-10-26 · ★ 8.0
Season 22023 · 7 ep
  • 1. A Woman of Solidarity2023-11-29 · ★ 7.6
  • 2. An Unexpected Alliance2023-11-29 · ★ 7.6
  • 3. Just a Little Scare2023-11-29 · ★ 7.7
  • 4. The Last Goodbye2023-11-29 · ★ 7.8
  • 5. Surprise Occurrence2023-11-29 · ★ 7.8
  • 6. Medical Assessment2023-11-29 · ★ 8.2
  • 7. Olives for Everyone2023-11-29 · ★ 8.2
Season 32024 · 7 ep
  • 1. The Convention2024-07-19 · ★ 7.0
  • 2. Basurto Integrated Solutions2024-07-19 · ★ 7.3
  • 3. Well Then...2024-07-26 · ★ 7.2
  • 4. A Second Chance2024-08-02 · ★ 7.4
  • 5. A Peck on the Lips2024-08-09 · ★ 7.4
  • 6. Supercide2024-08-16 · ★ 7.4
  • 7. Eliseo Versus the Argentine State2024-08-23 · ★ 7.6
Season 42026 · 7 ep
  • 1. A Million Bucks2026-04-30
  • 2. Basurto Operation2026-04-30
  • 3. Restraining Order2026-04-30
  • 4. Flat Broke2026-04-30
  • 5. The Heir2026-04-30
  • 6. The Last Wish2026-04-30
  • 7. The Bosses' Heaven2026-04-30

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The Boss cast

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Guillermo Francella

Guillermo Francella

Eliseo

Gabriel Goity

Gabriel Goity

Matías Zambrano

Darío Barassi

Darío Barassi

Gabriel

Gastón Cocchiarale

Gastón Cocchiarale

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AI Verdict

Likely Renewed62%low confidence
62%renewal
renewal probability
Verdict history45% → 62%
May 16May 26

There are no official renewal signals for The Boss on Disney+, so this verdict rests on show metadata and general platform patterns. The fundamentals are reasonably solid: a strong IMDb rating, a fourth season that just finished airing, and steady audience engagement on Trakt. The absence of any cancellation news is a mild positive, but Disney+ has a mixed track record with international or niche comedies, so nothing is certain.

Live signals

5.2K watching on Traktsteady

Interest rising

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    Frequently asked

    When does The Boss Season 5 come out?
    The Boss Season 5 doesn't have an official release date yet. Based on the roughly 13-month gap between previous seasons, expect it around May 2027.
    Is The Boss renewed or cancelled?
    There are no official renewal signals for The Boss on Disney+, so this verdict rests on show metadata and general platform patterns. The fundamentals are reasonably solid: a strong IMDb rating, a fourth season that just finished airing, and steady audience engagement on Trakt. The absence of any cancellation news is a mild positive, but Disney+ has a mixed track record with international or niche comedies, so nothing is certain.
    How many seasons of The Boss are there?
    The Boss has aired 4 seasons so far.
    How many episodes of The Boss are there?
    There are 32 episodes of The Boss across 4 seasons.
    Who created The Boss?
    The Boss was created by Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat.
    Where can I watch The Boss?
    The Boss is available to stream on Disney Plus and Hulu.
    What is The Boss's IMDb rating?
    The Boss holds an IMDb rating of 8.1/10 from 6,356 votes.