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FX Renews 'The Bear' for Season 5
- FX renewed The Bear for a fifth season on July 1, 2025, with the new season set to premiere in 2026.
- The renewal followed mixed reactions to season 4, which faced criticism over pacing and a perceived lack of a propulsive plot.
- Season 4 depicted chef Carmy and his staff racing to save their restaurant, focusing on character developments including Richie and Sydney.
- The Bear has won 21 Emmys, including two for Jeremy Allen White and two for Ebon Moss-Bachrach, highlighting its critical acclaim.
- The show's continued production suggests hope it can regain earlier strengths despite season 4's tonal and structural criticisms.
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‘The Bear’ EP Joanna Calo Gives Writer Scott Frank a Shoutout While Accepting Nantucket Film Festival Award: ‘Smartest Writer That Ever Lived’
At the 2025 Nantucket Film Festival, Joanna Calo was one of the three writers honored during the event’s signature celebration, Screenwriters Tribute, hosted by Michael Ian Black. Calo, a writer on “The Bear” and “Thunderbolts*,” received the Excellence in Television Writing award, presented by “The Bear” star Lionel Boyce; “Andor” creator Tony Gilroy was honored by the Visionary Storyteller Award, presented by writer/director Scott Frank; and…
'Everything in life is just for a while': On The Bear Season 4 and the passage of time
I know why a lot of you watch FX’s The Bear. What you most want to see from creator Christopher Storer’s nerve-shredding character study about a chef who comes home to save his family’s Chicago sandwich shop is the unbridled kitchen chaos. The sharp-tongued banter, the non-stop barrage of orders, the clattering pans, the battle cries of “Yes, chef!” and the general pressure-cooker intensity that made the show a sensation to begin with. But when …
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