Here's Why 'The Sinner' Won't Get a Season 5 on Netflix
The fourth season of The Sinner just debuted on Netflix, but don’t expect there to be a fifth season of the popular series.
The Sinner is an anthology series produced by Jessica Biel, who also starred in the first season alongside series regular Bill Pullman.
Pullman is the only actor to have appeared in all four seasons of the show, which originally aired on the USA Network. Each season of the show debuted on Netflix a year after it premiered on cable television.
Season four originally aired on TV back in October 2021 through December 2021 and now it’s available to binge watch on Netflix.
Click inside to find out why there won’t be a fifth season…
USA Network made the decision to cancel The Sinner in the middle of the fourth season.
Deadline reported that “it became increasingly challenging for premium scripted series to be sustained by the linear ad-supported cable business model.” The network made the decision to shift away from scripted programming and move toward live and unscripted programming. The Chucky series reboot is now the only scripted series remaining on USA Network.
“It’s been a huge pleasure and a privilege to be able to tell the kind of stories we have on The Sinner these past four seasons,” said creator and executive producer Derek Simonds back in November 2021. “UCP and USA have been ideal partners and continually supportive of our creative goals, and I’m so pleased to complete Harry Ambrose’s dramatic series-long arc as we intended in this final season. A huge thank you to my partner-in-crime, Bill Pullman, and to the talented actors, writers, directors, and crew who gave their all to help realize this show. It’s been an incredible journey.”
For the first time ever, there were two main actors who returned for an additional season of The Sinner in season four.