‘Julia’ Canceled By Max After 2 Seasons

Nellie Andreeva
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Max is not proceeding with a third season of its comedy-drama Julia. The decision comes a couple of weeks after the Season 2 finale of the Julia Child series was released Dec. 21.

Chris Keyser served as showrunner on Julia, which was created by Daniel Goldfarb, who wrote the pilot, and stars Sarah Lancashire as The French Chef creator.

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“We are so honored to have partnered with Chris Keyser, Daniel Goldfarb and their masterful creative team and dynamic cast, led by Sarah Lancashire, as they cooked up Julia,” a rep for Max said in a statement. “Thanks to their beautiful work over two seasons of this heartful, sensual, and inspiring show, we can forever celebrate the incredible legacy of Julia Child.”

Julia’s main cast includes two Frasier/Cheers alums, David Hyde Pierce and Bebe Neuwirth. Pierce has said that he has no interest in reprising his role as Niles in the Frasier reboot on Paramount+, which is looking good for a second season renewal, while Neuwirth returned as Lilith in a Season 1 episode.

Still, the end of Julia makes them available, creating possibilities.

Julia is inspired by Child’s life and her long-running television series, The French Chef, which pioneered the popular cooking-show genre. Through Julia and her singular can-do spirit, the series explores an evolving time in American history: the emergence of public television as a new social institution, feminism and the women’s movement, the nature of celebrity and America’s cultural growth. At its heart, the series is a portrait of a loving marriage with an evolving and complicated power dynamic.

Brittany Bradford, Fran Kranz, Fiona Glascott and Robert Joy also star, with Judith Light, Isabella Rossellini and James Cromwell among the recurring guest cast.

Julia was produced by Lionsgate and 3 Arts Entertainment. Keyser and Goldfarb executive produced alongside Erwin Stoff of 3 Arts Entertainment, Kimberly Carver, pilot director Charles McDougall and Erica Lipez. Todd Schulkin was a Consulting Producer on behalf of The Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts.

“Julia Child tends to make people happy,” EPs Keyser and Goldfarb said at the time of the Season 2 renewal in 2022. “In a bleak world, she is a welcome balm. Making this show has done the same for us. Working with our cast — with Sarah and David — our production team, writers, directors and editors, who have become our friends, makes us happy. In the language of Julia, it feeds our souls.”

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