Please Like Me

  • NewsEntertainment Weekly

    ‘Please Like Me’ is over, creator Josh Thomas confirms

    Please Like Me‘s fourth season was its last, creator and star Josh Thomas announced in a note posted to Twitter Thursday. The Australia-set Please Like Me begins with Thomas’ character (also named Josh) and his girlfriend (Reign’s Caitlin Stasey) breaking up before he comes out as gay. “This show is so intensely personal, it recreates the most intimate moments of my life and lays them out for anyone to watch,” Thomas said on Twitter.

  • NewsDeadline

    ‘Please Like Me’ Renewed For Season 4 On Pivot

    <strong>EXCLUSIVE:</strong> Pivot has given a Season 4 greenlight to <em>Please Like Me</em>, Josh Thomas’ coming-of-age comedy from Australia. Production gets under way this week in Melbourne on the six-episode new season, which will premiere November 10. Creator-writer-director Thomas stars as Josh alongside Thomas Ward, Caitlin Stasey, Emily Barclay, Debra Lawrance, Hannah Gadsby, Keegan Joyce, David Roberts and Renee Lim. Watch Thomas and Ward make the announcement above. In Season 3, Josh'

  • NewsYahoo TV Staff

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  • NewsMandi Bierly

    'Please Like Me': Behind the Scenes of the Season 3 Finale Christmas Episode

    Like all family holiday meals, the one we’ll see on Please Like Me’s Christmas episode Friday night is going to be awkward, hilarious, and, just maybe, a bit heartbreaking. The second half-hour, “Trifle,” finds Josh hosting a Christmas day lunch for his mum, dad, Mae, and Hannah… and Tom, Ella, Claire, and Arnold. As you can see in the exclusive clip above, it doesn’t get off to a good start when Arnold drops the gravy.

  • NewsMandi Bierly

    'Please Like Me' Sneak Peek: Cue Johnzilla

    Please Like Me, the Aussie comedy now in its third season on Pivot, is known for many things: not shying away from issues normally reserved for dramas (mental health, divorce, an unexpected pregnancy); Josh (played by creator Josh Thomas) showing his support through cooking and baking; surprising uses of music (last episode’s “Someone Like You” singalong to honor the late rooster Adele before they ate “her,” for instance); and, of course, John, Josh’s dog.  Related: ‘Please Like Me’: Behind the

  • NewsMandi Bierly

    'Please Like Me': Behind the 'Chandelier' Moment

    As Arnold (Keegan Joyce) contemplated coming out to his family, Josh (Josh Thomas) and Tom (Thomas Ward) literally staged a rehearsal of how the scene should go, complete with Arnold singing a rendition of Sia’s “Chandelier,” and Josh’s dad (David Roberts), playing the role of Arnold’s disapproving father, having a change of heart as the song reached its crescendo. It’s sort of like I’m undercutting it: We’re pretending that we are not doing it,” Thomas says.

  • NewsEthan Alter

    What To Binge This Weekend: You're Sure to Like 'Please Like Me'

    Mum requires supervision to alleviate her depression, while Dad (David Roberts) is in mid-life crisis mode. Meanwhile, Josh’s best friend and roommate, Tom (Thomas Ward), is having his own romantic issues with a stream of girlfriends that have included the polarizing Niamh (Nikita Leigh-Pritchard), Josh’s own ex, Claire (Caitlin Stasey), and an 18-year-old high school student.