Period dramas have been a staple of the offerings from cable channel AMC, from Mad Men to Turn: Washington’s Spies, and that group includes Halt and Catch Fire, a period piece set against the birth of Silicon Valley.
The drama is all about the personal computer revolution and follows a group from Texas to the Silicon Valley in California, and the third season finale is set to air.
In the run-up to that finale, AMC has announced a renewal for a fourth season of the show, but at the same time confirmed that fourth season will be the final one.
“We are so proud of ‘Halt and Catch Fire’ – a true passion project – and thank the critics and fans who have embraced this unique program,” said Charlie Collier, president of AMC, SundanceTV and AMC Studios. “Congratulations and thanks to creators and showrunners Christopher Cantwell and Christopher C. Rogers and to Halt’s enormously talented writing team, producers, cast and crew. It is our great pleasure to renew this project for a fourth and final season, so we can all tune in to see if Cameron, Donna and the rest of the gang turn Swap Meet into eBay, Amazon or Facebook.”
The shows producers offered no hint at exactly how the show will actually end, and with season three not completely wrapped up that shouldn’t be a surprise.
“First off, we’ve been incredibly fortunate to have a creative partner in AMC that has nurtured us from new writers into showrunners over these past three seasons. It has been our great privilege to watch the world of ‘Halt and Catch Fire’ expand and mature in that time, powered by our incredible cast, our exceptional crew, our absurdly talented writers, and our producing partners at Gran Via, all of whom have come to feel like our family,” Cantwell and Rogers said. “In this fourth and final season, we are excited to end the show on its own terms and to give our story, these characters, and our fans the conclusion they so richly deserve.”
The final season is scheduled to include just a 10-episode run, but no timetable for its actual filming or release of the episodes.
[Variety]
