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FX has not yet formally renewed Fargo season 6; season 5 ended broadcasting earlier this year on January 16th, and once more, reviewers and viewers have praised it. Historically, the network has taken its time before renewing Fargo, often spacing seasons several years apart. For instance, season five's formal renewal came almost two years after season 4 concluded in 2020.
In previous interviews, Hawley indicated interest and excitement in carrying on the anthology series for seasons to come and stated he hasn't ran out of fresh stories to share in Fargo. Of course, what's confusing things is that he's presently working on his Alien TV Series, also for FX, which is postponing the timing for a possible Fargo season 6. Based on his most recent remarks on the podcast, it appears as though FX is pushing Hawley to start straight into producing a second season of Alien, therefore postponing a sixth season of Fargo even more.
As development on his Alien TV series proceeds, Creator Noah Hawley tackles the Fargo season 6 delay. Designed by Hawley based on the 1996 film of the same name by the Coen brothers, every season of FX's anthology series follows a different narrative set in the American Midwest with mostly fresh cast and characters; season 5 finishing early this year Hawley is also the producer of another FX series based on a classic movie, the forthcoming Alien TV program, which is presently under filming and scheduled for first half of 2025.
Hawley discussed the Fargo season 6 delay during a recent visit on Deadline's podcast Crew Call with Anthony D'Alessandro as development on his Alien TV series is still under progress. Though time is different as the "scale of Alien dwarfs everything [he's] made before," the producer of both shows spoke of juggling two series in the past, Legion and Fargo. Hawley also implied that FX intends to start an Alien second season right away. He still doesn't know, though, what he will do following the completion of season one. Please find his whole comments below:
Given Fargo's performance throughout the years and Hawley's close relationship with FX, he will probably get the chance to make season 6 anytime he so wants. But his obligations to the Alien series—which he is directing numerous episodes of and plans to film until July 2024—may cause it to be postponed indefinitely. Either if Hawley enters a second season straight or if Fargo season 6 takes place some time after that, it will be pushed back even more.
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I was doing Legion and Fargo prepping Lucy and then back into Legion at one point. It was plenty, I will say. Alien dwarfs everything I created previously in scale. They are so, rather sensibly, stating, "Maybe don't do two things at once on this show". In success, one hopes to put a season 2 as near to season 1 as feasible. The truth of this moment in our company is as much as it seems like a no-brainer to say, "Why don't you just greenlight two seasons?" that there is a need to make sure for the money the show's going to perform and it's going to get the viewership before you can enter production on a second season. That makes perfect sense to me.
"Let's roll right into something else," my reaction would be, but if you have the chance to do a second season, you want to set up a writers room, have your scripts ready, so everything's right there. Their objective is, I believe, to help me to stay focused on Alien right now. Right now, I am focused on this; but, I can become restless if there is much downtime. We're finishing up; I'm going into post. I'm going to have some time until we start another Fargo season. The issue is what I should do with that time. We would have wanted to create another Alien season, and I would also work on Fargo. That's quite likely that I would do, but I also have books to write and other movies I wish to produce. Usually, I have this luxury of time to decide what I want to work on and what's the next move.
Originally developed by the Coen Brothers, Fargo is a Black Comedy Crime Drama television series based on their same-name movie. Noah Hawley devised the TV version, which uses an anthology approach for every season and sets it in a different era or locale inside the "Fargo" universe. Big-name stars such Billy Bob Thornton, Ewan McGregor, Chris Rock, and Kirsten Dunst have thus far appeared in the show.
With several honors and nominations—including four Primetime Emmy Award nominations and nineteen— Fargo has been a critically praised show. The show has drawn compliments for its dark humor, strong characters, and distinctive visual look.