Ryan Murphy's 'Pose' Is Ending After 3 Groundbreaking Seasons

The members of the House of Evangelista are set to strut their way into the sunset this spring.

FX on Friday announced that Pose , Ryan Murphys history-making series set against the backdrop of New Yorks ballroom scene of the 1980s and 90s, will conclude this year. The shows third season will debut May 2 and consist of seven episodes, with the finale set to air June 6.

Co-creator and executive producer Steven Canals spoke about the very difficult decision to end the series in a short video posted to Twitter early Friday.

This has been an incredible journey and we have told the story that we wanted to tell, the way that we wanted to tell it, he said. I, along with my incredible collaborators, never intended on changing the television landscape. I simply wanted to tell an honest story about family, resilience and love.

A message from executive producer and co-creator @StevenCanals on the third and final season of #PoseFX, premiering May 2. pic.twitter.com/f3mfyK3SEQ

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A message from executive producer and co-creator @StevenCanals on the third and final season of #PoseFX , premiering May 2. pic.twitter.com/f3mfyK3SEQ
PoseFX (@PoseOnFX) March 5, 2021

Murphy, who developed the series with Canals and Brad Falchuk, echoed those sentiments.

We got to tell the exact story we wanted, as we wanted to tell it, and Im incredibly honored and grateful, he said in a tweeted statement .

The news appeared to come as a surprise to many fans .

The road to Season 3 was a rocky one. In April of last year, Canals said he and the Pose cast had wrapped filming on the seasons premiere just as the coronavirus pandemic was shutting down much of society including the shows production. By October, production had resumed, as evidenced by a photo posted to Instagram by Janet Mock , one of the shows writers and directors.

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