Selena Gomez’s Only Murders In The Building Renewed By Hulu For Season 4 – As MAJOR’s Killer Is Finally Revealed
Selena Gomez’s Only Murders In The Building Renewed By Hulu For Season 4 – As MAJOR’s Killer Is Finally Revealed
- SPOILER ALERT: Do not read further if you have not yet completed Only Murders In The Building season 3
- The season four renewal comes on the same day that the killer of Paul Rudd’s Ben Gilroy is revealed
One mystery has been solved regarding the future of Only Murders in the Building.
The show starring Steve Martin, 78, Martin Short, 73, and Selena Gomez, 31, has been renewed for a fourth season.
The news comes on the same day the trio of sleuths revealed who killed Paul Rudd’s Ben Gilroy in the season three finale of the Hulu hit.
The renewal seemed like a certainty, as Only Murders enjoyed the most-watched premiere day on Hulu so far in 2023.
Variety looked at Nielsen’s weekly streaming ratings and found that it was the ninth most-watched title of the week during the launch of season three.
Renewal: Hulu has renewed the hit comedy series Only Murders in the Building, starring Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez, for a fourth season
It ranked third among streaming originals and remained in the top six streaming originals in the weeks that followed.
Spoiler alert: In the penultimate episode of season three, the podcasters rushed to the courthouse in wedding attire and pointed the finger at Donna DeMeo, played by Linda Edmond.
The trio had determined that she was the one who poisoned actor Ben Gilroy to avoid bad reviews for her son’s debut as a Broadway producer.
However, the plot thickened when Ben survived the poisoning and died after being pushed down the elevator shaft at the Arconia.
When Donna was confronted about her supposed one-two punch, she could only deal with the poisoning, saying she didn’t want to kill Ben, she just wanted to quit the show.
It also turned out that she took the risk because Donna is dying of cancer, but she denied sending Ben to his ultimate demise.
That villain turned out to be Donna’s son Cliff, played by Wesley Taylor, who pushed the star to his death after Ben found out that the very doting mother was the one who tampered with his cookie.
There were also some happy endings.
Mystery solved: The season four renewal comes on the same day the season three finale began streaming, revealing who killed Paul Rudd’s leading man Ben Gilroy
Love Bond: Martin Short’s Oliver made a love bond with Meryl Streep’s Loretta in season three. Will the three-time Oscar winner return for season four?
Meryl Streep’s Loretta is free to act on stage and screen, and to be in love with Martin Short’s Oliver.
Could that mean that the three-time Oscar winner will renew her contract for season four?
The next victim has already been killed and it portends danger for Steve Martin’s Charles-Haden Savage.
Ratings: Weekly streaming ratings from Nielsen showed Only Murders in the Building was the ninth most-watched title of the week during the launch of season three. It came in third among streaming originals on Hulu
The body of his stunt double Sazz Pataki, played by Jane Lynch, is discovered in a pool of blood in Charles’ apartment.
Was Charles the intended victim? Or was it Sazz?
That mystery will be solved once the actors’ strike is over.
Negotiations between SAG/AFTRA and studios resumed this week. according to the LA Timesafter a three-year deal was reached between the major studios and the writers’ union.