‘Severance’ Renewed For Season 3 At Apple

March 21, 2025 5:10am

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Zach Cherry, Britt Lower and Adam Scott in a scene from the Apple TV+ series Severance — (L-R) Zach Cherry, Britt Lower and Adam Scott in 'Severance'Apple TV+

Praise Kier,Severance will be returning for a third season.

Apple has renewed the series, which comes from creator, writer and exec producer Dan Erickson and director and exec producerBen Stiller, as its Season 2 finale, “Cold Harbor,” launches Friday on the service.

Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed the news in the past few minutes through a social media exchange with Stiller, writing, “Season 3 ofSeverance available on request.”

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— Tim Cook (@tim_cook)March 21, 2025

The news comes afterSeverance surpassedTed Lasso to become the streamer’s most-watched series ever and appeared in the Nielsenstreaming reportfor five consecutive weeks with a new weekly high of 681 million minutes viewed.

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Apple has not revealed when it plans to premiere Season 3, but Stiller promised it won’t be another three years – the time between Seasons 1 and 2 – this time around.Speaking with Travis and Jason Kelce on theirNew Heights podcast, he said “the plan is definitely not” to make fans wait that long.

The series’ ensemble cast, which earneda SAG Award nomination, featuresAdam Scott, Britt Lower, Tramell Tillman, Zach Cherry, Jen Tullock, Michael Chernus, Dichen Lachman, John Turturro, Christopher Walken and Patricia Arquette. Sarah Bock and Ólafur Darri Ólafsson joined as series regulars for Season 2, which also saw guest spots from the likes of Bob Balaban, Sarah Sherman, Alia Shawkat and Sandra Bernhard. Keanu Reeves made a surprise cameo as the voice of the Lumon building in an animated video.

Severance follows Mark Scout (Scott), who leads a team at Lumon Industries, whose employees have undergone a severance procedure that surgically divides their memories between their work and personal lives. This experiment in “work-life balance” is called into question as Mark finds himself at the center of a mystery that will force him to confront the true nature of his work and of himself.

The second season of the corporate-workplace thriller answered several lingering questions, including getting viewers closer to understanding what exactly Lumon’s severed employees are sorting on the Macrodata Refinement team.

In addition to introducing several new characters from Dylan G.’s (Cherry) wife Gretchen, played by Merritt Wever, to Gwendoline Christie’s head of Mammalian’s Nurturing aka the Goat Department at Lumon, the show filled in several different backstories for characters. Turns out Lumon played a major role in not only Harmony Cobel’s (Arquette) early childhood and career but also in the inception of the romance between Mark and Gemma (Lachman).

Severance, which is produced by Fifth Season, is written, created and executive produced by Erickson. Exec producers also include Stiller, Scott, Arquette, John Lesher, Jackie Cohn, Mark Friedman, Beau Willimon, Jordan Tappis, Sam Donovan, Caroline Baron, Richard Schwartz and Nicholas Weinstock.

Stiller directed five episodes of Season 2 (and six in Season 1), while Uta Bresiewitz, Sam Donovan and Jessica Lee Gagné also helmed episodes in its sophomore season.

“MakingSeverance has been one of the most creatively exciting experiences I’ve ever been a part of,” Stiller said. “While I have no memory of this, I’m told making Season 3 will be equally enjoyable, though any recollection of these future events will be forever and irrevocably wiped from my memory as well.”

Added Scott: “I couldn’t be more excited to get back to work with Ben, Dan, the incredible cast and crew, Apple and the wholeSeverance team. Oh, hey also — not a huge deal — but if you see my innie, please don’t mention any of this to him. Thanks.”

Said Erickson: “The idea of getting to make moreSeverance with the greatest cast and crew on Earth is more thrilling to me than all the world’s finger traps combined. I can’t wait to continue spreading woe, frolic, dread and malice with these truly incredible people.”

Matt Cherniss, head of programming forApple TV+, said: “What Ben, Dan, Adam and the talented cast and crew behindSeverance have brought to the screen is undeniable magic. We’re so proud to be the home for this brilliant series and look forward to audiences experiencing what’s in store for Season 3.”