Showtime has announced that crime drama Ray Donovan has been renewed for a fifth season, which will consist of 12 episodes. Production will likely begin in early 2017.
Ray Donovan has become a quiet success story for Showtime. While it hasn’t attracted the critical heat of a Homeland or a Shameless, the show just receivedĀ its highest Emmy nomination year to date (5, including nods for Liev Schreiber and Jon Voight) and has been up in the ratings this year when time shifting is taken into account.
From Ann Biderman (Southland) and currently showran by David Hollander (The Cleaner), Ray Donovan follows a fixer in Los Angeles (Schreiber) as he struggles to balance the dangers and excess of his professional life with the responsibilities of his personal life. In addition to Schreiber and Voight, the latter playing Donovan’s estranged father whose release from prison began the series, Ray Donovan stars Paula Malcomson (The Hunger Games), Eddie Marsan (Sherlock Holmes), Dash Mihok (The Day After Tomorrow), Kerris Dorsey (Brothers & Sisters), and Devon Bagby (Ironside).
The fifth season of Ray Donovan should premiere sometime next summer.
Are you excited for another season of Ray Donovan? How do you think the season four will ultimately shake out? Who would you like to see guest star next season?
