The seventh and final season of the American

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television series '' Younger'' was released on

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between April 15 and June 10, 2021, comprising 12 episodes. The season was produced by

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Productions and Jax Media, with Star serving as

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. Initially thought to be delayed until March 2021, filming began in October 2020 and wrapped in February 2021, when it was announced that the series was moving from

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to Paramount+. The first four episodes were made available altogether and the rest of the season debuted on a weekly basis.

Cast and characters

Main

Sutton Foster Sutton Lenore Foster (born March 18, 1975) is an American actress, singer and dancer. She is known for her work on the Broadway stage, for which she has won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical twice, in 2002 for her role as Millie Dill ...

as Liza Miller *

Debi Mazar Deborah Anne Mazar Corcos (; born August 13, 1964) is an American actress and television personality, known for playing sharp-tongued women. She began her career with supporting roles in ''Goodfellas'' (1990), ''Little Man Tate'' (1991) and ''Si ...

as Maggie Amato *

Nico Tortorella Nico Tortorella (born July 30, 1988) is an American actor and model, known for roles in filmsincluding ''Scream 4'', the Fox crime drama series ''The Following'' (2013–2015), and the TV Land comedy-drama series '' Younger'' (2015–2021). Fro ...

as Josh * Peter Hermann as Charles Brooks *

Molly Bernard Molly Kate Bernard (born April 10, 1988) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Lauren Heller on the television series '' Younger''. Life and career Molly Bernard began her career in 2000 in the drama ''Pay It Forward'' bes ...

as Lauren Heller *

Hilary Duff Hilary Erhard Duff (born September 28, 1987) is an American actress and singer. She is the recipient of various accolades, including seven Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, four Teen Choice Awards and two Young Artist Awards. She began her act ...

as Kelsey Peters

Recurring

Miriam Shor Miriam Shor (born July 25, 1971) is an American actress. She is known for her performance in the rock musical ''Hedwig and the Angry Inch (musical), Hedwig and the Angry Inch'' and in the Hedwig and the Angry Inch (film), 2001 film adaptation of ...

as Diana Trout *

Laura Benanti Laura Ilene Benanti (née Vidnovic; born July 13, 1979) is an American actress and singer. Over the course of her Broadway career, she has received five Tony Award nominations. She played Louise in the 2008 Broadway revival of '' Gypsy'', winni ...

as Quinn Tyler *

Charles Michael Davis Charles Michael Davis (born December 1, 1984) is an American actor, model, producer, and director. He is best known for his roles as Marcel Gerard on The CW television drama '' The Originals'' (2013–2018) and Zane Anders on the TV Land original ...

as Zane Anders *

Michael Urie Michael Lorenzo Urie (born August 8, 1980) is an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of Marc St. James on the ABC dramedy television series ''Ugly Betty''. He can be heard as Bobby Kerns in ''As the Curtain Rises'', an original podcas ...

as Redmond *

Matt Passmore Matthew Passmore (born 24 December 1973) is an Australian actor. He is known for ''McLeod's Daughters'' (2006–2009), ''Blue Heelers ''Blue Heelers'' is an Australian Police procedural, police drama series that was produced by Endemol ...

as Kai Manning *

Phoebe Dynevor Phoebe Harriet Dynevor (; born 17 April 1995) is an English actress. Dynevor is known for her role as Daphne, the fourth Bridgerton child, in the Netflix period drama ''Bridgerton'' (2020–present). She began her career as a child actress, ...

as Clare *

Tessa Albertson Tessa Albertson is an American actress. She plays Caitlin Miller on the television series '' Younger''. Early life Albertson was born in New York City. After high school graduation, she took time off for her acting career before attending Pri ...

as Caitlin Miller *

Janeane Garofalo Janeane Marie Garofalo ( ; born September 28, 1964) is an American comedian, actress, and former co-host on the now-defunct Air America Radio's ''The Majority Report''. Garofalo began her career as a stand-up comedian and became a cast member on ...

as Cass Dekenessey * Steven Good as Rob Davis

Guest

Chris Tardio Chris Tardio is an American actor known for his roles in ''The Sopranos ''The Sopranos'' is an American crime drama television series created by David Chase. The story revolves around Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini), a New Jersey-based Ita ...

as Enzo de Luca *

Nadia Alexander Nadia Alexander (born April 5, 1994 in Columbia, South Carolina) is an American actress. She has performed in several television series, including '' The Sinner'' (2017) and '' Seven Seconds'' (2018)''.'' She won the award for Best Actress in a U. ...

as Fupa Grunhoff *

Kelli Barrett Kelli Barrett (born January 26, 1984) is an American actress. Biography Kelli Barrett was raised by a single mother in Virginia Beach, Virginia. As a child, she showed interest in acting after seeing '' Merrily We Roll Along'' on stage. She sang ...

as Kamila *

Joanna Cassidy Joanna Cassidy (born Joanna Virginia Caskey, August 2, 1945 Brady, James"In Step With: Joanna Cassidy" ''Miami Herald'', November 25, 1990. Accessed March 14, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "Born: Aug.2, 1944, in Camden, N.J.") is an American actress. ...

as Judith Clarke *

Ben Rappaport Ben Rappaport (born ) is an American actor. He played the role of Todd Dempsy in the NBC sitcom '' Outsourced'', which aired during the 2010–11 television season. The series marked Rappaport's debut acting role on screen. Life and career Rapp ...

as Max Horowitz *

Mark Linn-Baker Mark Linn-Baker (born June 17, 1954) is an American actor and director who played Benjy Stone in the film ''My Favorite Year'' and Larry Appleton in the television sitcom '' Perfect Strangers''. Early life and education Mark Linn-Baker was bor ...

as Clive Wexler *

Jennifer Westfeldt Jennifer Westfeldt (born February 2, 1970) is an American actress, screenwriter, director, and producer. She is best known for co-writing, co-producing, and starring in the 2002 indie film ''Kissing Jessica Stein'', for which she received an I ...

as Pauline Turner-Brooks

Episodes

Production

Development

announced the seventh season on July 24, 2019, making it the longest running original series in the network's history. In late 2020, series creator

was reached and announced that he was "unofficially planning

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as a final season." A spin-off series revolving on Liza's younger co-worker Kelsey Peters is in development, though it is unsure if the show will be produced by TV Land. The season will consist of 12 episodes, like the previous six. The series moved from TV Land to

with the seventh and final season, which premiered on April 15, 2021, with the first four episodes available immediately and the rest debuting on a weekly basis. However,

will afterwards show the final season starting with the first two episode on July 7, 2021 and a new episode every Wednesday thereafter.

Casting

The season stars

, and Peter Hermann, reprising the roles from previous seasons. In January 2021,

announced on

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that she had filmed her last scenes in the series, confirming her role as Liza's daughter, Caitlin Miller, in the seventh season. In March 2021,

, who portrays Diana Trout, and

, who portrays Zane Anderson, were demoted to the recurring cast from their main roles in all the previous seasons and the fifth and sixth seasons, respectively. In April 2021,

was cast in a recurring role for the final season.

Filming

Filming was initially halted due to the

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, and was originally expected to begin in March 2020; however it began with only a small delay in mid-October 2020. Filming concluded after four months in mid-February 2021. After Duff finished filming her scenes for the entire series, Mazar posted a short tribute on Twitter about her, congratulating her for filming the season while being

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Reception

The

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website

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reported an approval rating of 100% and an average rating of 7.65/10 for the seventh season, based on 13 reviews. The website's critical consensus states, "A breezy, bittersweet farewell that captures everything that made the show so successful to begin with, ''Younger'' final chapter is one for the ages."

References

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External links

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2021 American television seasons