The sixth season of the American

comedy-drama Comedy drama (also known by the portmanteau dramedy) is a hybrid genre of works that combine elements of comedy and Drama (film and television), drama. In film, as well as scripted television series, serious dramatic subjects (such as death, il ...

television series '' Younger'' was ordered by

TV Land TV Land is an American pay television channel owned by Paramount Global through its networks division's MTV Entertainment Group. It was originally launched as Nick at Nite’s TV Land as a spinoff of Nick at Nite programing block consisting e ...

in June 2018. It aired from June 12 to September 4, 2019, and revolves around the

lead Lead () is a chemical element; it has Chemical symbol, symbol Pb (from Latin ) and atomic number 82. It is a Heavy metal (elements), heavy metal that is density, denser than most common materials. Lead is Mohs scale, soft and Ductility, malleabl ...

Liza Miller, who has to manage her career in the

publishing Publishing is the activities of making information, literature, music, software, and other content, physical or digital, available to the public for sale or free of charge. Traditionally, the term publishing refers to the creation and distribu ...

industry having faked her identity as a younger woman to get her job, whereas her romantic and professional lives are marked by ups and comings.

Sutton Foster Sutton Lenore Foster (born March 18, 1975) is an American actress. She is known for her work on the Broadway stage, for which she has been nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical seven times, winning in 2002 for her role as ...

stars as Miller, with

Debi Mazar Debi Mazar Corcos (; born August 13, 1964) is an American actress and television personality. She began her career with supporting roles in '' Goodfellas'' (1990), '' Little Man Tate'' (1991), '' Singles'' (1992), and '' Batman Forever'' (1995), ...

Miriam Shor Miriam Ruth Shor (born July 25, 1971) is an American actress. She gained prominence for her performance in the Off-Broadway rock musical ''Hedwig and the Angry Inch'' (1998–2000) and in the 2001 film adaptation of the same name. She later sta ...

Nico Tortorella Nico Tortorella (born July 30, 1988) is an American actor and model, known for screen roles including the slasher film ''Scream 4'' (2011), the Fox crime drama series ''The Following'' (2013–2015), and the TV Land comedy drama series '' Younge ...

Hilary Duff Hilary Erhard Duff (born September 28, 1987) is an American actress, singer, author and businesswoman. She is the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Hilary Duff, various accolades, including a World Music Awards, World Mus ...

Molly Bernard Molly Bernard is an American actress. She is known for her portrayal of Lauren Heller in the comedy-drama television series '' Younger'' and of Dr. Elsa Curry in seasons 4 and 5 of ''Chicago Med''. Life and career Bernard began her career in ...

, Peter Hermann and

Charles Michael Davis Charles Michael Davis (born December 1, 1984) is an American actor. 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 series '' Younger'' (2017–2021). ...

also returning from the fifth season. The season was produced by Darren Star Productions and

Jax Media Jax Media is an American film and television production company co-founded by Tony Hernandez, Lilly Burns, and John Skidmore. It is known for producing long-running series ''Broad City'', ''Difficult People'', '' Younger'', and ''Inside Amy Schu ...

, with Star serving as

showrunner A showrunner is the top-level executive producer of a television series. The position outranks other creative and management personnel, including episode directors, in contrast to feature films, in which the director has creative control over th ...

. ''Younger'' was renewed for a seventh season on July 24, 2019, making it the longest running original series in the network's history.

Cast

Main

as Liza Miller *

as Maggie Amato *

as Diana Trout *

as Josh *

as Kelsey Peters *

as Lauren Heller * Peter Hermann as Charles Brooks *

as Zane Anders

Recurring

* Chris Tardio as Enzo De Luca *

Phoebe Dynevor Phoebe Harriet Dynevor (; born 17 April 1995) is an English actress. She is known for starring in the films '' The Colour Room'' (2021), '' Fair Play'' (2023), and ''Inheritance'' (2025) as well as the first two series of the period drama ''Br ...

as Clare *

Laura Benanti Laura Ilene Benanti (née Vidnovic; born July 15, 1979) is an American actress and singer. Benanti made her Broadway debut as an ensemble member and later as Maria von Trapp in the 1998 revival of '' The Sound of Music''. Benanti went on to ...

as Quinn Tyler *

Annaleigh Ashford Annaleigh Ashford (née Swanson; born June 25, 1985) is an American actress, singer, and dancer. Her early roles on Broadway include in the musicals '' Wicked'' (2007), '' Legally Blonde'' (2007), and ''Hair'' (2010). She received the Tony Award ...

as Shelly Rozansky

Guest

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 comedy drama television series ''Ugly Betty'' and Brian on the Apple TV+ series '' Shrinking'', a role for which he won ...

as Redmond *

Grant Shaud Edward Grant Shaud III (born February 27, 1961) is an American actor best known for his portrayal of the character of Miles Silverberg on the television sitcom ''Murphy Brown''. He's also had notable roles in the films '' The Distinguished Gentl ...

as Bob Katz *

Willa Fitzgerald Willa Fitzgerald (born January 17, 1991) is an American actress. She is known for her starring role as Emma Duval in MTV's '' Scream''. She has played cheer coach Colette French in the USA Network's television drama series '' Dare Me'' and offi ...

as Audrey Colbert *

Nicole Ari Parker Nicole Ari Parker Kodjoe (born October 7, 1970) is an American actress and model. She made her screen debut with a leading role in the critically acclaimed independent film '' The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love'' (1995) and went o ...

as Beth *

Becky Ann Baker Becky Ann Baker (née Gelke; born February 17, 1953) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Jean Weir on the NBC comedy-drama series ''Freaks and Geeks'' (1999–2000) and as Loreen Horvath on the HBO comedy-drama series '' G ...

as Bronwyn Madigan *

Mark Deklin Mark Deklin (born December 3, 1967) is an American actor and fight coordinator. He starred in the Fox primetime drama ''Lone Star'', the ABC comedy-drama '' GCB'', the Lifetime comedy-drama ''Devious Maids'', and in 2017 joined the ABC political ...

as Cameron Butler *

Cady Huffman Cady Huffman (born February 2, 1965) is an American actress. Early life Huffman was born in Santa Barbara, California, to Lorayne, a pre-school assistant director turned realtor, and Clifford Huffman, an attorney. She is the younger sister of a ...

as Nurse Maureen *

Lou Taylor Pucci Lou Taylor Pucci (born July 27, 1985) is an American actor who first appeared on film in Rebecca Miller's '' Personal Velocity: Three Portraits'' in 2002. Pucci had his breakthrough leading role in '' Thumbsucker'' (2005), for which he won a Spec ...

as Travis Jason * Teddy Coluca as Uncle Joe * Stephanie DiMaggio as Valentina * Heidi Armbruster as Michelle * Maddie Corman as Julie * Becca Lish as Mrs. Klepper *

Jennifer Westfeldt Jennifer Westfeldt (born February 2, 1970) is an American actress, director, screenwriter, 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 *

Oded Fehr Oded Fehr (; born ) is an Israeli American actor based in the United States. He is known for his appearance as Ardeth Bay in the 1999 remake of '' The Mummy'' and its sequel '' The Mummy Returns'', as well as Carlos Olivera in '' Resident Evil: ...

as Rafa *

Pat Kiernan Patrick Kiernan (born November 20, 1968) is a Canadian-American television host, appearing as the morning news anchor of NY1 since 1997. He is widely known in New York City for his "In the Papers" feature, in which he summarizes the colorful co ...

as himself * Delphina Belle as Nicole Brooks * Jeté Laurence as Bianca Brooks * Cliff Bemis as Ennis Jacobs *

William Ragsdale Robert William Ragsdale (born January 19, 1961) is an American actor. He is known for playing Charley Brewster in the cult horror-comedy film ''Fright Night'' (1985) and its sequel ''Fright Night Part 2'' (1988), and Herman Brooks on the televis ...

as Jeffrey Jacobs * Carrie St. Louis as Alice Dwyer

Episodes

Production

renewed ''Younger'' for a sixth season in June 2018, ahead of the fifth season's premiere. The first

table-read The read-through, table-read, or table work is a stage of film, television, radio, and theatre production when an organized reading of the screenplay or script is conducted around a table by the actors with speaking parts. In addition to the ca ...

took place on February 15, 2019, whilst filming commenced in the following week.

directed one episode of the season, summing two installments directed by her on ''Younger''. TV Land president Kevin Ray affirmed that the season would focus on the relationship between the characters of Liza and Charles. In the season's first official trailer, series creator

Darren Star Darren Star (born July 25, 1961) is an American writer, director and producer of film and television. He is best known for creating the television series ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' (1990–2000), '' Melrose Place'' (1992–1999), ''Sex and the City ...

revealed that it would also chronicle Empirical Press' workplace and inside relations. ''Younger'' was renewed for a seventh season on July 24, 2019.

Release

Broadcast

''Younger'''s sixth season premiered on June 12, 2019, and concluded after twelve episodes on September 4. In September 2018, it was announced that the series was moving from

Paramount Network Paramount Network is an American basic cable television channel and the flagship property of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global, who operates it through the MTV Entertainment Group. The network's headquarters are located a ...

, airing during Thursdays. However, in April 2019, it was announced that it would stay on TV Land, airing on Wednesdays.

Marketing

An official trailer for the sixth season was released on April 17, 2019. On June 9, 2019, the season premiere was screened at the

ATX Television Festival ATX Television Festival is an annual event based in Austin, Texas, that celebrates and showcases the past, present, and future of the television industry. Screenings, Q&As, cast reunions, and industry panel discussions take place over four days an ...

Austin, Texas Austin ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Texas. It is the county seat and most populous city of Travis County, Texas, Travis County, with portions extending into Hays County, Texas, Hays and W ...

, followed by an interview with cast member Debi Mazar and writers Sarah Choi and Joe Murphy.

Reception

Ratings

Upon its airing, the first episode became the series' highest-rated season premiere ever in the P25-54 and W25-54 demos. It scored a 1.21 rating and logged 457,000 viewers among women aging 25–54, up 30 percent from the fifth season's premiere. Among people aging 25–54, the episode was watched by 601,000 viewers, up 29 percent from the previous year. The season premiere drew 1.3 million total viewers, up 23 percent among total viewers from season five.

Critical response

review aggregator A review aggregator is a system that collects reviews and ratings of products and services, such as films, books, video games, music, software, hardware, or cars. This system then stores the reviews to be used for supporting a website where user ...

Rotten Tomatoes Rotten Tomatoes is an American review aggregator, review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee ...

, the season has an approval rating of 100% with an average rating of 7.94/10, based on eight reviews. While reviewing the first two episodes of the season, Jen Chaney from ''New York'' magazine's website Vulture.com praised ''Younger'''s consistency and ability to maintain its entertainment. The writer commented, "Six seasons in, ''Younger'' remains a fizzy New York fantasy that’s light without sacrificing its intelligence, a pleasure that comes with no residual guilt whatsoever." Melanie McFarland from website ''Salon'' glorified the series' approach on

ageism Ageism, also called agism in American English, is a type of discrimination based on one's age, generally used to refer to age-based discrimination against Old age, elderly people. The term was coined in 1969 by Robert Neil Butler to describe this ...

, writing, "There's a lot to appreciate about how accessible this series made its conversations about age discrimination in the workplace and society at large, and hopefully others will draw influence from its blend of intelligence and lightheartedness." In a positive review, Christopher James from ''Awards Circuit'' singled out the series' approach of women in positions of power and ageism. He also lauded Duff's performance as Kelsey and the character story lines, as well as Shor's portrayal of Diana. Conversely, the author criticized the devaluation of the characters of Josh, Maggie, and Lauren. Overall, he wrote, "When the show concentrates on being a workplace comedy about the challenges of being a female executive, ''Younger'' truly excels."

References

External links

* * {{IMDb episodes, 3288518, title=Younger 2019 American television seasons