Showtime has renewed its original drama series The Affair for a fifth and final season, it was announced today. The final episodes will debut in 2019.
The drama stars Dominic West, Ruth Wilson, Maura Tierney, Joshua Jackson, Julia Goldani Telles, Jadon Sand, Abigail Dylan Harrison, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Omar Metwally and Sanaa Lathan.
Sarah Treem and Hagai Levi created the drama. They executive produce with Jeffrey Reiner, Eric Overmyer, Anya Epstein and Jessica Rhoades.
"We love the intimacy, the nuance and the emotional honesty of The Affair's subjective examination of both infidelity and fidelity," said Gary Levine, President of Programming, Showtime Networks. "Sarah Treem has always envisioned this as a five-season series, and we will be fascinated to see where she takes her talented cast and all of us next year in its climatic season."
