Only Murders in the Building has been renewed for a fifth season

Only Murders in the Building has been renewed for a fifth season on Hulu. The new season will again consist of ten episodes. The series has earned 49 Emmy Award nominations across three seasons to date. Most recently, Only Murders in the Building earned 21 Emmy nominations in multiple major categories, including Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for Steve Martin and Martin Short, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for Selena Gomez and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for Meryl Streep.



Season four kicked off on August 27 with new episodes weekly on Tuesdays, ending with the finale on October 8.

Returning actors include Martin, Short, Gomez, Streep, Michael Cyril Creighton, Jane Lynch and Da'Vine Joy Randolph. New to the cast are Eugene Levy, Zach Galifianakis, Eva Longoria, Jane Lynch, Richard Kind, Melissa McCarthy, Kumail Nanjiani and Molly Shannon.

In season four, the series travels from New York City to Los Angeles, where Charles (Martin), Oliver (Short) and Mabel (Gomez) grapple with the shocking events at the end of season three surrounding the untimely death of Charles' stunt double Sazz Pataki (Lynch). Wondering whether Sazz or Charles was the intended victim, the trio's investigation takes them to the other side of the country where a Hollywood studio is preparing a film about the podcast Only Murderst.

As the amateur sleuths race back to New York, they embark on an even greater epic journey - crossing the courtyard of their building to delve into the twisted lives of the residents of Arconia's West Tower.

Only Murders in the Building comes from co-creators and writers Martin and John Hoffman. Executive producers of season four are Hoffman, Martin, Short, Gomez, Dan Fogelman and Jess Rosenthal.