--- description: The announcement that HBO renewed 'Girls' for season five comes ahead of its season four premiere title: HBO Renews 'Girls' for Season 5 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # HBO Renews _Girls_ for Season 5  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 6, 2015 2:10 AM CUT  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 6, 2015 2:10 AM CUT The fourth season of HBO’s _Girls_ hasn’t even premiered yet — you’ll have to wait until Sunday night — but the show has [already been renewed](http://deadline.com/2015/01/girls-renewed-season-5-hbo-1201341711/ "undefined") for a fifth one. The network’s head of programming, Michael Lombardo, made the announcement at the fourth season premiere event in New York City on Monday night, _Deadline_ reports. Guest stars for the fourth season include _Saturday Night Live_ alumna Ana Gasteyer, Zachary Quinto and Gillian Jacobs, [who recently gave TIME a preview of what to expect](http://time.com/3557427/gillian-jacobs-community-life-partners/ "undefined") from her character. Watch the [trailer for season four](http://time.com/3572599/lena-dunham-girls-season-4-trailer/ "undefined") below, and a [deleted scene from season three here](http://time.com/3653627/girls-deleted-scene/ "undefined"). \[[_Deadline_](http://deadline.com/2015/01/girls-renewed-season-5-hbo-1201341711/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3655151/girls-season-5-hbo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3655151/girls-season-5-hbo/"},"headline":"HBO Renews Girls for Season 5","datePublished":"2015-01-06T02:10:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:18:30.788Z","description":"The announcement comes ahead of its season four premiere","url":"https://time.com/3655151/girls-season-5-hbo/","keywords":["Television","girls","HBO","lena dunham"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3655151/girls-season-5-hbo/","name":"HBO Renews Girls for Season 5"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Girls Season 4 - Trailer","description":"Girls Season 4 - Trailer","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/BGMYOiQq/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-11-07T17:19:15.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/BGMYOiQq.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3655151/girls-season-5-hbo/","duration":"PT1M30S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3655151/girls-season-5-hbo/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```