Showtime Won’t Bring Back TV Version Of Lisa Kudrow’s ‘Web Therapy’

Lisa Kudrow’s web-series-turned-TV-show is now just a web series again. During the Television Critics Association’s summer press tour, Showtime president David Nevins said Kudrow’s Web Therapy series will not have a fifth season on TV. “No,” he stated plainly, “that’s done.”

Web Therapy stars Kudrow as a self-important therapist who communicates with her patients via video chat. The series first debuted in 2008 on the Lexus-branded Lstudio platform and became a hit, earning nominations for Kudrow at the first two Streamy Awards in 2009 and 2010. Showtime premiered a TV version of the series in 2011; the premium channel managed to turn webisodes into full-length TV episodes by adding in some auxiliary scenes.

As Kudrow and her team rolled out more star-studded episodes online (guests

have included Lily Tomlin, Minnie Driver, and Conan O’Brien), Showtime continued to convert them into TV entertainment. Ultimately, Web Therapy’s TV run lasted for four seasons, with the final episode airing in January 2015.

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While the TV version of Web Therapy has not been renewed, there’s still hope for more webisodes; most recently, StyleHaul distributed the show’s sixth web season, with several of its creative partners snagging guest roles.

Kudrow, however, is a busy woman. While we wait for more updates on Web Therapy, the Showtime version of it is available to watch on Hulu.

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