Girls Revival Set at HBO for 2027

HBO announced that Lena Dunham's series "Girls" will return for a limited revival of five new episodes in 2027, ten years after its series finale. Dunham will return alongside Allison Williams, Zosia Mamet, Jemima Kirke and Andrew Rannells to explore the characters turning forty.

Coverage from 3 publishers 3 source reports

NYTGuardianBBC

Lena Dunham's Girls to return for limited HBO run

Update summary

What changed in this update

Ten years after the series finale, the "Girls" are getting back together to explore the "milestone of turning forty", HBO says.

Source coverage

Source reports

NYT Published 13 October 2026

Lena Dunham’s ‘Girls’ to Return to HBO for 5 New Episodes

HBO announced that the show created by Lena Dunham will begin production on five new episodes next year, 10 years after the finale.

BBC Published 14 October 2026

Lena Dunham's Girls to return for limited HBO run

Ten years after the series finale, the "Girls" are getting back together to explore the "milestone of turning forty", HBO says.

Guardian Published 13 October 2026

Lena Dunham’s Girls returning for limited run at HBO

Creator and star will return along with Allison Williams, Zosia Mamet, Jemima Kirke and Andrew Rannells for five-episode revival Girls , the seminal HBO series on millennial strivers that launched the careers of Lena Dunham , Allison Williams, Adam Driver and more, will return for a limited run on HBO in 2027. The five-episode addendum, set to begin production next year – a decade after the series finale aired – wil…

Discovery

See what’s emerging. See what’s changing.

Explore stories gaining momentum and continuing events with new developments.

Explore Discovery