Judd Apatow Talks About Ending Girls

By Reuben Levine | Jul 10, 2016

Judd Apatow agrees that it’s time for Girls to end

Lena Dunham is main creative force behind Girls, and so it’s easy to forget that the show is actually produced by Judd Apatow. While Girls is busy wrapping up its final season, Apatow sat down with an interview with USA Today to discuss Girls as well as the other projects that he is currently working on.

First up, Apatow echoes Lena Dunham’s sentiments that it’s time for the show to end.

"“We’re writing the last episode as we speak. It’s a really strong season, but it feels like it’s time. It’s the end of their twenties and (creator/star Lena Dunham) felt like it was a show about that period.”"

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Girls was never going to be one of those shows to just kept going, like Big Bang Theory and many other network sitcoms. Though it has sometimes been a frustrating watch, Girls is actually a smarter show than that. It knows when not to overstay its welcome. Girls is only one project that Apatow has cooking, so the interview doesn’t linger on Girls for too long.

Apatow also said that he believes that it’s easier for niche shows to survive longer now than it used to be, and of course, Freaks and Geeks comes up. Girls has been able to survive with a niche audience and little award acclaim for six years, though other niche shows on HBO have not been quite so lucky. It’s not easy to pin down why that is, though an easy answer would be to suggest that Girls got in at just the right time.

It’s actually hard to imagine HBO giving a show like Girls six seasons if it were to premiere now.

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The interview is an interesting read, though don’t expect to get any tidbits about the final season. Apatow is keeping his mouth shut. What happens to small, sitcom shows like Girls on HBO going forward is going to be interesting to watch. Apatow’s enthusiasm in the regard isn’t exactly catching.