HBO cancels ‘Looking’, will present ‘final chapter’ as a special

UPDATE:We now have official word from HBO on the fate of Looking. “After two years of following Patrick and his tight-knit group of friends as they explored San Francisco in search of love and lasting relationships, HBO will present the final chapter of their journey as a special,” HBO said in a statement. “We look forward to sharing this adventure with the show’s loyal fans.”

After days of speculation about the fate of HBO’s gay drama Looking, following the show’s divisive season two finale, it seems the cat’s out of the bag: There won’t be another season of the show.

However, the news isn’t all bleak for fans of the series, which struggled with decreasing ratings across its two seasons. HBO is apparently planning a TV movie to tie off all those ambiguous loose ends from this week’s finale (after all, we still don’t really know if Patrick chooses Richie or Kevin in the end, do we?)

Strangely, the news hasn’t come from HBO itself. Rather, American author Kevin Sessums broke the news in a public post on his Facebook page, saying he’d been contacted by friend Jonathan Groff, who plays Patrick in the show:

The long-term prognosis for Looking appeared grim when several season two episodes struggled to attract more than 200,000 viewers across the US – but there’s no denying the show’s small following is intensely loyal, with many fans in the past week calling on HBO to commit to a third season.