Jeremy Renner in The Mayor of Kingstown Episode 6, Season 4. Credit: Dennis P. Mong Jr./Paramount+ ©2025 Viacom International Inc
The Mayor of Kingstown is officially coming to an end, with Paramount+ confirming that the Jeremy Renner-starring crime drama will end with the upcoming fifth season. This renewal comes on the heels of the show’s bloody Season 4 finale, and this time it’s over for good.
Deadline reports that Season 5 will be shorter than previous seasons, with the series co-created by Taylor Sheridan being ordered for eight episodes instead of the 10 that made up Seasons 1-4. The show may not have been Paramount+’s biggest viewer, but it remains a reliable favorite, and its critical momentum only grows with each episode.
‘Mayor of Kingstown’ season 5 will be shortened
The reduction in episode count is one of the most obvious details coming with the renewal, but Paramount+ hasn’t explained the change. What is clear is where this story has left everyone. Season 4 ended with Kingstown’s gang wars boiling over to a violent climax, meaning Season 5 begins with the chaos still fresh and the outcome yet to be seen.
The announcement comes as Paramount+ reframes itself and steers toward more series-defined endpoints. The streamer is still investing in Sheridan’s wider TV footprint, but not all titles are operating at the same scale. The Mayor of Kingstown is a particularly big-ticket series, but it often lives just outside the platform’s biggest hits.
Jeremy Renner shares message of ‘new life, new rebirth’
Jeremy Renner, who has led the series as Kingstown fixer Mike McCluskey since its debut in 2021, marked the renewal in a video post shared on social media. After a near-fatal accident in 2023, Renner developed a new appreciation for life, which he channeled into the show’s return.
“A new life, a new rebirth,” he said. “But Mayor of Kingstown, Season 5. Rebirth, renewal, here we go. I’m getting back to work this year. I’m so excited and I wanted to take a moment to say thank you and love you.”
Scheduled ending instead of 7 seasons
The Mayor of Kingstown has been increasing its ratings throughout the season, with season 4 emerging as its most acclaimed installment to date. For example, on Rotten Tomatoes, critic scores have steadily increased from 33% for season 1 to 50% for season 2, 78% for season 3, and a full 100% for season 4. The addition of Edie Falco as the new warden opposite Renner sharpened the show’s internal dynamics at a moment when Mike’s grip on the city was already waning.
Fans may be disappointed that the series is coming to an end, especially after season 4 seemed to have made new strides. Still, in a time when many shows are simply canceled without any warning, there is a small glimmer of hope. The final eight-episode season gives Sheridan, Hugh Dillon, and the team a chance to actually finish the story instead of leaving Kingstown in the midst of crisis.
Co-creator Hugh Dillon suggested that the team originally had a longer runway in mind for the story, even though the series is scheduled to end sooner than its ambitions. “[Sheridan]has an ending in Season 7. Whether he gets there or not (no one knows), he has an ending and everyone knows it,” Dillon said in an interview with Screen Rant last year. “Our goal is to get to that Season 7 because that’s about as far as we can get and that’s where he’s always been.”
Season 5 will see the return of Renner and Falco, along with Lennie James, Laura Benanti, Dillon, Taylor Hundley, Tobi Bamtefa, Derek Webster, Hamish Allan-Headley, and Nishi Mansi.
“The Mayor of Kingstown” Season 4 Poster | Paramount+
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