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It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
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The seventeenth season of the American television sitcom series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is expected to premiere on FXX in 2025, and consist of eight episodes. The season will star Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, Rob McElhenney, Kaitlin Olson, and Danny DeVito as "the Gang". In December 2020, after the fourteenth season aired, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia was renewed for four additional seasons. Filming took place from October to December 2024.

Cast

Main cast

Confirmed

Production

Development

After the fourteenth season aired, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia was renewed for four additional seasons in December 2020, intending to take it up to season 18. [2]

Writing

On August 4, 2024, Charlie Day posted on Instagram that the writers' room would start working on the season in the following week. [3] The writing team for the season includes series creator and showrunner Rob McElhenney, Charlie Day, David Hornsby, Javi Scott, Nina Pedrad and Keyonna Taylor. [4]

Filming

According to star Danny DeVito, filming for the season was expected to begin in September 2024. [5] By October 16, it was announced via Instagram that filming had begun. [6] On December 4, it was announced that filming for the season had finished. [7] [8] [9]

Episodes

The season is expected to consist of eight episodes. [10] One episode is set to conclude a crossover event that will begin in the fourth season of the ABC comedy series Abbott Elementary . [11] [12] [13]

Release

The season is expected to premiere in 2025. [2] [14] [1]

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References

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  2. 1 2 Otterson, Joe (December 10, 2020). "'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' Renewed Through Historic Season 18 by FX". Variety. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
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