The retail giant/streamer on Wednesday announced that it has renewed its Greg Daniels sci-fi comedy for a fourth and final season. The series starring Robbie Amell and Andy Allo wrapped its third season late last year and will get a proper farewell at the streamer.
Amazon landed Upload after The Office creator Daniels originally sold the show to HBO under former head of originals Michael Lombardo. When the executive departed, Daniels got the rights back to the futuristic series in which people can be uploaded to the afterlife and set it up at Amazon under former exec Roy Price. In a 2020 interview with TV’s Top 5, Daniels said he pitched the series to Amazon with two seasons already broken and, in a statement Wednesday, noted that he planned for Upload to run four seasons though that was never a guarantee.
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“When I conceived Upload many years ago, I had the story arced out over four seasons, so I am thrilled to make the ending the fans deserve and the characters and creative team have been working towards,” said Daniels, who created the series and serves as showrunner and exec producer, creator, writer and executive producer. “[Amazon’s] Jen Salke and Vernon Sanders have been our Angels and they deserve five stars.”
The decision to conclude Upload comes as Daniels is inching closer to a new take on The Office, with a writers room having been assembled as producers Universal Television develop it before taking the show out to buyers. Daniels, who launched Upload and the Steve Carell Netflix comedy Space Force in May 2020, is also busier than ever with Bandera Entertainment, the animation company he founded with King of the Hill collaborator Mike Judge. The company has multiple animated shows set up across the TV landscape, including a revival of King of the Hill for Hulu.
At Amazon, Upload is part of a roster of scripted originals that also includes The Boys, Reacher, Jack Ryan, Lord of the Rings and scores of others.
“I’m thrilled to share that Upload will return to Prime Video for a fourth and final installment. We are grateful to Greg and the fantastic team behind the series and while goodbyes are bittersweet, we know that the series will be uploaded to its well-deserved idealistic afterlife,” said Vernon Sanders, head of television at Amazon MGM Studios.
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