Sweet Magnolias Renewed For Season 5

Those Sweet Magnolias will continue to bloom, now that the Netflix charmer has been officially renewed for Season 5.

Based on the popular book series by New York Times best-selling author Sherryl Woods, Sweet Magnolias follows lifelong best friends Maddie (played by JoAnna Garcia Swisher), Dana Sue (Brooke Elliott) and Helen (Heather Headley) as they juggle relationships, family, and careers in the small town of Serenity, S.C.

It took nearly three months since Season 4's finale for the renewal news to come, but given the show's continued success on the streamer, it was a foregone conclusion that we'd be seeing Maddie, Dana Sue, Helen and the rest of the gang someday.

But where will we be seeing them? And what will their lives look like when we finally reunite? Maddie, for one, began Season 4 by surprise-marrying Cal, then ended it by accepting a book marketing job in New York City.

"It was really exciting," Garcia Swisher told TVLine of figuring out Maddie's next steps, though she had to admit: "I think a lot of people saw that happen and thought, 'Oh God, is this the end of the show? Maddie's leaving town. What does that look like?!'"

To ease those concerns, she reminded us that "you can never turn the lights off in Serenity. You never know the twisted ways that we'll find out way back."

Still, Garcia Swisher thinks it's "important for Maddie and her journey to flex those muscles and really gain her confidence back. She has this real knack for marketing, which is what she went to school for, and it's helping her get her groove back." She firmly believes that "Maddie would thrive in New York" — though margarita night might have to be replaced with a round of cosmos.

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