Golden Globe Award winning comedy-drama television series, Transparent has been renewed for season 5 on Amazon. The series stars Jeffrey Tambor as a retired college professor of political science who finally opens up to her family about always identifying as a woman. The series also stars Judith Light, Gaby Hoffman, Jay Duplass and Amy Landecker. Transparent‘s first season premiered in full on September 26, 2014. Amazon picked up the series for a fourth season ahead of the premiere of the third. The fourth season will premiere on September 22, 2017.
This is the first show produced by Amazon Studios to win a major award and the first show produced by a streaming media service to win a Golden Globe for Best Series. At the 72nd Golden Globe Awards, the show won the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy, while Jeffrey Tambor won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. This is the first show produced by Amazon Studios to win a major award and the first show produced by a streaming media service to win a Golden Globe for Best Series.
The series will begin airing on Sundance TV starting August 9, 2017
Source: Deadline