‘Sweet Magnolias’ Season 5: The Ladies Take New York in New Trailer
We’re just one month away from the premiere of Sweet Magnolias Season 5! With the new season fast approaching, Netflix released a trailer with scenes of what we can expect when the series returns (scroll down for more).
The trailer release comes four months after Netflix confirmed the Season 4 premiere date. There are also now more still photos of Dana Sue (Brooke Elliott), Maddie (JoAnna Garcia Swisher), and Helen (Heather Headley) in the new season.
While many storylines wrapped up nicely in Season 4’s conclusion, there’s still plenty of story left to be told in Season 5. Scroll down for everything we know about what’s to come.
Has Sweet Magnolias been renewed for Season 5?
Netflix confirmed on April 23, 2025, that Sweet Magnolias has been renewed for a fifth season, which will consist of 10 episodes. This was a faster turnaround than when Season 4 was announced three months after Season 3’s 2023 release.
“We are thrilled to let the Magnolias take Manhattan,” showrunner and executive producer Sheryl J. Anderson told Tudum, referring to Maddie’s decision to take a job in New York City at the end of Season 4. “Not only is this adventure huge fun, it’s also an opportunity to explore the facets of their relationships in a new context. While it’s crucial to have true friends in day-to-day life, it’s priceless to have them supporting you when you leap out of your comfort zone.”
Before the renewal, Anderson had already said she was hopeful for more episodes to come. “Everything’s on the table,” she told Deadline. “We don’t have a Season 5 yet, but I’ve been doing this show long enough that 85% of my waking thoughts are about Sweet Magnolias. So all sorts of possibilities exist.”
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However, Heather Headley admitted that filming the finale of Season 4 did sort of feel like the end, although she was also hopeful to continue working on the show. “When we got to the end of [filming] it, it felt final, but still in my heart, I was like, ‘No, it’s not done,'” she told Parade.
When does Sweet Magnolias Season 5 premiere?
The episodes will drop on Thursday, June 11, 2026, on Netflix.
Is there a Sweet Magnolias Season 5 trailer?
Yes, the trailer came out on May 11, and begins with Helen, Maddie, and Dana Sue in New York City. Helen goes wedding dress shopping, but fears her happy ending may be too good to be true. “Is something going to go wrong?” she asks her friends.
Meanwhile, Maddie leans on her friends amid her big move, and Dana Sue is worried about the state of her fragile marriage to Ronnie (Brandon Quinn). “I’m sorry, this is my fault,” he says in one scene.
The heart of the show is still the friendship between the three women, though. Watch the full trailer above.
Will there be a Sweet Magnolias spinoff?
One thing Anderson did not entertain the idea of is a possible spinoff for Noreen (Jamie Lynn Spears) or the younger generation of Magnolias, Annie (Anneliese Judge), CeCe (Harlan Drum), and Lily (Artemis).
“What a fabulous idea. But that’s not what we were doing,” she admitted. “Again, this season is about seizing your passion, and we wanted to explore how Noreen felt about nursing, because that had gotten very confused with Bill (Chris Klein) and everything else. And we wanted to show also how Annie, broadening her friendship with CeCe and Lily, is taking advantage of the lessons that her mother and her two best friends have modeled for her whole life.”
Who is in the Sweet Magnolias Season 5 cast?
Swisher, Elliott, and Headley are all returning. Erik (Dion Johnstone) is also back after he and Helen finally got together in the most dramatic fashion. Season 4 ended with their engagement, so there’s a perfect setup for another wedding in Season 5.
Spears is back as Noreen, as is Logan Allen as Kyle Townsend and Quinn as Ronnie. Maddie’s eldest son Ty (Carson Rowland) does not appear in the trailer, but Dana Sue’s daughter Annie (Anneliese Judge) is back. Maddie’s husband Cal (Justin Bruening) also returns, along with Chris Medlin as Isaac, who has a new love interest.
Also joining the cast is Jamie-Lynn Sigler, who plays Nell Winters, a writer that Maddie befriends in New York, Janice Wesley, a town matron of Serenity named Miss Eustice, Courtney Grace as Courtney Sinclar, Ronnie’s new business partner, and John Gabriel Rodriquez, who plays a rival Serenity business owner named Clark Bellson.
Aidan Merwath will also join as Noah Wharton, while Austin Woods will be playing Blake Monaghan. Erik’s niece, Jessica, will also be coming to town and played by Iman Benson.
Sweet Magnolias, Season 5, Thursday, June 11, Netflix
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I love this show and can't wait to Season 5.
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We need a season 5, a few things were left that need closure.
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I love this show and all the dynamics of relationships it displays. Good shows like this are rare and it would be so disappointing if there wasn’t another season. Eager to see where the magnolias go from here!!!!
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I really hope it comes back so many possibilities with the entire cast. I love this show. Please come back for more seasons
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A Season 5 will be Great.
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They need to go until season 10. This is one of the best shows playing.
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This is absolutely amazing show! I loved season 4! And I can’t wait to see season 5. This show has endless possibilities! New adventures and new beginnings. I hope there’s more an I hope they don’t wait as long. I can’t wait!
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I hope they come back SOON with a season 5 - their stories are not done 💕
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I hope they'll continue love the show!!!
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I want more! Please!!!!
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I just binged watch it and I enjoyed it so much. The scenery is beautiful I know it's filmed in Georgia. Love how the young were included in heartfelt conversations. Please renew for season 5. I like because also it's not filled with bad language or scenes I don't care to see. This is just my opinion.
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Please renew the series, I enjoy the friendship and bond of the Sweet Magnolias! I’d like to see it continue!
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Hurry up with season 5 waited to long for season 4
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They can't leave us hanging on Ty & Annie....I'd like to see Maddie setup her role in "New York and then return to Serenity and work remotely...just a thought.
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Hopefully it is renewed again! I finished season 4 in one day!
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Me too!
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I want endless seasons. This is the best show airing.
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This is one of the best shows I have seen in a long time. I am always wanting more with each episode. All the cast seem to really enjoy each other. I wish I had friends like the Sweet Magnolias… please do not stop making this series. I love watching people adding church to their lives and oh would I love to live in a small town!
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Me too. They need more episodes
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Love the show and would love to see season5 and more episodes!❤️
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I would love to sexy another season and more episodes ! Love the show
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Really hoping for another season... We need more!!!
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Hopeful this quality show returns! Also, 🤞🏻 that Annie spends the summer with Ty before college, as that, to me, would be just perfect!
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My favorite show. Hoping for season 5 plus more. Genuine love and support among friends feels good!
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Wonderful in every way!!!
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I love the show so much.
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It is such a fun and touching show! Such good lessons in life even if we are older. Life is always changing and full of surprises. Hope there is other seasons to come.
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I want a season 5,6,7 it's one of the best shows I have ever seen. Theres so much more that can happen. Please bring it back for season 5.
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I love this show so much. Please keep the seasons coming, it would be a shame to get rid of this show. Bring on season 5!!
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Please have a season 5
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We need a recipe book from
Sweet magnolias..
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I hope there is a season 5. Love this show!
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Season 5 PLEASE!!!!!
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I hope they start filming season 5 soon! Also please play out the entire book series!
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Keep the seasons coming. This is good television!!
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I love this show so much, I sure hope there's going to be a lot more seasons to come!!!
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Please bring on season five great.great series!!!!!!!!!!
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I absolutely love the show! I can't wait to see the rest of season 4 and hope it's not a long wait till season 5.
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Just finished watching season 4 and I may have contracted diabetes magnolias, so sweet it was!
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We have to keep going! We love Sweet Magnolias! Keep it coming!
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I AM SO READLY AWAITING SEASONS 4 , 5 AND HOPEFULLY MORE - I ABSOLUTELY LOVE AND I'M SO ADDIDICTED TO THIS WHICH IS OBE OF 2 OF MY FAVORITE SHOWS 🥰
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I think they definitely need to continue on and on and on!!!!!!!!!!!
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Ty and Annie’s story is not over!!! There must be a Season 5,6,7….
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I absolutely love this show!!!! However I don’t like the picture that is painted of Bill Townsend. He was not the only person that cheated!!!! Noreen and Peggy was just as wrong.
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I used to love Sweet Magnolia's. It was something clean and fun like Gilmore Girls. Season 4 was tedious to watch. My attention couldn't be held, the writing was horrible. Horrible! It went from one of my favorite shows to a show I had to keep restarting each episode and I'd quickly drift off to do something else... did they get new writers? And the wholesome in it was replaced with woke nonsense. Didn't the 2024 elections say anything to Hollywood? Please, no Season 5. Season 4 was a horrible shame.
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