Trailer And Poster Unveiled As STARZPLAY Announces The Third and Final Season of the Critically Acclaimed Series VIDA

STARZPLAY, the international premium streaming service from Starz, announced today that the groundbreaking series “Vida” will come to a conclusion with its third season. The final season of “Vida” will premiere on Sunday, 26^th April at 9 PM ET/PT, airing six episodes week-to-week on STARZ in the U.S. and Canada and on STARZPLAY across Europe and Latin America.

Creator and showrunner Tanya Saracho penned the following letter about the final season of “Vida” to supporters of the series:

I have not been able to write this letter — every time I try my palms get sweaty, my heart does a cumbia beat and I get nauseous. It’s taken me days. Because no matter how you slice it, this is a farewell letter. So I’ll get that part out of the way: Season Three will be VIDA’s final season. Rather than dwell on the ‘hows’ and the ‘whys,’ what I’m burning to get to is the ‘thank-you’ part. That’s the part that’s making my chest ache.

When I began this journey three and a half years ago, I never dreamed that by the end of the process I’d be so wholly changed — mind, body and spirit — and that I’d be standing so strongly in my abilities to run and create a TV show the way it should have always been created: By us. When I started this, the landscape was a bleak one for Latinx representation. In the television landscape, the narratives about us were few and far between and were stuck on stereotypical. And I had only heard of one Latina showrunner who’d been allowed to run a show solo. Also for brown queers, there was truly no representation.

This is where the thank-yous begin: Because you championed our delicate and darling little series, we were gifted three beautifully compelling, trailblazing seasons of television. Sincerely, this is why I wanted to personally write this letter, to express that your support has meant everything. It has meant two renewals and validation that our brown narrative is worth telling. I will never be able to thank you enough for your reception and endorsement. Truly.

This goodbye is too bittersweet for words. I’d be lying if I said I’m not sad about not getting back into that magical writers room to keep crafting our story. But after all, I got to tell the exact story I wanted to tell, exactly how I wanted to tell it, and that is rare in this industry. I leave steeped in gratitude. Thankful to Starz for not just allowing VIDA to happen, but for being great co-parents as we raised her together. And grateful for the collaborators whose careers we were able to launch: Latinx cinematographers, writers, actors — almost entirely female — who are now out there and in demand. What a beautiful family we built. And what a beautiful show.

Mil gracias. I do hope you’re able to give this, our last season, a good send off, because let me tell you, it is a powerful one. It is just as compelling as ever with some imagery and themes I’ve never seen on television before. I’m profoundly proud of it.

Servidora,
Tanya Saracho

“Vida” returns with Emma and Lyn riding on the heels of success. The bar is booming, and their love lives are actually flourishing... until the Hernandez sisters discover a long-buried family secret that ruins their hard-won peace. The sisters find themselves face-to -face with old ghosts and new enemies, all while deciding if they can continue together as a family or if they should move on alone, for good this time.

The third and final season of “Vida” was filmed in Los Angeles and was written by an all-Latina writers’ room and directed by Latina directors Jenée LaMarque and Tanya Saracho.

“Vida” stars Melissa Barrera (“Club de Cuervos,” upcoming In the Heights) as Lyn, Mishel Prada (“Riverdale”) as Emma, Ser Anzoategui (“East Los High”) as Eddy, Chelsea Rendon (Bright) as Marisol, Carlos Miranda (The Bling Ring) as Johnny, and Roberta Colindrez (“I Love Dick”) as Nico.

The STARZPLAY premium streaming service is available on Prime Video Channels, the Apple TV app, Virgin Media, and the recently launched STARZPLAY App for iOs and Android. STARZPLAY subscribers across these platforms have access to award-winning series like “The Act,” and “Ramy;” the DC Comics Batman prequel “Pennyworth” and  the psychological horror series from Stephen King and J.J. Abrams ‘Castle Rock’ along with a growing selection of exclusive STARZ Originals on the same day they launch in the U.S., including “The Spanish Princess” and “Vida,” and hit movies like Shutter Island and Charlie’s Angels. 

The STARZPLAY App is available for download on the iPhone and iPad, as well as on a wide range of Android supported devices. Up to four users can watch simultaneously and enjoy offline downloads of select shows and movies. App users can enjoy personalised recommendations of shows and movies based on users’ previous viewing interests and select their preferred language for audio or captions. Download the STARZPLAY App today for 99p per month for three months. This is a limited time offer available for IOS and Android. 

STARZPLAY is available via the Prime Video app to watch anytime, anywhere on smart TVs, iOS and Android mobile devices, Amazon Fire TV, Fire TV Stick, Fire tablets and games consoles and through the web. 

Subscribers to the STARZPLAY channel on the Apple TV App can watch online or enjoy offline downloads of their favorite shows and movies available through STARZPLAY, which is available on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and select Samsung smart TVs.

Virgin TV customers who add the STARZPLAY subscription to their package can view the content by pressing Home on their V6 remote control and then clicking On Demand followed by Box Sets.

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About STARZPLAY
Starz, a Lionsgate Company (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B), continues to grow its global footprint with its ongoing expansion of the STARZPLAY international premium streaming platform in a growing number of territories. The STARZPLAY premium streaming service gives subscribers the opportunity to watch STARZ premium content all in one place, with future STARZ Originals airing exclusively on STARZPLAY day-and-date with the US. Available through its own direct to consumer STARZPLAY app, global digital broadcast services, multi-channel video distributors, telecommunications companies and other online and digital platforms, STARZPLAY offers subscribers access to STARZ Original series, premium movies and curated content focused on a global audience. STARZPLAY is currently available in Europe and Latin America on Apple TV, in France, Germany, Mexico and the UK on Amazon Prime Video channels and on the following local platforms: in Mexico on izzi and Totalplay; in Spain on Orange and Vodafone; in the UK on Virgin Media; and as Starz in Canada in alliance with Bell Media.