Yellowjackets
American drama television series
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| 2025 | Season 3 of the TV series Yellowjackets is set to premiere, continuing the narrative of the survivors from the high school soccer team stranded in the wilderness. |
| February 16 2025 | Third season makes its air debut on Showtime. |
| February 16 2025 | Third season of Yellowjackets premiered on Showtime. |
| February 14 2025 | Third season becomes available for streaming to Showtime subscribers. |
| December 2024 | Ashley Lyle confirms a delay for the previously announced bonus episode, stating they may need to wait longer to release it. |
| November 2024 | Announcement made that the third season will premiere in February 2025. |
| September 2024 | Hilary Swank was cast in a recurring role for Season 3 of Yellowjackets, marking a significant addition to the show's cast. |
| May 14 2024 | Filming for season three started, with co-showrunners Bart Nickerson and Jonathan Lisco making their directorial debuts, Nickerson directing the premiere and Lisco directing episode three. |
| March 14 2024 | Won Outstanding Drama Series at the GLAAD Media Awards. |
| March 3 2024 | Won Best Genre Series at the Satellite Awards. |
| February 4 2024 | Nominated for Best Action / Adventure / Thriller Television Series at the Saturn Awards. |
| January 15 2024 | Nominated for Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (Melanie Lynskey) at the Primetime Emmy Awards. |
| January 14 2024 | Nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series at the Critics' Choice Television Awards. |
| 2023 | Cast members of Yellowjackets appeared on Celebrity Family Feud, with the elder cast (Christina Ricci, Lauren Ambrose, Tawny Cypress, Melanie Lynskey, Warren Kole) competing against the younger cast (Samantha Hanratty, Courtney Eaton, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sophie Nélisse, and co-creator Ashley Lyle). |
| October 10 2023 | Second season released on DVD and Blu-ray. |
| June 2023 | Series co-creator Ashley Lyle announces plans for a bonus episode to air between the second and third seasons. |
| May 1 2023 | Writing for the next season begins, but is immediately halted the next day due to the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike. |
| April 14 2023 | Alanis Morissette released a single cover of the show's theme song, which was featured in the fourth, seventh, and ninth episodes of the second season. |
| March 26 2023 | Second season of Yellowjackets premiered on Showtime. |
| March 9 2023 | Florence and the Machine released a cover of No Doubt's 'Just a Girl' as a single to promote the second season of Yellowjackets. |
| February 2023 | Cast members for the 1990s timeline completed filming their scenes for the second season. |
| January 2023 | Nicole Maines was cast as Lisa, a character associated with adult Lottie who is recovering from past trauma. |
| January 2023 | Variety reported that Keeya King, who played teen Akilah in season one, was recast with Nia Sondaya for season 2. |
| 2022 | Yellowjackets became the second-most streamed series in Showtime's history, following Dexter: New Blood. |
| 2022 | The series averaged more than 5 million weekly viewers, marking the highest viewership for a freshman series on Showtime since Billions in 2016. |
| 2022 | The series continued to receive critical recognition, ranking in top ten lists such as No. 3 at PopBuzz, No. 4 at Exclaim!, No. 7 at Polygon, and No. 10 at The A.V. Club. |
| 2022 | Casting for season 2 began in mid-2022, with Kevin Alves's role as teenage Travis upgraded to series regular. |
| December 15 2022 | Showtime renews Yellowjackets for a third season, three months ahead of the second-season premiere. |
| November 16 2022 | Won Original Score — TV Show/Limited Series at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards. |
| October 25 2022 | Nominated for Best Network or Cable Action-Thriller Television Series at the Saturn Awards. |
| September 12 2022 | Nominated for multiple Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama Series, with Karyn Kusama nominated for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series. |
| September 4 2022 | Nominated for Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series at the Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards. |
| August 2022 | Filming for the second season began, with the first episode directed by Daisy von Scherler Mayer. |
| August 2022 | Lauren Ambrose and Simone Kessell joined the cast of Yellowjackets as adult Van and Lottie, promoted from recurring to series regulars for season 2. |
| August 13 2022 | Received multiple nominations at the Hollywood Critics Association Awards, including Best Directing and Best Writing for the 'Pilot' episode. |
| July 19 2022 | First season released on DVD and manufactured-on-demand Blu-ray. |
| May 2022 | Writers begin initial script development for the second season of Yellowjackets. |
| April 13 2022 | Won Actress in a Leading Role – Drama at the Gracie Awards. |
| April 2 2022 | Nominated for Outstanding New TV Series at the GLAAD Media Awards. |
| March 17 2022 | Yellowjackets won Best Horror Series at the Critics' Choice Super Awards. |
| March 16 2022 | Won the New Voice Award (TV) at the Final Draft Awards. |
| March 13 2022 | Won Best Actress in a Drama Series at the Critics' Choice Television Awards. |
| February 9 2022 | Gary Levine discusses the creators' initial plans for the series, noting they have a general idea of a five-year arc but are taking the show one season at a time. |
| January 2022 | Vulture critics Alison Willmore and Kathryn VanArendonk discussed Showtime's strategic weekly episode release for Yellowjackets, highlighting the series' ability to sustain audience conversation in a competitive streaming landscape. |
| January 16 2022 | First season finale aired, concluding the initial storyline and setting up future plot developments for the series. |
| January 6 2022 | Lakeshore Records released 'No Return', the main theme song by Craig Wedren and Anna Waronker, for streaming and download. |
| January 2 2022 | First season of Yellowjackets aired its first half, introducing the narrative that alternates between the survivors' traumatic past in 1996 and their complicated adult lives in the present day. |
| 2021 | Yellowjackets received high critical acclaim, ranking in multiple top ten lists across various media publications, including No. 2 at The A.V. Club and Vanity Fair, and No. 3 at Chicago Sun-Times and Houston Press. |
| 2021 | Twenty-five years after their rescue, the surviving team members continue to be affected by the traumatic events of their wilderness ordeal. |
| December 2021 | The series was renewed for a second season by Showtime, following its initial critical acclaim. |
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