The 8-episode 17th season will debut on Wednesday, July 9 at 9/8c. with its first two episodes. Episodes will be available to stream the next day on Hulu.
Seventeen seasons on, Ronald "Mac" MacDonald (Rob McElhenney), Charlie Kelly (Charlie Day), Dennis Reynolds (Glenn Howerton), Dee Reynolds (Kaitlin Olson) and Frank Reynolds (Danny DeVito) return to shamelessly shed their "niche" label for grander aspirations.
They'll exploit cross-network promotion to increase market share; they'll scapegoat one of their own to avoid a PR backlash; they'll risk everything for a handshake with the Saudis; they'll bend the laws with side hustles to pad their pockets; and they'll change everything about themselves to appeal to a broader audience.
And sure, like any corporate goon, the Gang craves money and parasitic social privileges. That's been plain since 2005. But they're also human beings. They crave love... respect... conditional freedom... constant adulation... histrionic amounts of attention... non-stop gratifications... and unfiltered, slaphappy eroticism.
In Season 17, they'll chase down them all. And the money. Obviously, the money. They don't want to spend the rest of their lives working like dogs.
McElhenney, Day and Howerton executive produce with Michael Rotenberg, Nick Frenkel, Dave Chernin, John Chernin, Rob Rosell, David Hornsby, Nina Pedrad and Victor Hsu. FX Productions produces.
