Overview

• On the Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast, Lena Dunham said she would be “f***ing thrilled” to develop a series centered on her Girls character Shoshanna Shapiro.
• Dunham and Zosia Mamet have informally brainstormed where Shoshanna would be today, envisioning her as a divorcée who runs a zero-waste athleisure startup after a marriage to the New York City mayor.
• Mamet has spent months encouraging Dunham to write the spinoff, telling the same podcast in January that she wants to revisit Shoshanna’s story.
• HBO programming chief Casey Bloys confirmed that, despite enthusiasm on both sides, the network has no active plans to revive Girls or commission a spinoff.
• A resurgence of interest in Girls among younger viewers has fueled fan calls for new installments focusing on its most lighthearted character.