Season 3 of XO, Kitty, Netflix’s hit rom-com following teenage matchmaker Kitty Song Covey (Anna Cathcart), will premiere on the platform on 2 April. The forthcoming season will continue the series’ standard format of eight 30-minute episodes.
Created by Jenny Han and written and showrun by Valentina Garza, Season 3 follows the youngest Covey as she returns for her senior year at KISS. “She’s going to make meaningful memories with her friends, grow closer to her relatives in Korea, and make big decisions about her future,” reads the official logline. “And she’s going to define her relationship with Min Ho, for real this time. But when surprise revelations disrupt her plans, and relationships, Kitty must learn to embrace the unexpected.”
Alongside Cathcart, returning cast members include Minyeong Choi (Dae), Gia Kim (Yuri), Sang Heon Lee (Min Ho), Anthony Keyvan (Q), Regan Aliyah (Juliana) and Hojo Shin (Jiwon). Peter Thurnwald (Alex), Joshua Lee (Jin), Sasha Bhasin (Praveena), Michael K. Lee (Professor Lee), Philippe Lee (Mr Moon), Jocelyn Shelfo (Madison), Han Bi Ryu (Eunice) and Sunny Oh (Mihee) also return as series regulars.
Variety has previously reported that the series had added three new cast members: Sule Thelwell (Marius), Soy Kim (Yisoo) and Christine Hwang (Gigi).
XO, Kitty began as a spin-off of the To All the Boys film franchise, based on Jenny Han’s bestselling book series, which includes To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You and To All the Boys: Always and Forever.
In 2018, Netflix told Variety that To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before was one of its “most viewed original films ever”. XO, Kitty has also proved successful for the streamer; according to Netflix, Season 2 debuted at No. 2 on the English TV list with 14.2 million views.
The Paramount Television Studios series is executive produced by Garza, Han, Bradley Gardner and Matt Kaplan of ACE Entertainment.