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Lucifer Season 6 is set to be released in 2021 (or early 2022) on Netflix, and will be the final seasons of the Tom Ellis-starring detective drama. Fans were hoping that Netflix would give the show 17 episodes in its final season in order to bring the episode total to 100. However, if the latest announcement of the Lucifer Season 6 episode count is anything to go by, the show will not reach that milestone.
TVLine reported that Lucifer Season 6 will have 10 episodes, bringing the episode total to 93, and suggesting that the final season of the show will be released at once onto Netflix rather than in two parts, as has been the case with Season 5.
This was also confirmed by Lucifer actor DB Woodside, who tweeted after initial reports said that the season would have eight episodes: "That escalated quickly. Y'all are hilarious. 10! It will be 10 amazing episodes! Now let me get off twitter before my phone starts blowing up!"
Netflix did not respond to request asking them to confirm the episode length.
The 10-episode order for Lucifer Season 6 is six fewer episodes than fans got with the current season. However, that season too was initially meant to be 10 episodes long before it was extended to 16. This could mean that Season 6 could follow it and be extended at a later date.
Previously, Lucifer showrunners Joe Henderson and Ildy Modrovich were asked by Variety whether there would be 17 episodes in the last season to bring the total to 100. The former said: "We're not allowed to answer our episode order yet," while the latter teased that "conversations have been had" about the episode length.
The article also notes that the 100-episode mark is something that Lucifer producers Warner Bros. take "very seriously," so it is notable that Netflix has announced the show will be missing 100 installments by seven episodes.
If Lucifer Season 6 gets 10 episodes, it will be the shortest run for the show since its fourth season in 2019. Notably, this was the show's first season for Netflix, suggesting that this is the studio's preferred length for a show.
In March 2019, Deadline reported 10 episodes is seen as the optimal length for a show on Netflix. In a piece about why Netflix cancels so many shows after three seasons, the website says, "word is that those shorter seasons are considered optimal for consumption, and any additional episodes beyond 10 a season do not add value, so they are an unnecessary expense for the network."
However, the show has a loyal base of so-called Lucifans who may be able to pressure the streamer to extend the show as they did with Season 5.
Lucifer Season 6 is coming soon to Netflix; Season 5B is coming in 2021.
