Overview
- Rob McElhenney shared a clapboard image captioned “Back in the kitchen,” signaling production has begun on the new season.
- No premiere date or official trailer has been announced for Season 18.
- The principal cast of Charlie Day, Rob McElhenney, Glenn Howerton, Kaitlin Olson, and Danny DeVito is expected to return, though no formal cast list is confirmed.
- Details on the clapboard point to Todd Bierman directing during the upcoming season.
- Lynne Marie Stewart, who played Charlie’s mom and died in early 2025, will not appear in the new episodes.