Watch: 'Pose' to End with Season 3, Premiere Date Announced

Good news: The third season of "Pose" is just around the corner. Bad news: It will be the show's final season.

Co-creator and executive producer Steven Canals made the announcement on social media Friday, revealing that the third and final season of the queer ballroom drama will hit FX on May 2. The Hollywood Reporter points out that Season 3 will only have seven episodes and that the first two will air when it debuts. The finale will air on June 6.

"It was a very difficulty decision for us to make but this has been an incredible journey and we have told the story we wanted to tell, the way we wanted to tell it," Canals said. "Although we know you'll be sad to see the show go, this season will be filled with all of the love and laughter – and tears – that you've come to expect from the Evangelista family.

"I, along with my incredible collaborators, never intended on changing the television landscape. I simply wanted to tell an honest story about family, resilience and love. We love you and hope you will join us in celebrating this final season," he added.

Ryan Murphy, who also co-created "Pose," gave a statement about the show coming to an end, TVLine reports.

"'Pose' has been one of the creative highlights of my entire career," he said. "From the very beginning when Steven Canals and I sat down to hear his vision and ideas for the show, it has been a passion project. To go from the beginning of my career in the late 90s when it was nearly impossible to get an LGBTQ character on television to 'Pose' – which will go down in history for having the largest LGBTQ cast of all time – is a truly full circle moment for me. This show made history behind and in front of the camera, and its legacy runs deep.

"I'm so proud of my fellow creators Steven Canals and Brad Falchuk, and also to exec producer/writer/director Janet Mock who made such an indelible mark with her personal and heartfelt work," Murphy went on to say. "Thanks also to Our Lady J for her incredible work as a producer, writer and actress on the show. John Landgraf and Dana Walden supported 'Pose' from the very beginning. We got to tell the exact story we wanted, as we wanted to tell it, and I'm incredibly honored and grateful. 'Pose's' story may end in 1996, but its impact will go on forever."

Canals added:

"'Write the TV show you want to watch!' That's what I was told in 2014 while completing my MFA in screenwriting. At the time we weren't seeing very many Black and Latinx characters – that happened to also be LGBTQ+ – populating screens. And so I wrote the first draft of a pilot the 'younger me' deserved. 'Pose' was conceived as a love letter to the underground NY ballroom community, to my beloved New York, to my queer & trans family, to myself. I, along with my incredible collaborators, never intended on changing the TV landscape. I simply wanted to tell an honest story about family, resilience, and love. How fortunate am I to have done that for three seasons. I'm filled with gratitude to our intrepid writers, cast, crew, and producers who worked tirelessly to make 'Pose' come to life, humbled by our loyal audience, thankful to the ballroom community who trusted us to tell their story, overwhelmed by the critics who warmly embraced us, and forever indebted to Ryan Murphy, FX, and 20th Television for changing my life.

"Pose" has been nominated for Best Drama series at the Emmy Wards and Golden Globes. In 2019, Billy Porter won an Emmy for Best Actor in a Drama, becoming the first out Black man to do so.

Watch Canals's statement below.