History Series / Younger

With the help of her best friend Maggie (Creator/DebiMazar), a sharp-tongued lesbian artist, Liza moves to Brooklyn and sets up an entirely new identity, even landing herself a job as an assistant at a publishing house. She also strikes up a flirtation with her neighbor Josh (Creator/NicoTortorella), a 26-year-old tattoo artist who thinks they're the same age. Music/HilaryDuff, Miriam Shor, Creator/PeterHermann, and Creator/CharlesMichaelDavis also star.

* AmicableExes: Liza grows to be more civil with her ex-husband, mostly for their daughter's benefit.

After being mistaken for younger than she really is, 40-year old single mother Liza Miller (Sutton Foster) decides to take the chance to reboot her career and personal life as a 26-year old.

''Younger'' premiered in March 2015 and became a surprise hit for TV Land, with its viewership figures rising each successive season. A seventh and final season is set to air on Creator/ParamountPlus in 2021, while a spinoff based around Duff's character, Kelsey, was reported to be in development as of October 2020, However in June of 2021, Darren Star stated that the spin-off was off the table and not moving forward.

''Younger'' premiered in March 2015 and became a surprise hit for TV Land, with its viewership figures rising each successive season. A seventh and final season is set to air on Creator/ParamountPlus in 2021, while a spinoff based around Duff's character, Kelsey, is in development as of October 2020.

* CerebusRetcon:[[spoiler: Edward L.L. Moore's dirty old man persona is played for laughs, however in "Liza Too" it's revealed that his comments are less than innocent and go into sexual harassment and abuse territory as he's groped countless women. After Liza comes forward after learning he's been doing it to a lot of women, Charles is forced to cut him loose.]]

* CerebusRetcon:[[spoiler: Edward L.L. Moore's dirty old man persona is played for laughs, however in "Liza Too" it's revealed that his comments are less than innocent and go into sexual harassment and abuse territory as he's groped countless women. After Liza comes forward, Charles is forced to cut him loose.]]

* CerebusRetcon:[[spoiler: Edward L.L. Moore's dirty old man persona is played for laughs, however in "LizaToo" it's revealed that his comments are less than innocent and go into sexual harassment and abuse territory as he's groped countless women. After Liza comes forward, Charles is forced to cut him loose.]]

** [[spoiler Not long later Liza is forced to return to her hometown with Empirical to present a check to a bookstore, thus having her secret outed. She even prepares Charles for this by saying he will learn some stuff about her that he's not aware of. However their benefactor pulls out at the last minute forcing them to turn the helicopter around. When Charles inquires what he was going to learn, Liza covers by saying she was "a huge slut in high school"]]

With the help of her best friend Maggie (Debi Mazar), a sharp-tongued lesbian artist, Liza moves to Brooklyn and sets up an entirely new identity, even landing herself a job as an assistant at a publishing house. She also strikes up a flirtation with her neighbor Josh (Creator/NicoTortorella), a 26-year-old tattoo artist who thinks they're the same age. Music/HilaryDuff, Miriam Shor, Peter Hermann, and Creator/CharlesMichaelDavis also star.

''Younger'' premiered in March 2015 and became a surprise hit for TV Land, with its viewership figures rising each successive season. A seventh and final season is set to air in 2021, while a spinoff based around Duff's character, Kelsey, is in development as of October 2020.

''Younger'' premiered in March 2015 and became a surprise hit for TV Land, with its viewership figures rising each successive season.

* ChannelHop: From TV Land to Creator/ParamountNetwork, starting with season six.

With the help of her best friend Maggie (Debi Mazar), a sharp-tongued lesbian artist, Liza moves to Brooklyn and sets up an entirely new identity, even landing herself a job as an assistant at a publishing house. She also strikes up a flirtation with her neighbor Josh (Creator/NicoTortorella), a 26-year-old tattoo artist who thinks they're the same age. Music/HilaryDuff, Miriam Shor, and Peter Hermann also star.

* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler:After Thad finds out Liza's secret he uses it as leverage against her telling Kelsey about his bathroom trysts with his secretary, however Liza decides to inform Kelsey anyways, telling Thad that he can do whatever he wants effectively ending her career. Thad isn't none to happy and tries to convince her otherwise but she gets away just as a crane drops its load of steel directly on top of Thad, killing him, ensuring Liza's secret remains safe, for the time being]].

* ShipTease: Liza and Charles. It mainly serves to show how she sometimes can get along better with an older man than with Josh, and he thinks she is much younger than him, an an assistant to boot, but it's there. And [[ClingyJealousGirl Diana]] certainly notices.

* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Lauren's parents are a {{Jewish mother}} and a {{dirty old man}}. While the former is nice and gets along with Lauren's friend, the latter tends to make everyone uncomfortable.

* BackupTwin: [[spoiler:Thad's twin Chad, who comes into the picture when the former is killed in a construction accident]].
* BastardBoyfriend: Thad is very clearly an ass. Although he is not overly bastardly to Kelsey (who is no saint herself), he just doesn't have anything good going on for him, except being hot.
* TheBeautifulElite: They are all very attractive. Liza, being able to pass as a twenty-something despite being forty, deserves a special mention.
* BenevolentBoss: Charles plays this trope pretty straight, while Diane reveals herself to also be one as the series goes on.
* BiTheWay: Lauren, with also giving a vibe of AnythingThatMoves.

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Thad is just standing there, in the middle of the city, talking to Liza, when a load of steel falls on his head]].

* GayBar: Hoping to lift her spirits, Diane takes Kelsey to one after [[spoiler:Thad's death]].
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Lauren parties hard.
* HopelessSuitor: Diana to Charles, who acts perfectly gentlemanly, but feels obviously a little uneasy because of her advances.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Kelsey claims in the pilot that a woman should support another woman, but makes a contemptuous remark about Diana who "has hit the glass ceiling so many times she has dementia" in the same episode. While she can dislike Diana personally, this kind of remarks aren't soaked in female solidarity.

* {{Jerkass}}: Anton seems nice at first but is incredibly selfish cuts himself as an attempt guilt Kelsey out of wanting to end their affair.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Diana is introduced as an intimidating figure, but shows {{hidden depths}} and has enough PetTheDog Moments to reveal herself as a {{benevolent boss}}, in her own way.

* FunnyForeigner: Anton. Not from the beginning, but his comment about the "walrus vagina" really put him in this category.

* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Thad's name is very deliberately pronounced with a hard H by every character.

* LikesOlderWomen: Josh, although he doesn't know it yet. [[spoiler:Until the end of the first season.]]
* LipstickLesbian: Artsy, glam Maggie.

* PolarOppositeTwins: [[spoiler:Thad is selfish and aloof, while Chad is sensitive and thoughtful]].
* PrettyInMink: Kelsey makes enough at her job [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/younger_two_girls_and_a_fur.jpg to afford a fur coat]] or two.
* SatelliteCharacter: Lauren is best friends with Kelsey, but barely knows Liza... and lists her, Josh (whom she knows even less) and Maggie among her closest friends. [[spoiler:Although that move it's justified if she planned to hit on Maggie from the beginning.]]
* SecretKeeper: Maggie is Liza's only confidant in the first season. [[spoiler:Josh and his roommates also get in on it later]].
* SheIsAllGrownUp: Lauren's "Hot Mitzvah" is about her being this trope, and not thirteen and pimply as she was at the time of her Bar Mitzvah.

* SpoiledBrat: Liza's Daughter, Caitlin.

* TallDarkAndSnarky: Josh, complete with messy hair, deadpan sarcasm, and plenty of tattoos.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Liza and Anne's relationship seems to be this

''Younger'' is a {{romantic|comedy}} {{dramedy}} series on Creator/TVLand, based on the Pamela Redmond Satran novel of the same name. Darren Star (''Series/SexAndTheCity'') created and executive produces it.

''Younger'' premiered in March 2015 and became a surprise hit for TV Land, with its viewership figures rising each successive season; it's currently renewed up to a fifth season, expected to air sometime between 2017 and 2018.

* PrettyInMink: Kelsey makes enough at her job [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/younger_two_girls_and_a_fur.jpg
to afford a fur coat]] or two.

** Liza and Kelsey, though the latter isn't aware of their secret age difference. Also true of Liza's relationships with Charles and Diane.

With the help of her best friend Maggie (Debi Mazar), a sharp-tongued lesbian artist, Liza moves to Brooklyn and sets up an entirely new identity, even landing herself a job as an assistant at a publishing house. She also strikes up a flirtation with her neighbor Josh (Creator/NicoTortorella), a 26-year-old tattoo artist who thinks they're the same age. Music/HilaryDuff and Peter Hermann also star.

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[{{Tagline}} It's only a lie if you get caught]].]]

'''''Younger''''' is a {{romantic|comedy}} {{dramedy}} series on TV Land, based on the Pamela Redmond Satran novel of the same name. Darren Star (''Series/SexAndTheCity'') created and executive produces it.

* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler: After Thad finds out Liza's secret he uses it as leverage against her telling Kelsey about his bathroom trysts with his secretary, however Liza decides to inform Kelsey anyways, telling Thad that he can do whatever he wants effectively ending her career. Thad isn't none to happy and tries to convince her otherwise but she gets away just as a crane drops its load of steel directly on top of Thad, killing him, ensuring Liza's secret remains safe, for the time being]].

* IntergenerationalFriendship: Liza and Kelsey, though the latter isn't aware of their secret age difference. Also true of Liza's relationships with Charles and Diane.

* OlderThanTheyLook: The central premise hinges on the fact that Liza can conceivably pass for about 15 years younger then her actual age. In-universe, Maggie mentions that Liza was being carded until she was thirty.

* VitriolicBestBuds: Liza and Anne's relationship seems to be this.

* {{Expy}}: In "Secrets & Liza" it's shown that Empirical's biggest success is the ''[[GameOfThrones Crown of Kings]]'' series by [[Creator/GeorgeRRMartin Edward L.L. Moore]]. Also counts as a TakeThat, given Charles calls the books the overwritten fantasies of a [[DirtyOldMan handsy old man]] (and Liza agrees), and the author isn't flatteringly portrayed.

With the help of her best friend Maggie (Debi Mazar), a sharp-tongued lesbian artist, Liza moves to Brooklyn and sets up an entirely new identity, even landing herself a job as an assistant at a publishing house. She also strikes up a flirtation with her neighbor Josh (Creator/NicoTortorella), a 26-year-old tattoo artist who thinks they're the same age. Music/HilaryDuff, Debi Mazar, and Peter Hermann also star.