It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season 17 Episode 8: Release date news, time, streaming details, and more about the finale

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season 17 is the latest installment in a darkly comedic saga. Since 2005, the show has been breaking the sitcom mold. It clearly doesn’t care about your comfort zone. After 17 seasons, the same crew is still creating those ‘did-they-really-just-do-that?’ moments.

If you’ve somehow missed it, The Gang is a group of questionable humans running a bar in South Philly. The pub’s kind of a dump, but it’s just an excuse for them to get into all sorts of unethical, deranged, and sometimes brilliant shenanigans. One minute, they’re trying to scam the system; the next, they’re sabotaging each other.

Now we are rushing toward the Season 17 finale, which is episode 8. Whether you’re a longtime fan or just checking in for the first time, here’s what we know so far.

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season 17: Release date, streaming, and the finale

The It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season 17 finale, Episode 8, also known as The Golden Bachelor Live, airs on FXX on Wednesday, August 20, 2025, at 9 p.m. ET/PT. If you don’t subscribe to cable, it’ll be available on Hulu the next day, so you can relax and stream it on Thursday, August 21.

People in Canada and Australia can watch the new episodes weekly on their usual streaming platforms like Disney+ or JioHotstar. UK fans might have to wait until after the U.S. airing. Now, this episode isn’t just any ordinary finale. Frank Reynolds (Danny DeVito) is going on The Golden Bachelor Live. Plus, they’ve brought in some familiar faces from Abbott Elementary this year to make things even more chaotic.

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season 17 began on July 9, 2025, with a double-episode premiere. They’ve maintained a regular schedule with new episodes every Wednesday at 9 p.m. on FXX. If you don’t have cable, you can still watch it live on Sling TV or Hulu with Live TV. And if you want to binge the entire series, every season is available on Hulu for U.S. viewers. International fans can watch it on Disney+.

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season 17: What sets this season apart

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season 17 is at its most self-referential and outlandish. The premiere even did a crossover with Abbott Elementary. Every episode, you get your usual cocktail of catastrophic choices, but somehow it just keeps getting sharper. Titles like The Gang Gets Ready for Prime Time and Overage Drinking: A National Concern pretty much sum up the vibe, as it is equal parts biting satire and the kind of ridiculousness that only they can pull off.

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Rotten Tomatoes rates it at 90%, which is wild for such a deep show. Rob McElhenney is still running the circus and starring in it, along with Charlie, Glenn, Kaitlin, and of course, Danny “the god” DeVito, causing chaos as always. You even get Rickety Cricket crawling back for more misery, and Artemis doing whatever Artemis does.

They shot this run in late 2024, and everything looks smoother, but they didn’t clean up the dirt. The show still revolves around reckless schemes, shouting matches in Paddy’s, and plans that would get normal people arrested. It just feels tighter now, like they know exactly how to use every part of history and still throw in something new to mess with you.

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