XO, Kitty

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XO, Kitty is an American romantic comedy drama television series created by Jenny Han for Netflix that premiered on May 18, 2023.[3] It is a spin-off of the To All the Boys film series (itself an adaptation of Han's book trilogy To All the Boys I've Loved Before), and marks the first Netflix television series to be spun off from a Netflix original film.[4] Han serves as writer and executive producer in addition to being a showrunner. Anna Cathcart reprises the title role as Kitty Song-Covey, a high school student and younger sister of Lara Jean Song-Covey  the central character from the film series. Kitty goes on her own journey to learn about her late mother’s alma mater and experience friendship and romance. The series also stars Gia Kim, Sang Heon Lee, Choi Min-yeong, Anthony Keyvan, and Peter Thurnwald.

Created byJenny Han
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Jenny Han
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XO, Kitty
GenreRomantic comedy drama
Created byJenny Han
Based onCharacters by
Jenny Han
Starring
Music byShirley Song & Jina Hyojin An
Country of originUnited States
Original languages
  • English
  • Korean
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes26
Production
Executive producers
Camera setupSingle camera[1]
Running time26–35 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkNetflix
ReleaseMay 18, 2023 (2023-05-18) 
present
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To All the Boys I've Loved Before
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In June 2023, the series was renewed for a second season,[5] which premiered on January 16, 2025.[6] In February 2025, the series was renewed for a third season.[7] The third season premiered on April 2, 2026.

Cast and characters

Main

  • Anna Cathcart as Katherine "Kitty" Song-Covey[8]
  • Gia Kim as Yuri Han[9]
  • Sang Heon Lee as Min-ho Moon[9]
  • Choi Min-yeong as Dae-heon "Dae" Kim[9]
  • Anthony Keyvan as Quincy "Q" Shabazian[9]
  • Peter Thurnwald as Professor Alex Finnerty Lee[9]
  • Regan Aliyah as Juliana Porter (seasons 2–3, recurring season 1)[9]
  • Philippe Lee as Young Moon (seasons 2–3)
  • Audrey Huynh as Esther Shim/Stella Cho (season 2)
  • Sule Thelwell as Marius (season 3)
  • Hojo Shin as Jiwon Ahn (season 3, recurring season 2)

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Guest

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110May 18, 2023 (2023-05-18)
28January 16, 2025 (2025-01-16)
38April 2, 2026 (2026-04-02)
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Season 1 (2023)

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11"XO[b]"Jennifer ArnoldJenny Han & Siobhan VivianMay 18, 2023 (2023-05-18)
Kitty Song-Covey is in a long-distance relationship with her boyfriend Dae, who lives in South Korea. She is offered a full scholarship at the Korean Independent School of Seoul (KISS), where Dae is a high school student and her late mom studies, as well. Wanting to see Dae and feel a connection to her mom, she convinces her dad to let her go. At the Seoul airport, she misses the bus to take her to the school and attempts to navigate on her own through public transit. Kitty is accidentally hit on the street by a car carrying Yuri Han, a popular student at KISS whose mom, Jina Lim, is the principal. Yuri offers her a ride to school, and Kitty later discovers the chauffeur is Dae's father. Yuri is in a secret relationship with a girl called Juliana Porter and in order to hide it from her mom, she has Dae pose as her boyfriend in exchange for paying for his tuition for the semester. Kitty arrives at the school's welcome party and is thrilled to see Dae, but then finds out that Dae is with Yuri. Heartbroken, Kitty falls into a dessert tower, feels humiliated and flees.
22"WTF[c]"Jennifer ArnoldSiobhan VivianMay 18, 2023 (2023-05-18)
Dae tries explaining the truth to Kitty, but she refuses to listen to him. However, due to the school mistaking her as a male student, she finds out her roommates are Dae and his two best friends, Q and Min-ho, who he rudely encountered Kitty at the airport. She locks herself in her room wanting to leave the next morning, but she changes her mind after finding some places on campus where her mom posed in pictures. Yuri's dad, an important businessman, has a scandal after a video of him treating an employee badly goes viral, especially after Yuri posts a meme about it. Jina proposes a solution: she makes public Yuri and Dae's relationship as an opening for the company beginning to offer scholarships to low-income students during a press conference. Noticing how Dae refuses to hold Yuri's hand during the press conference, Kitty suspects the relationship is fake.
33"KISS[d]"Jeff ChanAlanna BennettMay 18, 2023 (2023-05-18)
At the first day of school at KISS, Kitty has been nicknamed the "Portland Stalker". Dae wants to tell Kitty the truth about his relationship with Yuri, but he is forced to sign an NDA and keep it a secret. Yuri tells him that she does not mind if Kitty knows the relationship is fake, as long as the reason for the relationship is not shared. A teacher tells Jina that he suspects Dae wrote one of Yuri's assignments for her, so she took away Yuri's credit card, wrecking her plans for taking a trip with Juliana, who disappeared after she and Yuri were seen embracing by Juliana's housekeeper. Kitty discovers Q has a crush on a boy named Florian and helps them to become lab partners in chemistry class. Min-ho is rude to Kitty during class, and she publicizes his nickname "Poopy Baby" from a commercial he was in as a baby, leading to everyone making fun of him. Kitty is doing poorly in her classes, so she is assigned a tutor, who turns out to be Dae. Yuri tells Dae how Kitty publicized Min Ho's secret, causing him to be disappointed in Kitty and break up with her. Dae gives Kitty back her mom's necklace, that he was wearing the entire time when Kitty tells him to give it back, and he tells her that his relationship with Yuri is real. Back at the dorm room with Q, a baby hospital bracelet from 1993 falls from Kitty's mom's diary, making Kitty realize that her mother had a baby when she was a teenager.
44"TGIF[e]"Jeff ChanEmily KimMay 18, 2023 (2023-05-18)
Kitty is moved to the girls' dorm after Min-ho reports the housing mistake. Her roommate is a girl who constantly plays video games and is extremely messy. Kitty tries approaching Dae as a friend, sharing everything she has discovered lately about her mother. She joins Q's outdoor activity club to have privacy with Dae, but Min-ho tells Yuri, and she joins as well. When taking a picture for Yuri, Kitty finds the hospital that was named on the baby bracelet and she manages to get inside the hospital's record room and discovers she has a half-brother who was adopted by an Australian couple, only to get caught by security, but Professor Alex Finnerty comes to her rescue. They talk about his experience being adopted, and Kitty suspects that Alex might be her half-brother. Min-ho finds a video that Kitty's roommate posted online of Kitty sleeping, and the boys encourage her to move out. Q suggests she move back in with them, causing tension between Dae and Kitty.
55"TBH[f]"Jennifer ArnoldSarah ChoiMay 18, 2023 (2023-05-18)
Chuseok is happening, where people go home to spend time with their family. Kitty plans a dinner with Alex and other expats to tell him they are related. Yuri questions her mom about her and Kitty's mom, Eve Song, being friends at KISS, but Jina denies being close to Eve. Yuri's parents fight due to her father traveling so much for work, so she goes to Dae's home to celebrate the holiday there. A messenger gives her a package that Kitty sent to Dae, which contained the necklace she originally gave him, but Yuri doesn't deliver it to Dae. For the Chuseok dinner, Kitty prepares mashed potatoes, not knowing that lactose intolerance is common in Asians. This causes Min-ho to miss his date with a pop star called Lulu, but she arranges for their date to be rescheduled for the next night. Alex shares with Kitty that Professor Daniel Lee is his father, but that he doesn't know. Yuri arrives home where she sees her mother prepared food for Chuseok. After Yuri goes to bed, Jina rips a page out from a KISS 1993 yearbook that she and Eve are pictured on together and burns it.
66"BYOB[g]"Jennifer ArnoldHanna Stanbridge & Chris MartinMay 18, 2023 (2023-05-18)
Min-ho has a dream about Kitty, suggesting he has developed feelings for her. Kitty is upset with Dae for not thanking her for giving him back the necklace, not knowing that Yuri kept it. Kitty wants to talk to Daniel and get to know him better and introduce Alex to Margot and Lara Jean, but Alex tells her that not everyone is on "Kitty Schedule" and it is better for her to focus on her studies. Q invites Kitty to Min-ho's party, where she is determined to find someone new to kiss. Yuri lies to her mother, saying she is going on a date with Dae, but is actually DJing at Min-ho's party. Kitty meets a guy named Geon, but she loses interest in him when he starts badmouthing Yuri. Kitty drunkenly sends a text to Alex, but she accidentally sends it to Daniel, who informs Jina about the party. Jina tracks Yuri on her phone and realizes that Yuri lied to her. Daniel and Jina arrive to end the party. Dae confronts Yuri about why she hid the necklace from him, but before she can say anything, Daniel stops the music, shutting down the party. Min-ho sees Dae and Kitty speaking, not knowing Kitty had ended things with him, so he kisses a girl named Madison Miller, whose parents own a hospitality company. Kitty has a dream about Yuri, suggesting she has developed feelings for her.
77"TIL[h]"Pamela RomanowskyJessica O'TooleMay 18, 2023 (2023-05-18)
The students who were caught at the party are punished with detention at school on Saturday, and Daniel tells everyone it was Kitty who informed him about the party. Yuri tells Dae that she was afraid he would stop being her friend and would leave her to be with Kitty, which is why she didn't give him the necklace. She plans to give the necklace back to Kitty, but after finding out that Kitty has been living with Dae, Yuri instead wears it to detention, causing friction with Kitty. Jina sees the necklace and believes it is hers, making it clear to Kitty and Yuri that she has lied about her relationship with Eve. Yuri searches for the KISS 1993 yearbook in her mom's office and discovers that Jina had sent Juliana away. Yuri and Kitty look for the yearbook at Daniel's house, and Kitty sees a picture of Jina and Eve wearing matching necklaces, in which Jina is overweight, suggesting she is Alex's biological mom. Yuri calls the paparazzi and publicly breaks up with Dae, texting her mom that she will never forgive her for what she did to Juliana. Dae finds Kitty and he kisses her.
88"LFG[i]"Pamela RomanowskyJessica O'Toole & Sascha RothchildMay 18, 2023 (2023-05-18)
Since they have gotten back together, Kitty and Dae only kiss, frustrating her, since she wants to talk about his relationship with Yuri and he does not, making her question whether she can trust him. The students travel to a village affected by floods and help restore the surroundings. Q and Florian's relationship is struggling, as Florian's divorced parents want him to move to Greece and France, respectively. Yuri finally tells Kitty the truth: she is actually gay and Dae helped her hide her relationship from her mom. With Margot's help, Kitty finds Juliana and arranges a FaceTime with Yuri. Dae prepares a surprise for Kitty, telling her he loves her and she says she loves him as well. Min-ho realizes that he wants a relationship, but Madison doesn't, causing them to break up. Kitty tells Yuri everything went well with Dae, but as soon as she sees Yuri talking with Juliana, she realizes she is not happy.
99"SNAFU[j]"Katina Medina MoraSascha RothchildMay 18, 2023 (2023-05-18)
Jina is jogging, and Alex finds her and tells her he is her son. She admits that when she gave birth, she used Eve's name at the hospital. Jina tells her husband, and he tells her to pay off Alex so that he will not reveal the truth. Yuri overhears the conversation and learns she has a half-brother. She comes out to her mom and leaves the house, moving in with Kitty and the guys. Kitty needs to pass all her classes or she won't be allowed to stay at KISS. Everyone helps her study and agrees to participate in a talent show in which Daniel offers extra credit for their lowest classes. Alex plans to leave KISS and never return, but Kitty tells him to stay since Yuri knows she has a half-brother and wants to meet him. Kitty has not told Yuri that Alex is her half-brother since Alex asked her not to say anything to her. Min-ho and Dae suspect Florian is cheating on Q, but it turns out he cheated on the final exams. Yuri offers to teach Kitty a dance with fans to perform in the talent show, while Kitty becomes nervous around Yuri during the rehearsal. Before the performance, Jina approaches Yuri, telling her Alex is her half-brother, which shocks Yuri. Jina says she thought Kitty had already told her, causing Yuri and Kitty to argue during the performance. Kitty's dress catches on fire during the performance due to some fireworks that were going to be used in a different act. Min-ho comes to Kitty's rescue, while Dae sees the way Min-ho looks at her and realizes that Min-ho has feelings for Kitty. Jina introduces Yuri and Alex as siblings and walks together with them. Kitty confesses to Dae that she has feelings for someone else. Thinking that Kitty was referring to Min-ho, Dae walks away angrily to confront him.
1010"OTP[k]"Katina Medina MoraJessica O'Toole & Sascha RothchildMay 18, 2023 (2023-05-18)
Kitty tells Dae that the other person she has feelings for is Yuri, hurting him and causing him to leave. Jina tells Daniel that Alex is his son and that she did not tell him so he would not give up his dream for him. The final exam results are posted, and Kitty has passed all her classes, but she is expelled when she is found out to have been living in the boys' dorm. Kitty gives Jina music that she downloaded believing it was for her mom and Jina gives her a letter that Eve wrote to her but she never responds. Florian is ranked first in the exam results due to his cheating, jeopardizing Dae's scholarship, which requires him to be ranked first, putting Q in a hard position. Kitty breaks up with Dae, telling him he was the first boy she ever loved and he tells her that she was the first girl he ever loved. Yuri is at the airport waiting for Juliana, and Kitty is about to tell her how she feels, when Juliana appears, so Kitty leaves quietly. Yuri calls her mother and tells her it is a mistake to expel Kitty. Kitty reads her mom's letter on the plane and finds out her mother's first love was someone called Simon. Min-ho is seated next to her, telling her that he was traveling to see his mom in Los Angeles before confessing his feelings to Kitty, leaving her dumbfounded.
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Season 2 (2025)

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111"K.I.S.S. Me Again"Katina Medina MoraJessica O'TooleJanuary 16, 2025 (2025-01-16)
Kitty returns to KISS thanks to Yuri's intervention, but things had changed at KISS: Professor Daniel Lee is now the principal in the wake of Principal Jina Lim's scandal, causing the school to lose a few students and donors, and Daniel has his work cut out for him; the awkward tension between Kitty and Min-ho after the plane incident; and Dae still develop feelings for Kitty. However, Yuri and Juliana are back together and surprises Kitty by announcing they will be sharing the dorm room, with Kitty being their third roommate. Yuri, Juliana, and Kitty meet their fourth roommate named Stella Cho, a transfer student from Ohio who is in an exchange program through church. Struggling to watch Yuri being with Juliana while secretly having feelings for Yuri, Kitty asks Daniel to switch her room and he promises Kitty that he will look into it. Kitty then asks Daniel about one of her mom's friends, Simon, and Daniel tells her that Simon might be the man that Eve followed to Seoul. He also mentioned that Eve had a falling out with her parents, especially her mother, who didn't want Eve to travel to Korea. This is a surprise to Kitty, who was under the impression that her mom had always got along with her grandmother. Meanwhile, Yuri is dealing with some personal issues, such as her parents are getting divorced and her mom is rejuvenating at a wellness retreat in Thailand. She then invites her friends to a barbecue dinner to usher in the new semester. Kitty makes a new friend named Praveena Bhakti during the school assembly. Min-ho's estranged father, Young Moon, a well-known talent manager, announces that he'll be launching a performing arts program at KISS, giving every student a chance to be part of his new program. After Yuri gives a touching speech during barbecue dinner, Kitty changes her mind about switching rooms, hoping that she can still be friends with Yuri. When Kitty finally tells Yuri that she is bisexual, Yuri supports her and tells her that her parents haven't been supportive after she came out. After dinner, Kitty video calls her grandmother, who immediately hangs up on Kitty when she brough up Eve's move to Korea, much to Kitty's curiosity. After Kitty shares Min-ho's phone number with her, Stella gets a text from her mother, who calls her by her real name Esther, while Kitty plans to concentrate on her studies and learn more about her mom as she takes her older sister Lara-Jean's advice and writes a letter detailing her feelings for Yuri to help her get over her.
122"Never Been Kissed"Katina Medina MoraSiobhan VivianJanuary 16, 2025 (2025-01-16)
Kitty pursues her new crush, Praveena, but the night ends terribly after she discovers Kitty has feelings for Yuri. Juliana knows Kitty has a crush on Yuri and poses one of Kitty's advice as hers after finding out Jina and Yuri are not on speaking terms after initially supporting her coming out of the closet, but not letting her share it with other family members. Kitty learns from Jina that Simon was not her mother's first love, but her cousin. Q is being tricked by his rival named Jin Lee, who bullied Dae and Min-ho in the past, and he loses the race to him. While talking to Q, Kitty mentions Yuri and Juliana's relationship, which Daniel overhears and tells Yuri and Juliana that one of them has to move out from the dorm. During their first date, Min-ho initially considers Stella boring, but after seeing how she stood up to his father about showing Min-ho support, he kissed her.
133"New Year's Kiss"Steven TsuchidaSarah ChoiJanuary 16, 2025 (2025-01-16)
The tension between Kitty and Juliana started since she accidentally told Daniel about their relationship, having Yuri moving again with her mom. Juliana tells Yuri it was Kitty's idea that she got closer to her mom. Juliana gets upset as Yuri arrives late to her painting exposition since she was hanging with Kitty. During Seollal, Min-ho's dad organizes a talent show with the first prize being a cash award. Dae is encouraged by Min-ho to participate and introduces him to a girl called Eunice Kang, who helps him dance. Kitty and Praveena enlist Min-ho's help for a heist as she wants to open a time capsule in which her mom participates and wants to learn more, revealing to be a videotape. While watching the videotape with Yuri, Kitty learned that Eve and Simon were planning to help their respective moms reconcile, so she decides to go to look for her family after the skiing trip before asking Yuri to go with her. When Yuri accepts, she and Kitty kiss shortly after Min-ho walks in on them.
144"Kiss and Tell"Steven TsuchidaAlanna BennettJanuary 16, 2025 (2025-01-16)
Min-ho's dad doesn't show up for the skiing trip with Min-ho and his friends as Joon-ho, his oldest son and Min-ho's half-brother, is in Seoul. Q secretly invites Jin to the trip, and makes amends with Min-ho and Dae. Yuri asks Kitty not to tell anyone about their kiss, as she loves Juliana. Kitty's letter to Yuri is found by Eunice and read by everyone, causing Yuri and Juliana to break up, as well as Praveena and Kitty. Kitty enters the jacuzzi alone and Min-ho joins her to comfort her, causing friction with Stella, who sees them. Kitty learns from Jin that Stella was searching for something in the desk drawers and that she was the one who had taken her letter to Yuri. Min-ho tells Stella that he had feelings for Kitty but when he confessed them to her on the plane, she rejected him as she only broke up with Dae a few minutes ago. As Min-ho explains things to Stella, Dae overhears their conversation and ends his friendship with Min-ho.
155"Kissing Cousins"Anna MastroGeorge NorthyJanuary 16, 2025 (2025-01-16)
Kitty is being ignored by Yuri, Juliana, and Praveena. Kitty suspects Stella is behind something after the letter incident and asks Q to check on her, while asking him to speak to Juliana to try to make amends with her. After Juliana and Q encounter Stella outside a cybercafe, they both agree that Stella is acting strange. Kitty visits her relatives with Min-ho and meets her long-lost cousin named Jiwon Ahn. Kitty gets kicked out by her great-aunt, Soon Ja, after Jiwon reveals to Kitty that Simon is her father, and Min-ho comforts Kitty in the rain. Meanwhile, after speaking with Alex, Yuri understands that she needs to give Juliana some space and to stop chasing her. An Instagram account called "Moon Leaks" appears and makes viral scandalizing information about Min-ho's dad. Dae asks Min-ho to take him to the hospital when he learns that Dae's dad had a car accident.
166"Kiss and Make Up"Anna MastroNina KimJanuary 16, 2025 (2025-01-16)
Peter Kavinsky arrives in Korea for a lacrosse game, and hands Kitty some letters found by Lara Jean between Simon and Eve. Kitty learns that when she was three years old, she would have traveled to Korea with her mother to reconcile with her family, but this didn't happen due to her death. After the Moon Leaks scandal, Young Moon explains that he is planning on making a bigger event, with the contest winner having a contract deal, but only solo acts are accepted, meaning that Dae and Eunice will be competing against each other. Min-ho learns that Joon-ho got a girl pregnant, being the reason why his father missed Sulleol with him. Min-ho decides to help Dae win the competition and they make amends. Yuri speaks to Jiwon and she decides to text Kitty. Jin gets hurt and Q replaces him in the track competition, winning. Kitty speaks to Min-ho exposing Stella as Esther Shim, a girl who once auditioned for Young Stars, and was rejected for not having the looks, becoming viral and having everyone making fun of her. Min-ho refuses to believe Kitty, stating that she broke his heart and now she was trying to break their relationship. Peter reaffirms Kitty to trust herself and that her getting involved helped him get together with Lara Jean. Meanwhile, Stella later revealed that she had placed a hidden mic inside a clock that she made for Min-ho to give it to his dad as a gift, who placed it in his office, and learns that Joon-ho's scandal would ruin his company.
177"Kiss of Death"Sherwin ShilatiRaul Martin Romero & Siobhan VivianJanuary 16, 2025 (2025-01-16)
Young Moon announces the winner of the competition will be the opening act for Joon-ho, and Stella asks Min-ho to give her a chance even though the entries are already closed. Yuri reminds Dae that as much as he likes Eunice, he needs to win this competition for his father. Kitty has another dream of Min-ho, but she denies it that she has feelings for him. She reunites with Jiwon, and she manages to see her great aunt at the market with Min-ho arriving to support her. Kitty shows her the letters between Simon and Eve, and she explains that the rift between the sisters happened when Kitty's grandmother refused to marry the boy her parents picked for her and instead married Kitty's grandfather, which led to her sister tell her parents causing her to be disinherited losing touch with each other, until she planned to travel to Korea with Eve. Eunice and Dae break up as the competition gets between them. Kitty shares a dance with Min-ho, thanking him for his help and apologizing for what she said about Stella. Min-ho then realizes that Kitty was right about Stella when she arrived with a makeover, stating she needed a new look, and remembering when she said during her audition: beauty had to be on the inside. Stella then interrupts them, secretly threatening Min-ho about not only to mention publicly about his half-brother getting a dancer pregnant, but also falsely accusing Kitty on the Moon Leaks account by planting the info on her laptop. Kitty then realizes that she's in love with Min-ho.
188"Sealed with a Kiss"Sherwin ShilatiValentina GarzaJanuary 16, 2025 (2025-01-16)
Margot calls Kitty and shares with her and Jiwon that their grandmother accepted to make amends and is buying plane tickets for them to fly to Korea. On the day of the competition, Min-ho, with the encouragement from Kitty, tells his father the truth about Stella, and how she is blackmailing him about revealing the truth about Joon-ho unless she wins. Stella sabotages other competitors, making Eunice's heels break during her performance and makes Dae's dancers sick with spiked drinks and sabotaging his soundtrack. Kitty comes to the rescue as she convinces Daniel to play his guitar, while Kitty and her friends act as Dae's dancers. Jin later reveals to Q that he faked his foot injury, and Q tells him about him being accepted in the USC summer training camp. Stella's performance is cancelled as Joon-ho goes on stage to propose to his girlfriend Eunji, and shares about her pregnancy. Young Moon then apologizes to Stella before having her sent back to Ohio. Before she leaves, Min-ho asks Stella if her feelings for him were ever real, to which Stella tells him that while she was pretending, her feelings for him became real, but knew that he wasn't fully committed to her due to his feelings for Kitty. Eunice wins the competition, disappointing Dae as he wants to win the money, but his father assures him they are going to be alright. Praveena and Juliana are now a couple, saddening Yuri, who wanted to reconcile with her, and learning she's now broke after a class action lawsuit has been filed against her father. The flight Margot and her grandmother booked is cancelled, so Min-ho offers his jet and Kitty's grandma is reunited with her sister and the two make amends. Margot tells Kitty she's like their mother, and how proud she would be. Kitty's heritage scholarship is renewed due to the support the school received after the concert, and she will be able to return next school year. Kitty plans on confessing her feelings to Min-ho before he tells her that he plans on joining his half-brother's tour concert with their father. Kitty asks Min-ho if she can join him, and he accepts.
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Season 3 (2026)

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191"Guest List"Sherwin ShilatiTeleplay by: Jessica O'Toole & Valentina Garza
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April 2, 2026 (2026-04-02)
202"Sunset List"Sherwin ShilatiSarah ChoiApril 2, 2026 (2026-04-02)
213"Play List"Katrina Medina MoraSiobhan VivianApril 2, 2026 (2026-04-02)
224"A List"Michael MedicoNina KimApril 2, 2026 (2026-04-02)
235"Off the List"Michael MedicoStarr Shapiro & Terrence ColiApril 2, 2026 (2026-04-02)
246"Wait List"Katrina Medina MoraGeorge NorthyApril 2, 2026 (2026-04-02)
257"Best Dressed List"Anna MastroDeirdre Shaw & Valentina GarzaApril 2, 2026 (2026-04-02)
268"Wish List"Anna MastroSiobhan Vivian & Valentina GarzaApril 2, 2026 (2026-04-02)
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Production

In March 2021, it was announced that a series spin-off to To All the Boys was in development, with each episode being a half-hour romantic comedy. The series got developed as a Netflix exclusive, from Awesomeness and ACE Entertainment.[14] The books' original author Jenny Han was reported to be the creator, writer and executive producer as well as writing the script for the pilot with Siobhan Vivian.[15] Anna Cathcart was also reported to be reprising her role as Kitty Song Covey.[16] Six months later, Netflix ordered ten episodes along with announcing other crew members.[17] Sascha Rothchild and Matt Kaplan joined Han as executive producers while the former is also the showrunner along with Han.[18] On April 5, 2022, Choi Min-yeong, Anthony Keyvan, Gia Kim, Sang Heon Lee, Peter Thurnwald, and Regan Aliyah were cast as series regulars while Yunjin Kim, Michael K. Lee, and Jocelyn Shelfo joined the cast in recurring roles.[19] By that date, production had begun in Seoul.[9][20] Gia Kim and Sang Heon Lee, the actors who played Yuri and Min Ho, respectively, are siblings in real life.[21]

On June 14, 2023, Netflix renewed the series for a second season.[22] On April 25, 2024, it was announced that the second season had begun production in Seoul.[23] On February 14, 2025, Netflix renewed the series for a third season.[7] The third season began filming in May 2025 in Seoul. Filming for the third season wrapped on July 17, 2025. Three months later when Awesomeness' parent Paramount Global merged with Skydance Media to form Paramount Skydance, Awesomeness had been folded into Paramount Television Studios with them taking over production of the series' upcoming third season.[2]

Release

XO, Kitty premiered on Netflix on May 18, 2023.[3] The second season premiered on January 16, 2025.[6] The third season premiered on April 2, 2026.[24]

Reception

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182% (28 reviews)[25]69 (13 reviews)[26]
283% (18 reviews)[27]N/a
383% (6 reviews)[28]N/a
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For the first season, the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an 82% approval rating with an average rating of 5.8/10, based on 28 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "A modest and sweet extension of all the films that fans have loved before, XO, Kitty aims straight for the heart and finds its mark."[29] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 68 out of 100 based on eight critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[30]

The second season has an 83% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 18 critic reviews, with an average rating of 6.5/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Returning with improved form, XO Kitty's second season injects a lovely mix of fun and memorable characters into its exceedingly saccharine proceedings."[31] On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 70 out of 100 based on 5 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[32]

While the series had a high viewership on Netflix in more than 50 countries, it received minimal attention in South Korea, where the show takes place. A reason cited for this was that the global success of South Korean media led to the country's people not caring about its depiction in foreign productions. Another explanation was that thrillers and action shows are more popular than romance shows in South Korea.[33]

Awards and nominations

Notes

  1. Known as Awesomeness for seasons 1–2
  2. A North American acronym meaning "hugs and kisses"
  3. An acronym for "What the Fuck"
  4. An acronym for "Korean Independent School of Seoul"
  5. An acronym for "Thank God It's Friday"
  6. An acronym for "To Be Honest"
  7. An acronym for "Bring Your Own Bottle"
  8. Acronym for "Today I Learned"
  9. Acronym for "Let's Fucking Go"
  10. Acronym for "One True Pair"

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