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My Name Is Earl: TBS Not Buying Jason Lee Sitcom, Staying Cancelled

Published:June 11, 2009

My Name Is EarlNews recently surfaced that, in light of NBC’s cancellation of My Name Is Earl, TBS was interested in picking up the show for 13 new episodes. The cable channel currently airs the first three seasons and is scheduled to add season four in the Fall.

Unfortunately, all sides weren’t able to come to an agreement so there won’t be a fifth season of the sitcom. The Hollywood Reporter reports that series creator Greg Garcia and producing studio 20th Century Fox TV decided not pursue the deal after looking at the necessary budget cuts. Meanwhile, the LA Times believes that TBS felt they wouldn’t be able to afford the show and cut the discussions short. Either way, the end result’s the same.

Yesterday, actor Ethan Suplee (Randy on Earl) indicated that the deal was still possible. On Twitter, he wrote, “I heard TBS MIGHT stand for TheBestStation.” Earlier today, he changed his tune and wrote, “TBS isn’t TheBestStation for reviving Earl. Good news is I’m now available to play Shia Laboof’s better looking brother in Transformers 3.”

A little while ago, 20th Century Fox TV issued a statement that said, “Greg Garcia’s brilliant My Name Is Earl kept America laughing for the past four seasons and certainly deserved to continue for many more.”

“While we had hoped to find a way to produce additional episodes for TBS, in the final analysis we simply could not make the economics work without seriously undermining the artistic integrity of the series. As none of us, Greg included, want the show to go out on anything but a high note, we regret that we must put to rest any speculation that Earl will continue.”

“We are grateful to everyone at TBS for their enthusiasm for the series and wish to offer our heartfelt thanks to the cast and crew of My Name Is Earl for their incredible work.”

So, the sitcom is apparently over. Unfortunately, the viewers have been left hanging. If you had your choice, how would you like to see the Earl story concluded?

 

Image courtesy 20th Century Fox TV.

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mike June 1, 2013 at 1:59 am

You guys suck for not finishing this show! Wtf! Really? You guys just give up? This show couldve thrived and made the profits but i think someone threw their power around and threw a lil fit, but who am i? Just a fan of a great show that has me wondering what happened. Someone needs to buy the rights to this show and finish it. Write a book damn it!! Ill read if it means i find out what happened.

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Jennifer April 25, 2013 at 3:37 pm

I was just watching Season 4 on my Kindle and all of a sudden…to be continued. How can they end it like that? Who does Earl Jr. belong to? If you’re not going to bring “Earl” back at least finish the last episode.

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Anonymous March 17, 2013 at 6:16 pm

Man, i was really looking forward to finding out how earl would deal with his son!

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Jacob February 28, 2013 at 5:01 am

Ya lets make an Internet poll to show them all the viewers who still want to see more.

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Anonymous February 28, 2013 at 4:57 am

We need to take an Internet poll, and show those bastards at NBC all the viewers that there missing out on!

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