After six seasons, Comedy Central has cancelled their mockumentary series, Reno 911!.
The satirical program is based on FOX’s Cops reality show that follows real police officers as they capture criminals on urban streets. Reno 911! follows the members of a fictitious police department in Reno, Nevada. Filled with lots of politically-incorrect humor, much of the episodes are improvised.
The ensemble cast includes Cedric Yarbrough, Niecy Nash, Robert Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon, Kerri Kenney, Carlos Alazraqui, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Mary Birdsong, Nick Swardson, Toby Huss, and Jim Rash.
The show has been a staple of the Comedy Central cable channel since 2003. It was so successful that it spawned a feature film, Reno 911: Miami, in 2007. The movie didn’t break any box office records but later earned over $16 million in DVD sales and led to a second, extra-unrated, release.
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Season six of Reno 911! debuted on April 1st of this year and finished airing last month. Comedy Central apparently feels that, despite decent ratings, 88 episodes is enough. According to one of its stars, they’ve cancelled the series.
Yesterday, Lennon broke the news via Twitter. He wrote, “Reno 911! was cancelled at 1:30 pm today. Won’t be wearing the shorts again.
Though the show has been officially cancelled, there’s been no word if the crazy cops might return someday, either in specials or another movie. What do you think? Would you like to see that?
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Damn, these 7 year old comments, time flies :´)
These 9 year old comments are even crazier.
Unlike the majority, I thought the new cast members were gonna develop, allowing the show to continue for a few more seasons. It is true that the show was not as sharp as in the past but it had its moments. I did not believe it totally jumped the shark and I thought Family Guy was more likely fade away. Coming from a law enforcement background I saw that the writers recognized certain police archetypes. The badge-heavy sergeant is a common character kown to all cops and the new patrolman (Truglio) is not uncommon in the law enforcement career field;… Read more »
I kinda saw this one coming. This past season had me confused for a while, I was thinking “that guy sounds like Ian Roberts…is that his fatter older brother?” but then discovered it was actually him. He’s always been a great improv guy, even though they got rid of some of the most popular characters I figured Roberts could at least partially make up for it, but Lo Truglio in my opinion added nothing at all. His character seemed stale and unoriginal, and had this tone as if he was there simply to make up for the loss of Alazraqui.… Read more »
i am swo ****** sad. this sux!! i love that show!your right,, it wasnt the same after they got rid of clemy, kimble, and garcia. still good but not the same.
RENO has sucked it since Lennon, Garant, and Kenney fired all the good cast members (allegedly via e-mail!) and replaced them with lamos. The show has been circling the drain for the last two seasons. Good bye RENO.
you do not know what’s up. the show just started getting good when they got rid of garcia, the blonde, and the dyke. those dudes bring so much more character to the show.
If by started getting good, you mean getting better at being shark jumping ****, then you would be correct. Sadly they destroyed the entire dynamic of the show by getting rid of Garcia and Kimble. Johnson.. not so much. Her improv skills are about as advanced as a lawnmower mechanic with no hands. He knows its stupid that he doesnt switch the damn thing off first, but figures hes got the skill to overcome it.
SAD!!!!! best show on comedy central. Bring on the second movie!!! … F comedy central…. go to a different network.
Go figure, they get rid of half the cast and expect the show to continue at a decent pace ratings wise?