FXX has pulled the plug on Legit after two seasons. Tonight’s episode will also serve as the comedy’s series finale.
Legit revolves around a fictional version of Australian stand-up comic Jim Jeffries who’s made it big on the comedy circuit in the US and now wants to grow up. His friends and Venice, CA roommates are his divorced and alcoholic best friend, Steve (Dan Bakkedahl), and Steve’s brother, Billy (DJ Qualls) who suffers from muscular dystrophy. Episodes are based on Jeffries’ stand-up routines.
The series has struggled in the ratings, particularly once it moved from FX to FXX. As a result, the cable channel has decided they don’t want a third season.
In a post on his Facebook page, Jeffries wrote, “Legit has been cancelled. Sorry to everyone who was a fan of the show, please watch tonight it’s the final two episodes. I am very proud of the work that I did on this show and I made friends that ill have for life. So I’m going to try and not be sad about this.”
What do you think? Did you like Legit? Are you sorry that it’s been cancelled? Do you think it should have been renewed for a third season?
Best comedy on TV for ages. TV execs are positively stupid. Instead of promoting a show that would have had a cult following they kill it off.
Jim is going to have proper success on TV one day, looks like it is just going to have to be with another network.
Hope the morons that took it off the air will be unemployed by then & have plenty of time to watch his new show!
incredibly sad that such and intelligent, well written show gets cancelled. losing totally biased and now this is really tragic, and all that’s left is base crap.
Only halfway through 1st season and am absolutely loving the show! So disappointed to hear its cancelled.
Typical hollywood canceling a great show.the Poes who pulled the plug. should have his legs chopped off and dumped in the ocean with great whites made to swim back…if he survives we will put him in a comma we think ur a legend jim in Saffa land. Fingers crossed you do another show
A good show, with elements of real life nicely woven in. It may have been good for one more season, but three would probably have been about as far as it could go.
Ah too bad! Legit was uh… uh truly… uh was truly a tv show that existed.
Maybe Jeffries can spend his newfound free time rethinking his inaccurate/ignorant views on gun control in a Country/society that he has no problem profiting from but is not a fan of on the whole.
I cannot say I will miss Legit as long as Dan Bakkedahl, who was by far the best part of the show, lands on his feet somewhere else which I suspect he will.
Funny how you think the 2nd ammendment is more important than the first. Thats the problem with Americans like you, you give the impression all Americans are stupid when its technically only half that are!
If you think about it Jim makes a very valid point unless your going to keep your gun on you at all times its senseless to have one in a safe locked up however I still feel its every Americans right to own a fire arm
This news sucks that the show was cancelled and the ending was pretty sad and you wanna know what happens next.
Fxx is a bunch of *****……Jim Jeffries and the cast of legit gave a very black and white view to the world in the best way possible while dealing with people who like to look at there ****** self made messes through rose colored glasses I love this show and Jim Jeffries and I hope another network picks him up and again FXX the cable network with shows like always sunny and workaholics is a bunch of ******* *****. P.s always Sunny’s another great show
Too funny to take off the air.
Ahhhh! This was truly a great show. It is a shame it did not get the results it should have. Apparently people either took the jokes too serious or just simply didn’t understand them. Two seasons is better then one.
Email fxx, I already did!
But they never got to Be Legit? 🙁 Sorry Jim, We loved the show.
Major bummer
Sad that this show had to end. Legit was one of the comedies I looked forward to. Off-beat, downright frank and honest, unapologetic and irreverent, it was pure genius. Hats off to Jeffries and the entire cast and crew!
Absolutely ridiculous…
The second season was amazing. How many other comedies would be bold enough to tackle racism, abortion, alcoholism, sexual harassment, adultery, and gun violence in a 13 episode arc…and manage to keep it hilarious? This show went out on a limb every week and never fell.