there were some articles about me being off Suburgatory. Yeah that's true. I may do a couple/three episodes to wrap it up.
— alan tudyk (@alan_tudyk) June 1, 2013
I hear ABC’s last-minute third-season renewal of Suburgatory as midseason replacement came with a reduction in the license fee, which is leading to budget cuts and some tough choices. I’ve learned that two of the series’ eight regulars, Alan Tudyk and Rex Lee, have not been picked up for next season. I hear there may be further trims, with other regulars potentially being cut or reduced to recurring. Suburgatory‘s remaining regular cast includes stars Jane Levy and Jeremy Sisto as well as Cheryl Hines, Carly Chaikin, Ana Gasteyer and Allie Grant. Both Tudyk and Lee have been on the show since the beginning. Lee, who plays high school’s guiding counselor, was a guest star in the pilot but was promoted to regular right after. Tudyk played Sisto’s trusted, Country Club-loving friend. Suburgatory was a breakout hit when it launched in fall 2011 but lost steam, ratings-wise and creatively, in Season 2, ending up on the bubble.
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Not a huge loss, I love Tudyk but felt like he wasn't used very well in the show. As long as the core cast stays then I am happy.
ReplyDeleteWhat the flying fuck? First it gets less episodes and it's pushed to mid-season and now this? This sucks. Well, congratulations, ABC, on another attempt at murdering one of your own shows.
ReplyDeleteToo bad that Noah has to go.
ReplyDeletePS: There's a mistake in the title. It says "Sabargatory".
There's an extra mistake in your version of the title, as it actually says ''Subargatory''. :D
ReplyDeleteBut yeah, I'll kinda miss Alan Tudyk. Don't really care about the counselor fellow.
Thanks for pointing it out, fixed.
ReplyDeleteAwwwwwwww :( I hope they do wrap Noah's storyline. It would make sense for him to leave with Ottis now that he divorced Jill and Carmen didn't returned his affections.
ReplyDeleteHe was so hilarious and I loved to see Tudyk on my tv every week, but he was one of the most expendable character overall.
Rex Lee was always more of a comedic relief, so I won't miss him so much to be honest.
Agreed, they should at least get Tudyk to guest star enough times to close his character arc. I'll be sad to see him leave, but he and Lee were the right choices for cutting actors.
ReplyDeleteI hope nobody else gets cut. I suppose Lisa and Sheila would make more sense to cut than Dallas and Dalia, but I hope they all stay.
i like rex lee but the show can do without him, explaining alan tudyk's sudden absence will be alot harder
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed both characters, but as mentioned they really didn't have much for the characters to do especially towards the latter half of the season and i understand the budget needed trimming, but the main thing that started to irk me was that the writing really was weak, especially in the finale imo, so just as long as they get that part fixed I can live with a smaller cast
ReplyDeleteVery stupid decision imo. The show did already change in season 2 (for worse) and as a result I dropped it. Now it looks like they're continuing to dig their own graves, because you don't get rid of characters in comedy shows. Especially if they're as funny and entertaining as Noah.
ReplyDeleteI keep saying "I need to check this show out, Alan Tudyk is on it".
ReplyDeleteGuess I don't have to worry about that anymore, eh?
oh im going to miss Alpha(from Dollhouse) !!
ReplyDeleteNoooooooooooooooooo. I loved both Tudyk and Lee on the show. Crap.
ReplyDeleteI soo wanna scream Lloooooyd and make him solve this mess.
Noooooooooooooooo, Alan.
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