On September 4, the new season of It's Always Sunny
in Philadelphia premieres on FXX, FX's comedy-
focused sister channel. This will be Sunny 's ninth
and, apparently, second-to-last season. The show's
popularity isn't waning; it just appears its creators
don't want it to get stale. In an interview with Rolling
Stone, the interviewer asked Glenn Howerton flat out
if the show's tenth season will be its last and
Howerton answered:
"Yes. There’s a certain point where you wear out your welcome and we don’t want to do that. We want to leave them wanting more. We spend a lot of time trying to find new lines to cross. We’re not trying to offend people or gross them out, but we’re looking to surprise them. I think we’re proud of what we’ve done so far, so it’s time to stop. I’m sure there are already a few people who are like 'Jesus Christ is that show still on? Go away.
He reiterated that the tenth will be the final season, when asked if the team would attend the Emmys this year: "I don’t know, maybe in the 10th season, just because it’s the last season and for the sake of the show, maybe we’ll try to butter some people up." Butter up? Pretty sure Emmy voters are really into homoerotic musicals.
Source: Vulture
"Yes. There’s a certain point where you wear out your welcome and we don’t want to do that. We want to leave them wanting more. We spend a lot of time trying to find new lines to cross. We’re not trying to offend people or gross them out, but we’re looking to surprise them. I think we’re proud of what we’ve done so far, so it’s time to stop. I’m sure there are already a few people who are like 'Jesus Christ is that show still on? Go away.
He reiterated that the tenth will be the final season, when asked if the team would attend the Emmys this year: "I don’t know, maybe in the 10th season, just because it’s the last season and for the sake of the show, maybe we’ll try to butter some people up." Butter up? Pretty sure Emmy voters are really into homoerotic musicals.
Source: Vulture
Damn it's hard to believe this show is this old.
ReplyDeleteThat sucks! It's my favorite comedy on TV and maybe ever. They could've easily gotten 12-15 seasons out of it.
ReplyDeleteSunny started to get noticed after the first couple of seasons, and I think it gained quite a lot of popularity after season 6 when it started airing on syndication on Comedy Central, maybe that's why it doesn't feel that old. That and the fact that it's one of the very few long-running scripted comedy series on cable - therefore, shorter seasons and a different feel from network sitcoms.
ReplyDeleteIt certainly doesn't feel old to me, having caught up on seasons 1-6 between January and April 2011. What a treat, It's Always Sunny is one of my top 5 comedies of all time for sure.
And I'm glad that once again, bravo FX (or FXX, I guess) for allowing the creators of one of their shows (and what an emblematic show that is) to end on their own terms, no cancellation, but an ending planned in advance.
We still have two 13-episode seasons to look forward to until that final moment, and given the show's strength after 8 seasons, I'm sure I will savor every single one of them !
I feel that's the biggest problem today with TV shows. No closure. And it's the number one fear I have when I like a show. Will it even get to close up, or will it just stop with no appropriate ending...
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