JamesG
10-02-2023, 06:13 PM
NBC’s shaggy-dog sitcom starring Jason Lee as an unlikely do-gooder served up a shocking twist in the Season 4 finale, revealing that Darnell wasn’t Earl Jr.’s father after all.
Joy had some explaining to do… but she never got to do it, since NBC canned the show. It ended with the ultimate indignity: a “To Be Continued” title card that never actually got to be continued.
“I was worried about doing a cliffhanger,” series creator Greg Garcia later said, “but I asked NBC if it was safe to do one at the end of the season, and they told me it was. I guess it wasn’t.”
https://tvline.com/lists/cancelled-tv-shows-cliffhangers-series-finales-endings-hannibal-agent-carter/my-name-is-earl-cancelled-ending/
Joy had some explaining to do… but she never got to do it, since NBC canned the show. It ended with the ultimate indignity: a “To Be Continued” title card that never actually got to be continued.
“I was worried about doing a cliffhanger,” series creator Greg Garcia later said, “but I asked NBC if it was safe to do one at the end of the season, and they told me it was. I guess it wasn’t.”
https://tvline.com/lists/cancelled-tv-shows-cliffhangers-series-finales-endings-hannibal-agent-carter/my-name-is-earl-cancelled-ending/