Comments on: TBS looking at ordering new My Name is Earl episodes

By: todd

todd — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 04:57:15 +0000

no! put this show out of its misery!

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:46:07 +0000

Julia, that really sucks to hear. Maybe a movie could be produced to wrap things up.

By: Julia

Julia — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:31:08 +0000

According to Ethan Suplee it's not going to happen.

By: SW

SW — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:14:11 +0000

Forgot to add… if Earl is successful on TBS (if matters get that far) then I wish it a good second life.

By: SW

SW — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:12:34 +0000

@Holly: Nice to know the wider numbers on that and a place to reference them. I did know about JAG and NCIS and NCIS: LA (thanks, Connman, for the info nonetheless ) but not about some of the others. Stargate: SG1 looks like another success, though, with original, Atlantis and another one on the way plus movies.

The other one (outside the range of the years listed for the show leap in the link) that I knew of that was successful in jumping ship, if you will, was Baywatch but that went into syndication, not to a network. Still, it went worldwide, ran for a long time, and made tons of fans and cash for the folks involved (even though the plot lines seemed like little more than scribbles on the back of an Outback Steakhouse napkin sometimes).

Well, I guess it’s wait-and-see time for Earl. If they do bring it back, I hope they bring it to a wrap up with a fitting ending, at the least. Show that has run as long as Earl, it should have the chance to conclude properly.

By: Riff Rafferty

Riff Rafferty — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:50:53 +0000

I didn’t get my hopes up this time, so with lowered expectations comes no disappointment.

It had a good run. I’m sorry it didn’t get the ending it deserved.

By: JB

JB — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:31:05 +0000

As an Earl fan I’m glad to see it have a chance to continue even tho I don’t have cable… We’ll have to rent the season latter

By: Budo

Budo — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:17:12 +0000

I’m an Earl fan, but the quality has really dropped seriously in season 4. I’m not quite sure what happened, but if things don’t change I’d rather they don’t make more.

By: My Name Is Earl

My Name Is Earl — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:46:54 +0000

Hi,

I sure hope this happen I am a big fan of the show. I really hate it when they say to be continued and don’t tell the rest of the story.

By: jon

jon — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:52:55 +0000

my name is earl = as funny as suddenly susan

By: Connman

Connman — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:40:33 +0000

And then JAG spun off NCIS and now NCIS:Los Angeles (or whatever they end up calling it!)

By: Holly

Holly — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:13:57 +0000

According to The Futon Critic, it’s happened 26 times for shows airing on a broadcast network between 1999 and 2008 (the actual switch happened before 1999 for a few of them).

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/rant.aspx?id=20081008

The most successful example is JAG, which was canceled after one season on NBC, picked up by CBS and went on for another 9 seasons.

By: SW

SW — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:03:15 +0000

If true and if it happens then that will be 2 shows claimed off the NBC discard pile for other networks. I wonder when the last time that happened, if ever, in television history? hmmm…

By: Carter

Carter — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 02:46:14 +0000

I’m glad to hear for the My Name is Earl fans, but I’d certainly hope that the writers take time to evaluate just where the show was going – ever since it returned from the strike, it wasn’t quite the same, quality wise. I won’t miss it on Thursday nights, especially with the promise that Community shows, and how Parks & Recreation improved over its first 6 episodes – and the talent behind the show is hard to top.