The sitcom Red Wedding continues at Fox.
After axing Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Fox has cancelled another long-running comedy, The Last Man On Earth, after four seasons. The series was a high-concept comedy from former SNL cast member Will Forte, who also starred as Phil “Tandy” Miller.
When it premiered back in 2015, The Last Man On Earth had about as ingenious and rare a concept for any half-hour comedy on television. The hour-long pilot, co-written by Christopher Miller and Phil Lord (both of The Lego Movie and 21 Jump Street) along with Forte, followed Phil Miller (oh, I see what they did there with the name). Phil was the last man on Earth, or so he thought, after a deadly virus wiped out the rest of the human population.
Phil spent his days searching for survivors, breaking into empty mansions, and talking to a whole host of Wilson from Cast Away-style balls. The pilot was a strong debut, topped off by Phil realising he may not be as alone as he thought he was.
The rest of the series’ four total seasons were well received, but did not generate the strong critical or audience response that the pilot did. As far as cancellations go for Fox this wouldn’t normally be a surprising one if it weren’t for the cliffhanger nature of the recently aired season four finale.
When walking our US chums through the season four finale (now series finale) writer Rich Bloomquist had this to say about potential future seasons:
“We’d love to reveal more about the bunker people, but we need a fifth season. Write your congressman! We’ve thought about it. All the writers pitched ideas for season 5, including the end. But nothing is written in stone.”
Still, there may be a little light at the end of the tunnel: THR is reporting that the show selling a shortened final season to Hulu is a possibility.
More as we have it.