No more Lt. Jim Dangle (Thomas Lennon) in his trademark short-shorts, trying to put the moves on Jonesie (Cedric Yarbrough), trying to avoid the advances of Wiegel (Kerri Kenny-Silver). No more T.T. (Niecy Nash), Milkshake Man (Nat Faxon), serial killer Craig (Kyle Dunnigan), Big Mike (Toby Huss) or Leslie (Dave Holmes). And no more roller-skating, Seeeemji-dating, male prostitute Terry Bernadino (Nick Swardson) … Reno 911!, sadly, has been cancelled by Comedy Central.
The news comes directly from Thomas Lennon via Twitter:
“Reno 911! was cancelled at 1:30 pm today. Won’t be wearing the shorts again,” Lennon posted earlier this evening.
On the plus side, I doubt Lennon, who’s already got a thriving big-screen acting and writing career, will be sad to not have to don those shorts again.
On the down side … everything else. Everything else about the show (which just wrapped its sixth season in July) being yanked from the Comedy Central line-up sucks.
Charlie Sheen, Russell Brand and Louis C.K. are getting most of the attention, but I’m most excited that one of the best new shows of last TV season — Wilfred — returns for its second season on FX tonight (10PM ET). Season one of the series ended with a cliffhanger — had Ryan (Elijah Wood) […]