{"id":80854,"date":"2022-02-18T11:53:55","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T06:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/fx-entertainment-boss-on-atlanta-potential-spinoffs-for-donald-glovers-comedy-pamela-adlons-better-things\/"},"modified":"2022-02-18T11:53:55","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T06:23:55","slug":"fx-entertainment-boss-on-atlanta-potential-spinoffs-for-donald-glovers-comedy-pamela-adlons-better-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/fx-entertainment-boss-on-atlanta-potential-spinoffs-for-donald-glovers-comedy-pamela-adlons-better-things\/","title":{"rendered":"FX Entertainment Boss On \u2018Atlanta\u2019, Potential Spinoffs For Donald Glover\u2019s Comedy & Pamela Adlon\u2019s \u2018Better Things\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Both of FX\u2019s awards stalwarts on the comedy side, Atlanta<\/em> and Better Things<\/em>, are coming to an end. Better Things<\/em> co-creator, writer, director, executive producer and star Pamela Adlon announced that the upcoming fifth season will be her show\u2019s last back in October; FX Chairman John Landgraf revealed at TCA today that Atlanta<\/em>\u00a0will end with its two upcoming seasons, 3 and 4.<\/p>\n

During Atlanta\u2019s<\/em> TCA panel, the series\u2019 creator, writer, director, executive producer and star Donald Glover was blunt. \u201cTo be honest I wanted to end it at Season 2,\u201d Glover quipped, adding \u201cDeath is natural.\u201d<\/p>\n

That was news to FX executives who had accommodated Glover\u2019s burgeoning music and feature career with a lengthy Atlanta<\/em> hiatus after Season 2.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe never communicated to us that he wanted to end the show then but, after the second season, he obviously was very busy in other medium, in his music career, so there was an extended time but that was the first time I\u2019d heard that he wasn\u2019t sure he could continue the show which would make sense because there was a delay in what he wanted to do,\u201d FX Entertainment President Eric Schrier told Deadline in an interview tied to FX\u2019s TCA presentation. \u201cLuckily, him and [EPs] Stephen [Glover] and Stefani [Robinson] and Hiro [Murai] came up with what I think people are really going to love for the next two seasons.\u201d<\/p>\n

Season 3 and 4, the first of which comes four years after Season 2 aired on FX, were ordered by the network with the clear idea that they would be Atlanta<\/em>\u2018s final chapter.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>He came to us and said, I think there is a way to do two more seasons, and that\u2019s how I want to end the show,\u201d Schrier said. \u201cObviously we\u2019d love Atlanta<\/em> to continue to go on as long as it could but I think as Donald articulated, he had a finite ending and wanted a closure to the show, so we were very supportive of that as we have been with shows that have come to their fruition. I think part of what we try to do with all of these shows is not extend them on beyond their life cycle and let the creative and their creators drive their conclusion.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Atlanta<\/em> and Better Things<\/em> both are ending their runs, FX is opened to potential spinoffs. Atlanta,<\/em> in particular, features popular characters around Glover\u2019s Earn played by an all-star cast including Brian Tyree Henry, Lakeith Stanfield and Zazie Beetz.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think if Donald or Pamela came to us with that idea, we sure would be opened to it but right now there are not currently any plans,\u201d Schrier said.<\/p>\n

Adlon has been open about her desire to continue the story of Sam Fox and her daughters.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is gonna be a wrap on Sam Fox (for now),\u201d she wrote in her October note to fans announcing the end of the show.<\/p>\n

During today\u2019s TCA panel for Better Things<\/em>\u2018 final season, Adlon quipped that she may go down the Sex and the City<\/em> and Veronica Mars<\/em> route and do a revival.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have 52 episodes of these stories of this family, and I don\u2019t think there\u2019s any doubt that we could go on and on,\u201d she said. \u201cThe stories would keep changing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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