Rel Cancelled!

Fox cancels Rel.

I was not too surprised about Fox's decision to cancel Lil Rel Howery's sitcom Rel.

Fox didn't give him the opportunity to do the show his way. It kind of reminds me of his previous show The Carmichael Show with his longtime friend and fellow comedian Jerrod Carmichael.

Jerrod walked away from the sitcom after three successful seasons. He cited NBC and Fox Entertainment pulled two episodes because they were deemed too controversial for primetime.

Rel felt the same about The Carmichael Show and his own sitcom.

I loved the show.

The sitcom had veteran comedian Sinbad and Jordan L. Jones.

It was a semi-autobiographical account of Rel's life as a struggling father and later comedian.

The show dealt with Rel, a divorced father of two who caught his wife cheating on his with a local barber. He was doing a nursing job to keep afloat.

He would soon have his world turned upside down when his brother Nat (played by Jones) comes to live with him. He also got some hard advice from his dad (played by Sinbad).

Often he would rely on his best friend Brittany (played by Jessica "Jess Hillarious" Moore for advice to handle his crazy family.

I love the one episode, "Hate & Hip Hop." The episode touched me. Rel was dealing with a white extremist who was dying. As a token of goodwill, he offered his own blood to save this guy's life. When the guy realized that Rel helped him, he went ballistic and wanted Rel fired for doing it. It took a lot of patience and somewhat change of heart for the white extremist to accept the offer to live.

Also the episode where Nat was being sexually harassed by a Chicago candidate running for office (played by Terri J Vaughn).

Fox cuts the primetime show starring Lil Rel Howery and Sinbad.

Also his former co-star Amber Stevens West found that her CBS sitcom Happy Together was cancelled as well. West-Stevens and Damon Wayans, Jr. starred in the Monday sitcom.

Stevens West was on The Carmichael Show and Fox's Ghosted.

Wayans, Jr. was best known for his role on Happy Endings and New Girl. He is the son of famed comedian and television director Damon Wayans, Sr.

We are awaiting the word of David Alan Grier's show The New Kids. The show has Martin Mull and Vicki Lawrence as the co-stars. Fox is gutting sitcoms and longtime series this year for WWE, UFC, MLB and the NFL.

Last Man Standing will continue on. The long-running series with rebooted characters survived. It will go into a 8th Season.