Showtime’s Happyish will not be coming back.
The Hollywood Reporter has learned, The premium cable network has canceled the freshman comedy after one season.
Happyish — created, written and executive produced by This American Life’s Shalom Auslander — saw Steve Coogan replace the late Philip Seymour Hoffman — and open to an unimpressive 430,000 total viewers.
The comedy — a passion project for Showtime president David Nevins — had a long road to the screen. Nevins initially wowed critics with a clip of the Seymour pilot at TCA, with many declaring the series and the late actor an Emmy shoo-in.
