Despite making audiences across the country laugh, FOX’s comedy series Rel will not return for a second season.
According to Variety, the Lil Rey Howery-lead show– which also starred Sinbad and Jess Hilarious– continued to plummet in ratings.
“Rel‘s (now series) finale, which aired Jan. 13, delivered 2.8 million viewers and a 1.1 in the demo — the series’ best showing since its premiere — but that largely was attributable to the evening’s lead-in: the hugely watched Eagles/Saints NFC divisional playoff,” the report reads.
The series was inspired largely in-part to Howery’s real life experiences, who lived by the credo “always believe in yourself and great things will come.” Shenanigans throughout the series ensue when he discovers his wife is having an affair with his barber.
“I want to thank all the loyal 2 million plus people that tuned in every week to my show,” Howery wrote on Instagram regarding the news of the show’s cancellation. “I’m so proud of what we did and it was a dream come true… I got a chance to not only create a show based off my material and some real life events I got to work and create magic with my friends… God is so good and I’m truly blessed.”
The series was put in the spotlight when its co-creator and executive producer Kevin Barnett suddenly passed away in January during a trip to Mexico. Barnett’s death was caused by pancreatitis complications. He was only 32 years old.
