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It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia has run for more years than it has seasons, which is largely due to a highly in-demand cast and a global pandemic. And so, despite currently being in its 17th season, the show’s 20th anniversary is actually today.

Back on August 4, 2005, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia premiered on FX with the episode “The Gang Gets Racist.” But that particular episode is only kind of the show’s first episode as creator Rob Mac, who is referred to below as both Mac and McElhenney, depending on the time period, produced a few versions of the show before production on Season One officially got underway.

To properly mark 20 years of Always Sunny, here are 20 things to know about the various iterations of this “first” episode…

1 Before the Gang Got Racist

“The Gang Gets Racist” was the first episode shot by FX after Mac agreed to make...

This article contains spoilers for "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" season 17, episode 3, "Mac and Dennis Become EMTs."

Sometimes I worry I'm too sensitive to be a fan of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia." I shed a tear when I found out poor Charlie (Charlie Day) can't read, and I always wince when the show implies Charlie totally got molested by his Uncle Jack (Andrew Friedman). But it's not just Charlie whose pain I struggle to find the humor in; I also feel bad for those poor souls who've had their lives ruined by the gang over the years, like Cricket (David Hornsby), the Waitress (Mary Elizabeth Ellis), and especially the unnamed Lawyer.

The Lawyer, played Brian Unger, was first introduced in season 3 as a happy, healthy, successful man. He went to Harvard and had a loving wife, but it all went downhill when he was assigned to be the executor...

Released on FX in 2005, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia has now become a cult favorite. Today, it stands tall as America’s longest-running sitcom. However, the controversial humor and the roast-style comedy aren’t the only reasons for its success.

It is rooted deeply in the unique origin stories of the core cast members. Glenn Howerton, Rob McElhenney, Charlie Day, Kaitlin Olson, and Danny DeVito are the pillars that Sunny stands on. This dedicated cast is the face of the series. As the show recently entered its 17th season, let’s take a deep dive into each of these actors’ journeys before Sunny. Who were they? What did they do before they got famous? How did they stumble upon this life-changing series? Let’s find out!

1. Rob McElhenney: Mac in It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Born in Philadelphia in 1997, Rob McElhenney was raised a Christian, with Irish descent parents. He...

The five Philadelphia-dwelling ne'er-do-wells that call themselves the gang on "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" are some genuinely abominable human beings. Over the show's 20 year run, Frank (Danny DeVito), Charlie (Charlie Day), Mac, Dee (Kaitlin Olson), and Dennis (Glenn Howerton) have done a lot of awful things, ranging from arson to alleged murder. But what do the actors who play the gang think are their absolute worst moments? 

At the 20th Anniversary celebration of the show (as part of The Paley Center for Media's acclaimed PaleyLive series), which was attended by /Film's Bj Colangelo, Day, DeVito, Howerton, Mac, and Olson each shared the things their characters had done that were somehow worse than all of the others. It was a pretty hilarious conversation that must have sounded nightmarish to someone who didn't have the context for each situation. Indeed, despite not really meaning to push the boundaries of comedy (or...

It may be hard to imagine anyone other than Rob Mac cultivating mass, denouncing science, offering ocular patdowns and performing emotional interpretive dances as It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia’s Ronald “Mac” McDonald, but the actor’s now career-defining role wasn’t always a sure thing.

During the early days of the show, Mac — then called “Rob,” per The Always Sunny Podcast — was portrayed by David Hornsby, who would later go on to play Rickety Cricket.

“McElhenney’s girlfriend at the time, actress Jordan Reid, was playing Sweet Dee, the female foil to the three fellas, and Mac was being played by… not McElhenney,” author Kimberly Potts recalls in her new book, It’s (Almost) Always Sunny in Philadelphia: How Three Friends Spent $200 to Create the Longest-Running Live-Action Sitcom in History and Help Build a Network.

Even though Mac “had his hands full with writing, directing and producing the film,...

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This July, we are getting a ton of great shows on various streaming services. From the much-anticipated return of Twisted Metal on Peacock to the second and final season of the epic fantasy drama series The Sandman on Netflix. So, we are here to sort out all of the brilliant upcoming shows that you might want to check out.

The Sandman Season 2 Vol. 1 (July 3), Vol. 2 (July 24), & Vol. 3 (July 31) – Netflix Credit – Netflix

The Sandman is an epic fantasy drama series developed by Neil Gaiman, Sam Keith, and Mike Dringenberg. Based on the DC comic book of the same name by Gaiman, Sam Kieth, and Mike Dringenberg, the upcoming second and final season of the Netflix series continues the story of Dream as his past decision comes back to haunt him after a fateful family reunion. The Sandman Season 2 stars Tom Sturridge,...

Over the course of 15 seasons, Father Matthew Mara’s existence has gone from a life of faith to a living hell. But, just like Dennis in a pair of jorts, he can always go lower.

On It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Rickety Cricket is essentially the Paddy’s Pub Gang’s picture of Dorian Gray. While Rob McElhenney, Kaitlin Olson, Glenn Howerton and Charlie Day all have teams of real-life aestheticians and stylists working tirelessly to mitigate the effects of aging on their rich, famous faces, Always Sunny writer and executive producer David Hornsby has been working with prosthetics professionals to create the visage of a man who is, figuratively, spiritually and physically, melting.

Since his debut in the It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season Two classic “The Gang Exploits a Miracle,” Rickety Cricket’s fall into sin and grotesquery has been equal parts gradual and unseemly. But thanks to...

The Emmys 2025 race is officially a high-stakes bloodbath, with the voting open and the snubs already brewing. After Shōgun broke records last year with 18 wins, including Outstanding Drama Series, making it the first non-English language series to do so, all eyes are now on who’s next to rewrite history. As far as the stats royalty goes, Julia Louis-Dreyfus holds eleven wins for Best Actress, and Edward Asner holds the Best Actor title for seven Emmys. And let’s not forget that Saturday Night Live still reigns supreme with 95 total Emmys. Will The Bear top its own record of 11 comedy wins from 2024 this time? Or will Hacks pull an upset after dethroning it in the top slot?

From comedy chaos to prestige drama and killer costumes, the 2025 Emmys are stuffed tighter than a Bear sandwich. With The Bear sharpening its knives across Comedy Series, Sound Editing, Writing, and acting races,...

The It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia season 17 trailer is here, and boy is it jam-packed with a season I think is going to be like no other. There's definitely a lot that's going to happen in the new installment, and we're definitely here for all of it. Crazy and unruly hijinks and all. That is what we love about the gang after all!

Many, if not all, fans have known that the gang paid Abbott Elementary a visit earlier this year on the ABC series' season 4 episode 9, "Volunteers." They had some community service to do, and it was at the school where they helped out. Though you know that they can't behave for long. That's especially true as in the season 17 premiere, we're going to see the "unseen footage," of what happened that week, according to the synopsis.

The new trailer teases a bit more of the next crossover episode...

Season 17? It’s crazy to think It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia has been around for seventeen seasons and is still going strong. FX just released the official trailer for the upcoming season, and it teases a huge surprise crossover. Frank is going to be on The Golden Bachelor!

Season 17 is set to premiere on Fxx on July 9, 2025 at 9pm Et/Pt with the release of the first two episodes. New episodes air on Wednesdays.

“Seventeen seasons on, Ronald ‘Mac’ MacDonald (Rob Mac), Charlie Kelly (Charlie Day), Dennis Reynolds (Glenn Howerton), Dee Reynolds (Kaitlin Olson), and Frank Reynolds (Danny DeVito) return to shamelessly shed their ‘niche’ label for grander aspirations,” reads FX’s synopsis. “They’ll exploit cross-network promotion to increase market share; they’ll scapegoat one of their own to avoid a PR backlash; they’ll risk everything for a handshake with the Saudis; they’ll bend the laws with...

The gang has finally returned. The first trailer forIt's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season 17 has been released, and it teases another installment full of the usual hijinks that will push the limits of the enduring TV comedy. It's been two years since Always Sunny concluded its 16th season, but fans have known since 2020 that the series will run for at least 18 seasons. And, despite changing times, the raunchy comedy continues to be relevant, and it seems the latest season will double down on attacking current trends in pop culture.

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season 17 will see the main cast return, including Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, Rob McElhenney, Kaitlin Olson and Danny DeVito, as well as several newcomers. The series is set to return on Fxx and Hulu on Jul. 9. As the footage teases, the crew is keen on becoming successful in their own lives, despite being as despicable as...

FX has released a new trailer for It's Always Sunny in Philadelphiaseason 17, which includes new TV series crossovers and the return of an iconic character. The seventeenth season of the longest-running sitcom of all time is set to premiere on July 9, 2025, with two new episodes. The It's Always Sunny season 17 premiere will be the second part of the show's Abbott Elementary crossover, the first part of which was released on ABC in January 2025. After that, the Gang will return to their usual antics for seven more episodes, with the season running until August 23.

The new trailer for It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, which can be seen below, includes crossovers with Abbott Elementary and The Golden Bachelor, as well as the return of David Hornsby as Cricket. After the Abbott Elementary serves as the season premiere, audiences will have to wait until the season finale to see the gang's evidently provocative stint on The Golden Bachelor,...

“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” is back for Season 17 and the trailer is promising all manner of insanity.

As previously announced, the new season of the hit comedy will feature the crossover with “Abbott Elementary” from the gang’s perspective, while the trailer also reveals that Frank (Danny DeVito) will star in a new season of “The Golden Bachelor.” Season 17 will premiere on July 9 on Fxx and stream the next day on Hulu.

Watch the full trailer below.

The official description for Season 17 states “Ronald ‘Mac’ MacDonald (Rob McElhenney), Charlie Kelly (Charlie Day), Dennis Reynolds (Glenn Howerton), Dee Reynolds (Kaitlin Olson), and Frank Reynolds (DeVito) return to shamelessly shed their ‘niche’ label for grander aspirations. They’ll exploit cross-network promotion to increase market share; they’ll scapegoat one of their own to avoid a PR backlash; they’ll risk everything for a handshake with the Saudis; they’ll bend the...

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia season 17 returns this July, and the premiere is kicking things off with the second crossover episode between Sunny and Abbott Elementary. Also on premiere day, two episodes will air on FX, which is honestly what we deserve after waiting for so long to get new episodes. I can't wait! It's all excitement here, including another fun update.

Of course we love the hilarious shenanigans of the gang - Charlie, Mac, Dennis, Dee, and Frank - though the frequent guest stars that have also been a part of the comedy series for all of these years are also characters we want to see pop up. Well, get ready because there's two fan-favorites that have been confirmed to return in the new season.

Rickety Cricket and The Waitress will both be featured in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia season 17. It's not known which and how many episodes...

There are a lot of truly amazing episodes of the long-running FX sitcom "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia." Over 16 seasons, the five miscreants known as "the gang" have gotten up to all kinds of shenanigans, with the comedy in each episode ranging from low-art nonsense like poop gags to jokes like "the implication" that are much, much darker. It can be a bit daunting to look at all of those seasons, but there are a handful of "Always Sunny" episodes that everyone should check out, whether they decide to watch the rest of the series or not. After all, it's the longest-running live-action American sitcom of all time, and it's had an impact on pop culture, even if it's somehow never won any major industry awards.

There are honestly dozens of episodes that I could recommend because the show has such a wide variety of killer episodes with some super meme-able moments.

Captain James T. Kirk opens the original "Star Trek" series with these immortal words: "Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no man has gone before!" The excellent "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" takes its title from Captain Kirk's intro, but it's not the only show to draw inspiration from this opening narration (though you might be surprised to learn which series I'm referring to here).

In the wake of the meteoric success of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" season 3, 20th Century Fox was interested in anything the show's creators -- Rob McElhenny, Glenn Howerton and Charlie Day -- had cooking. Hence, while appearing at the 2008 San Diego Comic Con (via IGN), the trio announced they were working on a science fiction comedy series called "Boldly Going Nowhere,...

Fxx's record-breaking sitcom "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" will be celebrating its 20th anniversary this summer. The series, which was created by Rob McElhenney, who also stars in the series alongside Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, Kaitlin Olson, and Danny DeVito, may not be the longest-running live-action sitcom in television history, but it does come close. With its 17th season set to premiere this July, viewers have two decades worth of misadventures featuring inarguably the most despicable Gang of characters in sitcom history.

With 170 episodes produced (although at least five are banned from streaming services), there are many prime candidates for what could be considered the best of the series. A particular fan-favorite is "The Nightman Cometh," which was spearheaded by the musical talents of one Charlie Day and even spawned a tour featuring the cast performing the episode in front of live audiences. Some of the series' most notable episodes...

It's kind of interesting: As hard as it is to create one of the greatest shows of all time, it also feels like you have to put in some serious work to make a TV series so bad that it stands out against not just the best shows, but the vast sea of mediocrity that makes up a lot of television sitcoms. There are a lot of decent or average shows that get to retire with their reputations more or less intact, while bile is reserved for a select few truly heinous programs. 

These are the worst of the worst. Often lasting a season, they combine bad judgment, weak performances, and egregious writing to create something that lingers in the minds of audiences -- and not in a good way. Feast your eyes on these rare creatures: They are worthy of our pity, not our derision. How did things go...

It’s been a minute, but guess what? The Gang is back— It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is returning for its seventeenth season, and we’re not even close to done with these chaotic masterminds. Nearly two years after the last season aired, the long-running comedy that’s become a cult favorite (and meme goldmine) is gearing up to bless our screens once again, and let’s be honest, we’ve missed them.

For a show that’s never been afraid to get weird, go dark, or push the envelope in the most unhinged way possible, Sunny remains a pop culture juggernaut. Whether it’s Charlie’s illiterate antics, Dee’s cursed acting career, or Frank being… Frank, the series has carved out a legendary space in TV history, one messy scheme at a time.

What’s in store this time? A crossover twist, maybe some jail time, and definitely more wildly inappropriate adventures.

If Charlie Day had listened to his worst critics, he never would have begun a career in TV comedy, and Paddy’s Pub would have closed down after its very first health inspection.

Today, the It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia star and producer is one of the most celebrated comedic actors on television, but like most great artists, Day took his share of lumps during his climb to the mountaintop. After graduating from Merrimack College with an art history degree, Day moved to New York City to test out his performing talents on its competitive comedy scene, often acting in sketches alongside his future Always Sunny collaborators David Hornsby and Jimmi Simpson. Then, when Rob McElhenney recruited him to shoot a shoestring budget pilot about a bunch of a-holes living in Philadelphia and running a bar together, Day’s comedy career took off into the sitcom stratosphere where he has...

Mythic Quest fans had mixed feelings about the original final episode of the show, but even the anti-GrimPops prefer an emotionally confusing cliffhanger to an awkward retcon.

When AppleTV+ announced the abrupt cancelation of their critically acclaimed series Mythic Quest from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia creator Rob McElhenney and his collaborators Charlie Day, Megan Ganz, David Hornsby and Ashly Burch late last week, the surprise plug-pull came with an extremely unusual caveat. In order to give the fans some semblance of a satisfying conclusion to the story following the dramatic twist at the end of the Season Four finale, “Heaven and Hell,” Apple gave Mythic Quest one week to re-edit what is now the final episode of the series and send the show into the “game over” screen on sort of its own terms.

Today, the reworked cut of “Heaven and Hell” dropped on AppleTV+, and — spoilers ahead for...

As of this morning, Mythic Quest has officially concluded, as has the most complicated workplace relationship that Rob McElhenney’s had since he married Sweet Dee.

The season-finale-turned-series-closer of McElhenney’s abruptly canceled workplace comedy Mythic Quest just hit streaming, and AppleTV+’s plan to allow McElhenney, Megan Ganz, Charlie Day, David Hornsby and Ashly Burch to end their project on (sorta) their own terms culminated in an attempt to put the genie back in the bottle on the show’s most shocking plot twist. When the streamer announced that Mythic Quest wouldn’t continue late last week, Apple simultaneously revealed their unprecedented move to re-cut the Season Four finale, “Heaven and Hell,” in order to allow the show’s creators to try and turn the episode’s salacious cliffhanger into a narratively satisfying conclusion, a daunting task for any editor with a deadline of just one week.

Spoilers ahead...

Summer 2025 is set to be a great one for fans of the long-running FX dark comedy series It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.The series, which premiered back in 2005, is set to debut its 17th season on July 9, per Deadline. The first two episodes will launch at 9 p.m. July 9 on Fxx and will be available to stream the next day on Hulu. Internationally, It’s Always Sunny can be streamed on Disney+.

A new teaser promo clip was also released showing that the 17th season will include another crossover event with the ABC sitcom Abbott Elementary.“The Sunny and Abbott crossover crosses over again,” a voiceover states in the 40-second clip. Last year, the two series teamed up for a crossover episode.

In the teaser, the It’s Always Sunny crew, Mac, Charlie, Dennis, Dee), and Frank volunteer at Philadelphia’s Abbott Elementary and try to audition students for a boy band.

FX’s It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, the longest-running live-action comedy series in television history, will premiere its 17th season on Wednesday, July 9.

The premiere will include the first two episodes beginning at 9 p.m. Et/Pt on Fxx, with episodes streaming the next day on Hulu. The new season is also coming to Disney+ internationally.

The fan-favorite, ever-inventive series marks the 20th anniversary of its series premiere this year. The new season will include The Gang’s take on meeting ABC’s Abbott Elementary in the conclusion to the highly anticipated crossover.

In the latest season, “The Gang Embraces The Corporate Era,” which is the story of how greed and the New American Dream have consumed Paddy’s Pub.

Seventeen seasons on, Ronald “Mac” MacDonald (Rob McElhenney), Charlie Kelly (Charlie Day), Dennis Reynolds (Glenn Howerton), Dee Reynolds (Kaitlin Olson), and Frank Reynolds (Danny DeVito) return to shamelessly shed their “niche” label for grander aspirations.

FX has set Wednesday, July 9 for the Season 17 premiere of It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia.

The 17th season will launch with the first two episodes beginning at 9 p.m. Et/Pt on Fxx, with episodes streaming next day on Hulu. The new season is also coming to Disney+ internationally.

We’re also getting a glimpse of the new season in a promo released today. It reveals a new Abbott Elementary crossover with Mac, Charlie, Dennis, Dee and Frank.

In the clip, which you can watch above, the gang volunteers at the Philadelphia elementary school where they plan to audition kids for a boy band. (They also steal kids’ brownies.)”Did I like those people?,” Quinta Brunson’s Janine asks in the clip, before she slams her fist on a locker, exclaiming “No, I did not.”

Labeled “The Gang Embraces The Corporate Era”, the new season tells “the story of how...

At long last, “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” has set its Season 17 premiere date. The gang will return on Fxx on July 9 at 9 p.m. Et/Pt with two new episodes. Episodes will be available to stream the next day on Hulu and will be coming to Disney+ internationally.

Season 17 will include the highly-anticipated second half of the “Abbott Elementary” crossover. The gang first appeared in Quinta Brunson’s sweet and light-hearted ABC comedy back in January. The crux of that episode centered around Mac (Rob McElhenney), Dennis (Glenn Howerton), Charlie (Charlie Day), Dee (Kaitlin Olson) and Frank (Danny DeVito) “volunteering” at Abbott, aka completing their court-ordered community service requirements. This half of the crossover promises to be a lot less wholesome. Series creator and star McElhenney previously assured TheWrap that audiences will finally learn what Dennis was doing behind those cameras. Also — to the surprise of absolute no “Always Sunny...

The gang returns in Season 17 of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” premiering on July 9 on Fxx with episodes streaming on Hulu the next day.

The new season from the longest-running live-action comedy series includes a new take on the “Abbott Elementary” crossover, this time from Mac, Charlie, Dennis, Dee and Frank’s perspective.

In a clip teasing the new season, the gang volunteers at the fictional Philly elementary school, stealing kids’ brownies and auditioning them for a potential boy band.

“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” which celebrates the 20th anniversary since its premiere episode this year, stars Rob McElhenney, Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, Kaitlin Olson and Danny DeVito. Season 17, dubbed “The Gang Embraces the Corporate Era,” tells the story of “how greed and the New American Dream have consumed Paddy’s Pub.”

“They’ll exploit cross-network promotion to increase market share; they’ll scapegoat one of their own to avoid...

It's lights out for Mq: Apple TV+'s hilarious yet under-the-radar comedy series "Mythic Quest" has officially been canceled, per Deadline. The outlet reports that the fourth season of the series about a group of endearingly dysfunctional game designers, which began streaming in January 2025, is actually its last.

In a rare move for the cutthroat streaming era, though, the show was reportedly given the chance to add on to its already-premiered finale, "so we could say goodbye, instead of just game over," co-creators Megan Ganz and Rob McElhenney and executive producer David Hornsby explained in a statement. "Mythic Quest," a show about the wild satisfaction of creation and the tooth-pulling pain of collaboration, starred McElhenney and Charlotte Nicdao as a self-obsessed innovator and an underappreciated game engineer, respectively. While the show started off parodying the behind-the-scenes drama of a "World of Warcraft" style online game, it developed into something more unique over time.

Mythic Quest, the Apple TV+ series partly created by It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’s Rob McElhenney and Charlie Day, is officially ending its journey, as the show will end after its fourth season. However, even though the series itself will done, the creators are going to ensure that the loyal fans will get a nice surprise that will give the show the send-off they deserve.

The fourth season of Mythic Quest just concluded last month. Yet, the finale, “Heaven and Hell” wasn’t meant to be a series finale. Thus, a revised version set to air this week will serve as a true conclusion.

A joint statement was issued by McElhenney, Mythic Quest co-creator Megan Ganz and EP/co-star David Hornsby. “Endings are hard. But after four incredible seasons, Mythic Quest is coming to a close. We’re so proud of the show and the world we got...

It’s game over for Ian Grimm.

Next week, AppleTV+ will release the reworked Season Four finale of Rob McElhenney’s workplace comedy Mythic Quest that will now serve as the show’s final episode following its unexpected and unusual cancellation. Apple announced the end of the series yesterday evening, less than three weeks after the streamer released the original Mythic Quest Season Four finale and followed it up with the spin-off miniseries Side Quest, and the show’s executive producers, Megan Ganz, David Hornsby and McElhenney quickly sent a statement on the shocking plug-pull to Variety, writing:

“Endings are hard. But after four incredible seasons, Mythic Quest is coming to a close. We’re so proud of the show and the world we got to build — and deeply grateful to every cast and crew member who poured their heart into it. To all our fans, thank you for playing with us.

Mythic Quest is powering down: Apple TV+ has canceled the comedy series after four seasons. As a small consolation for fans, however, the Season 4 finale will get a new ending to give the story closure, according to Variety, which reported the cancellation. “Endings are hard. But after four incredible seasons, Mythic Quest is coming to a close,” executive producers Megan Ganz, David Hornsby, and Rob McElhenney said in a statement. “We’re so proud of the show and the world we got to build — and deeply grateful to every cast and crew member who poured their heart into it. To all our fans, thank you for playing with us. To our partners at Apple, thank you for believing in the vision from the very beginning.” The new ending to March 26’s Season 4 finale will start streaming next week, Variety notes. “Because endings are hard, with Apple’s blessing we made...

Apple TV+ has canceled Mythic Quest after four seasons.

The workplace comedy's fourth season premiered on January 29 and concluded on March 26. However, the Season 4 finale was not intended to conclude the series, so Apple TV+ will release a rewritten episode next week to send the show off properly.

To all our fans, thank you for playing with us.

"Endings are hard. But after four incredible seasons, Mythic Quest is coming to a close," creators/executive producers Megan Ganz, David Hornsby, and Rob McElhenney said in a joint statement yesterday. "We’re so proud of the show and the world we got to build — and deeply grateful to every cast and crew member who poured their heart into it. To all our fans, thank you for playing with us. To our partners at Apple, thank you for believing in the vision from the very beginning. Because endings are hard, with Apple...

Mythic Quest is logging off for good. The chaotic, code-crashing comedy from Rob McElhenney has officially been cancelled. But let’s face it: the biggest plot twist wasn’t in the show. It was the behind-the-scenes rage from actual game devs.

Turns out, while we were laughing at broken builds and ego clashes, some real-world developers were grinding their teeth. McElhenney might’ve wrapped up his pixelated sitcom, but his legacy’s stirring the pot in the gaming industry like a troll in a dev forum.

Rob Mcelhenney during weight gain in It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Credits: FX Mythic Quest is done, but the devs Rob McElhenney riled up won’t forget

Mythic Quest is officially game over. Rob McElhenney’s Apple TV+ workplace comedy has been cancelled, and while fans are mourning, game devs are still a little salty.

Rob McElhenney in It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Credits: FX

From day one,...

It's always a little awkward when you tell someone about a celebrity's death and that person has never heard of them to begin with. It's the same way with TV shows. "Have you heard that Swagger was canceled? "No, I haven't heard of Swagger to begin with." That's often the case with Apple TV+ shows, which are some of the most wonderfully produced and star-studded series since the days of streaming began. The problem is, most people have never heard of them, give or take Ted Lasso and Severance. Well, if you haven't heard of Mythic Quest, it's a delightful show, and you should watch it, though it's a little too late now. The series, which recently ended its fourth season (and a brief anthologized spin-off), has been canceled.

Created by three of the very funny minds behind It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Mythic Quest had a lot of people rooting for it.

Apple TV+ has ended Mythic Quest after four seasons. The final episode of the workplace comedy aired on March 26 but will now be re-released with an updated ending. The revised version will be available next week on the platform.

The creators of the series — Megan Ganz, David Hornsby, and Rob McElhenney — confirmed the cancellation and shared a statement acknowledging the decision and the final update. “Endings are hard. But after four incredible seasons, Mythic Quest is coming to a close,” the team said. “We’re so proud of the show and the world we got to build — and deeply grateful to every cast and crew member who poured their heart into it.

To all our fans, thank you for playing with us. To our partners at Apple, thank you for believing in the vision from the very beginning. Because endings are hard, with Apple’s blessing we made one final...

Mythic Quest has been cancelled after four seasons.

On Friday (April 11) it was announced that the Apple TV+ comedy series will not be returning for a fifth season.

The show’s season 4 finale originally aired on March 26. However, in lieu of the cancellation, an updated series finale episode will air next week.

“Endings are hard. But after four incredible seasons, Mythic Quest is coming to a close. We’re so proud of the show and the world we got to build—and deeply grateful to every cast and crew member who poured their heart into it,” executive producers Rob McElhenney, David Hornsby, and Megan Ganz said in a statement, per Variety.

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“To all our fans, thank you for playing with us. To our partners at Apple, thank you for believing in the vision from the very beginning. Because endings are hard, with Apple’s...

The beloved Apple TV+ series Mythic Quest has been canceled after four seasons. Created by Charlie Day, Megan Ganz, and star Rob McElhenney, the show focused on Ian Grimm (McElhenney) and Poppy Li (Charlotte Nicdao) and their work on the game, Mythic Quest. Through ups and downs with who was in charge as David (David Hornsby) tried to keep some semblance of a workplace balance, the series was known for being heartwarming and emotional. It has some of the most beautiful standout episodes on Apple TV+ as a platform.

“Endings are hard. But after four incredible seasons, ‘Mythic Quest’ is coming to a close,” said Ganz, Hornsby, and McElhenney in an exclusive to Variety. “We’re so proud of the show and the world we got to build—and deeply grateful to every cast and crew member who poured their heart into it. To all our fans, thank you for playing with us.

Apple TV+’s Mythic Quest has come to an end. The streamer has opted not to renew the gaming workplace comedy series for a fifth season. The decision comes days after the Season 4 finale dropped March 26.

Since it had not been conceived as a series finale, the Season 4 finale will now get a new ending to give fans closure. The updated episode will be made available next week.

“Endings are hard. But after four incredible seasons, Mythic Quest is coming to a close. We’re so proud of the show and the world we got to build — and deeply grateful to every cast and crew member who poured their heart into it,” series creators/executive producers Megan Ganz, David Hornsby and Rob McElhenney said in a statement Friday. “To all our fans, thank you for playing with us. To our partners at Apple, thank you for believing in the vision from the very beginning.

It’s game over for Apple TV+’s Mythic Quest: The Rob McElhenney-led comedy set in the world of video games has been cancelled after four seasons, TVLine has confirmed. (Our sister site Variety first reported the news.)

The story isn’t over for fans yet, though: The series finale “will be updated with a special new ending, bringing the series to its final chapter,” and the updated finale will begin streaming next week, a source tells TVLine.

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“Mythic Quest” has been canceled after four seasons at Apple TV+, but the workplace comedy is not gone for good just yet, TheWrap has learned.

As a special sendoff for the series and its fans, the finale episode of Season 4, which aired March 26, will be adapted to formally bring the series’ final chapter to a close. The updated finale episode is set to premiere on Apple TV+ next week.

“Endings are hard. But after four incredible seasons, ‘Mythic Quest’ is coming to a close. We’re so proud of the show and the world we got to build — and deeply grateful to every cast and crew member who poured their heart into it,” executive producers Megan Ganz, David Hornsby and Rob McElhenney said in a joint statement. “Because endings are hard, with Apple’s blessing we made one final update to our last episode — so we could say goodbye, instead of just game over.

The Apple TV+ comedy “Mythic Quest” has been canceled after four seasons, Variety has learned exclusively. The series aired its fourth season finale on March 26 following its January debut. It had been renewed for Seasons 3 and 4 back in 2021.

But in true video game style, the show is getting an extra life. An updated finale episode with a new ending will premiere next week on Apple TV+.

“Endings are hard. But after four incredible seasons, ‘Mythic Quest’ is coming to a close,” said series executive producers Megan Ganz, David Hornsby, and Rob McElhenney. “We’re so proud of the show and the world we got to build—and deeply grateful to every cast and crew member who poured their heart into it. To all our fans, thank you for playing with us. To our partners at Apple, thank you for believing in the vision from the very beginning. Because endings are hard,...

Father Matthew Mara once believed that God’s plan was for him to marry his lifelong love Deandra “Sweet Dee” Reynolds. That jabroni also believed that the Virgin Mary was just a stain.

Of all the still-living side characters in It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, the most abused and unfortunate soul is undoubtedly Father Mara, better known by the name his childhood bullies called him: Rickety Cricket. Played by Always Sunny writer and producer David Hornsby, poor Crick’s downward spiral started the moment he stepped into Paddy’s Pub to see a supposed “miracle” for himself, finding a distinct lack of godliness in the Gang’s scheme at the time. Over the next 19 years, Cricket himself would fall further and further from God’s light, leaving him a disfigured, sinful street rat who, during the last time we saw him, was running a male prostitution ring.

However, the priest-to-pimp pipeline is no straight shot,...

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A.P. Bio is a workplace comedy sitcom series created by Mike O’Brien. The NBC series follows Jack Griffin, a philosophy professor who gets fired from...

Mythic Quest Studios is under new management. Apple TV+'s hit game development comedy is nearing the end of its fourth season and David Hornsby's mild-mannered David Brittlesbee is just about done with Ian Grimm (Rob McElhenney). Collider can share an exclusive sneak peek at the upcoming penultimate episode of the run, which sees David call the game's creator to fire him and rub it in personally by disparaging him in front of the development team. Titled "Telephone," Episode 9 will follow his desperate efforts to keep everything afloat with Ian out of the picture and Poppy (Charlotte Nicdao) weighing a serious life change.

Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for Mythic Quest Season 4, Episode 8.There has always been a significant amount of overlap between Mythic Questand It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.Mythic Quest was created by Always Sunny's Charlie Day, Megan Ganz, and Rob McElhenney. It also has McElhenney and David Hornsby among the main cast, and has had a number of Always Sunny guest stars on the show, including Andrew Friedman, Michael Naughton, and Alanna Ubach. Now, Mythic Quest has given Always Sunny fans another exciting piece of overlap, because Charlie Day has finally made a cameo in the show.

Charlie Day has finally joined the cast of Mythic Quest, thus fulfilling the wishes of just about every loyal Mythic Quest viewer in the world, a group that definitely doesn’t include Charlie Day

Last night, Day made his long-awaited debut appearance on the AppleTV+ comedy Mythic Quest, a project that series star Rob McElhenney began in 2020 alongside some fellow It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia collaborators such as David Hornsby and Megan Ganz. Additionally, Day has served as an executive producer on Mythic Quest ever since its inaugural season, and for as long as the Always Sunny star has had is name in the credits of Mythic Quest under the ever-nebulous job title, fans of both shows have been clamoring to see him on screen.

In yesterday’s Mythic Quest episode “Rebrand,” Day delivered a hilarious yet surprisingly stirring performance as he nailed a gut-punch of a dramatic monologue...

The relationship between Rob McElhenney’s many comedy shows is more incestuous than whatever Barbara thought Dennis and Dee were doing back in Season Two.

As McElhenney’s second beloved comedy series Mythic Quest approaches the end of its fourth season, AppleTV+ has announced that it has given the show a greater commitment than Ian Grimm can give to his own son. Last week, AppleTV+ released the trailer for Side Quest, a four-part anthology miniseries that the streamer is marketing as an “expansion” to the Mythic Quest universe. The workplace comedy about a World of Warcraft-style multiplayer video game will use Side Quest to explore “the lives of employees, players and fans who are impacted by the game in an anthology format,” according to the streamer, with special attention paid to the Mythic Quest family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, apparently.

Immediately after the trailer for Side Quest dropped, fans of...

Apple TV+ has released a new trailer and preview images for Side Quest, the new Mythic Quest expansion series. It will make its debut on the streamer later this month.

The new anthology series comes from the same team behind the beloved and critically acclaimed Mythic Quest, and will expand the franchise's universe and lore. All four episodes of Side Quest will debut alongside the season four finale of Mythic Quest on Wednesday, March 26 on Apple TV+. Side Quest will explore the lives of employees, players and fans who are impacted by the game in an anthology format.

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Today, Apple TV+ unveiled the trailer for the all-new anthology series Side Quest, hailing from the same team behind the beloved, acclaimed office comedy Mythic Quest.

Set to premiere globally on Wednesday, March 26 on Apple TV+, all four episodes of Side Quest will debut alongside the season four finale of Mythic Quest.

An expansion of the Mythic Quest universe, Side Quest explores the lives of employees, players, and fans who are impacted by the game in an anthology format.

The series stars Rob McElhenney, Anna Konkle, Derek Waters, William Stanford Davis, Bria Samoné Henderson, Rome Flynn, Leonard Robinson, Gary Kraus, Annamarie Kasper, Esai Morales, Shalita Grant and many more in the leading roles across each installment.

Side Quest is developed by and executive produced by Ashly Burch, John Howell Harris and Katie McElhenney, with Megan Ganz, Rob McElhenney, David Hornsby, Charlie Day, Todd Biermann, Nick Frenkel, Michael Rotenberg, Margaret Boykin...

The following contains major spoilers from Mythic Quest Season 4, Episode 4, "The Villain's Feast," now streaming on Apple TV+.

Mythic Quest Season 4, Episode 4, "The Villain's Feast" sees the main characters spend time away from video game development to have a murder mystery party. As the group tries to figure out who among them is the culprit, the party culminates in Dana Bryant proposing to her girlfriend Rachel Mayee. Meanwhile, Poppy Li makes a surprise discovery that will change her life forever. What seemed at first like a fun diversion is actually one of the season's biggest episodes.

In an interview with Cbr, Mythic Quest co-creator and showrunner Megan Ganz, who directed "The Villain's Feast," and writer Humphrey Ker share how their mutual love of Agatha Christie and past work informed the script. They also provide behind-the-scenes details in crafting this important bottle episode. The duo additionally reflect on how working on...