# NBC cancels My Name is Earl

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbc-cancels-my-name-is-earl/497331>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 22, 2009, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbc-cancels-my-name-is-earl/497331 "2009-05-22T20:20:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2009, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbc-cancels-my-name-is-earl/497331/41 "2009-06-14T00:46:33Z")

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She wound up joining an Amish-type religious group, IIRC, and gave Earl her insurance settlement to carry on working on his list.

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**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2009, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbc-cancels-my-name-is-earl/497331/42 "2009-06-14T00:58:16Z")

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This show quickly wore out its welcome after about a season and a half. By the time they sent Earl to prison, it was just completely done in. I’m not sorry to see what was, essentially, simply a rotating cast of weekly Scientology guest star spots off the air.

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**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2009, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbc-cancels-my-name-is-earl/497331/43 "2009-06-14T04:00:46Z")

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I think the prison season killed them. This last season got back to their roots pretty well, but I suspect a lot of people had given up.

They were also explaining things too much. I like Crabman being mysterious, and not having his origin put out there so obviously.

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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2009, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbc-cancels-my-name-is-earl/497331/44 "2009-06-14T11:40:44Z")

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I do agree that the prison season was terrible. I kept watching, but was _this_ close to taking it off the recording schedule. I don’t really mind it being gone - it was getting stale for me. I just hope that we get a few good comedies, that is nearly all I watch. I _will_ miss Catalina. Yum!

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