# What happened to My Name is Earl?! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 28, 2006, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-name-is-earl/378216 "2006-10-28T07:12:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Surbey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Surbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surbey)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2006, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-name-is-earl/378216/1 "2006-10-28T07:12:55Z")
Any ideas? When I tuned in, all I saw was a rerun of the first episode for season 2. Please dont’ tell me it got canceled :mad: ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2006, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-name-is-earl/378216/2 "2006-10-28T09:03:30Z")
MNIE has definitely NOT been cancelled; NBC just had all their Thursday shows on re-run for some reason. I enjoyed watching it, btw, since I had missed it on the first go 'round. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2006, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-name-is-earl/378216/3 "2006-10-28T09:26:34Z")
[QUOTE=tarragon918] NBC just had all their Thursday shows on re-run for some reason. [/QUOTE] World Series ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2006, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-name-is-earl/378216/4 "2006-10-28T12:27:47Z")
I watched last weeks episode (Van Hickey) from my DVR and found that the first 6 minutes and change were the audio from My Name is Earl over a freeze frame of NBC news anchor Brian Williams. I thought at first it was kind of a bold choice, and they must have been afraid that no one would get it, but I haven’t noticed any outcry over it. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2006, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-name-is-earl/378216/5 "2006-10-28T19:48:57Z")
November sweeps starts next week. Relax. They’re taking a break (Law and Order SVU was also a repeat) before gearing up for ratings period. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2006, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-name-is-earl/378216/6 "2006-10-29T02:27:15Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] November sweeps starts next week. Relax. They’re taking a break (Law and Order SVU was also a repeat) before gearing up for ratings period. [/QUOTE] I read that they’re going to be super-sizing those eps to 40 minutes, so if you’re recording, take note. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-name-is-earl/378216/7 "2006-10-30T19:35:57Z")
[QUOTE=Chefguy] I read that they’re going to be super-sizing those eps to 40 minutes, so if you’re recording, take note. [/QUOTE] What does the network usually do with the leftover 20 minutes? ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-name-is-earl/378216/8 "2006-10-30T19:42:27Z")
I think The Office is being supersized too. That’s 80 minutes. If they supersize a third half-hour show, it’d come out to an even two hours. Or will they supersize ER too? I think they did this last season, but I don’t remember how it came out. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-name-is-earl/378216/9 "2006-10-30T19:55:01Z")
This is probably a ridiculous concern. But what’s up with the continuity on this show? In the Y2K episode (which I only recently watched) we saw that Darnell is actually a man named Harry Monroe who moved to Camden County as part of the witness protection program. But in the series pilot, we were told that Darnell was living with his parents and in the episode where he married Joy we saw his Moms and other family members. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-name-is-earl/378216/10 "2006-10-30T23:36:44Z")
_My Name Is Earl_ won several Emmy Awards; it’s here for at least another season, if not several. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-name-is-earl/378216/11 "2006-10-30T23:48:48Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] This is probably a ridiculous concern. But what’s up with the continuity on this show? In the Y2K episode (which I only recently watched) we saw that Darnell is actually a man named Harry Monroe who moved to Camden County as part of the witness protection program. But in the series pilot, we were told that Darnell was living with his parents and in the episode where he married Joy we saw his Moms and other family members. [/QUOTE] Maybe a future epsiode will be “#167 Revealed Crabman was in the witness protection program on a national television.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-name-is-earl/378216/12 "2006-10-30T23:59:16Z")
[QUOTE=AuntiePam] I think The Office is being supersized too. That’s 80 minutes. If they supersize a third half-hour show, it’d come out to an even two hours. Or will they supersize ER too? I think they did this last season, but I don’t remember how it came out. [/QUOTE] They are going to run a supersized episode of 30 Rock. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-name-is-earl/378216/13 "2006-10-31T03:14:23Z")
[QUOTE=Surbey] Any ideas? When I tuned in, all I saw was a rerun of the first episode for season 2. Please dont’ tell me it got canceled :mad: [/QUOTE] I know that when I find out that a hit TV series is showing a rerun, my first thought is “I can’t believe they cancelled it!” :rolleyes: