It looks likeMr. Mayoris stepping down. NBC today announced that theTed Danson-led comedy series has been canceled after only two seasons on the network, according to a report fromVariety.
The series was created byTina FeyandRobert Carlockand starred Danson as Neil Bremer, a businessman turned politician who runs for mayor of Los Angeles in a vain attempt to prove his own worth. However, after actually winning the position, Bremer finds himself outmatched by the challenging new position. Bremer has to figure out what he actually stands for beyond his own ego. Also factoring into the tension in the series is his tension with Arpi Meskimen, played byHolly Hunter, his deputy mayor as he also struggles to connect with his teenage daughter Orly, played byKyla Kenedy.
The series also starredVella Lovellas Bremer’s chief of staff Mikaela Shaw, who is also a social media influencer,Mike Cabellonstarred as chief strategist Tommy Tomás andBobby Moynihanjoined the cast as communications director Jayden Kwapis.
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The first season of the series was met with middling reviews, a surprise, and disappointment for a series that is tethered to two television greats. Ted Danson is perhaps best known for his role in the iconic sitcomCheers, in which he played a former Baseball player and frequent womanizer. He has also found success onLarry David’sCurb Your Enthusiasm, in which he plays himself, and on the fan-favorite seriesThe Good Place, in which he played a member of the afterlife bureaucracy who pilots experimental torture for a group of recently deceased, only to find that his subjects are more complicated and more redeemable than he had once thought. Tina Fey, for her part, spent years writing for and playing in the legendary comedy sketch showSaturday Night Live. She has also created several iconic television series, such as30 RockandUnbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.Mr. Mayor, for its part, was unfavorably compared to30 Rock. However, it will be forever unknown how the series would have developed if it had been picked up for a third season.
Mr. Mayorwas produced by Universal Television, Little Stranger, Bevel Gears, and 3 Arts Entertainment. Carlock, Fey,Jeff Richmond, andDavid Minerserved as executive producers on the series.Eric Gurianco-executive produced on the series.
