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Things were looking grim for the Melissa Rauch-led Night Court reboot at NBC following its cancellation after three seasons. Despite hopes from the team that the sitcom could find a new home for courtroom hijinks by shopping the series, initial reports from TV Line revealed that nobody was biting on bringing back Judge Abby Stone and her staff for another run. Now, Rauch has delivered the show its sentence. In a recent post on Instagram, she finally addressed the show’s end and revealed that, despite the best efforts of everyone involved, the Manhattan municipal court will be remaining closed.
“I have held off on posting anything about Night Court not continuing until I knew we did everything in our power to find another home for it,” Rauch said to open her post. As a longtime fan of the original Reinhold Weege series starring Harry Anderson, the reboot was a passion project of sorts for her, uniting her with the Emmy-winning John Larroquette, who became a standout on the 1980s-90s classic. She held out hope as long as possible for the series in hopes of continuing to realize the vision she and the rest of the production team had for the show. “Perhaps it was being raised on The Goonies‘ ‘Never Say Die’ motto or straight-up denial that I didn’t want this incredibly special experience to come to an end.”
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