Mark Hamill Reacts To 'American Auto' Cancelation: 'HORRIBLE News'
By Kristin Myers on June 17, 2023 at 9:30 AM EDT
Actor and "American Auto" fan Mark Hamill is wondering why every show he likes seems to get canceled and fans can't help but feel the same way!
The "Star Wars" alum took to Twitter to share his disappointment with the news that the NBC comedy "American Auto" starring "Saturday Night Live" alum Ana Gasteyer had been canceled following its sophomore season.
NBC Comedy 'American Auto' Will Not Return For A Third Season
EXCLUSIVE: NBC has opted not to proceed with a third season of its workplace comedy series #AmericanAuto, created and executive produced by Superstore creator Justin Spitzer https://t.co/6uR2fVx2DI pic.twitter.com/WyRUv2o5Ho
— Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) June 16, 2023
On Friday, Deadline took to Twitter to announce that the NBC comedy "American Auto" would not return for a third season. The series had been created and executive produced by Justin Spitzer, who created the popular comedy series "Superstore."
“Superstore” ran for six seasons after its November 2015 premiere and featured a series of employees at a fictional supersized megastore called “Cloud 9.”
“American Auto” focused on executives and employees that worked at a major automobile company in Detroit. Gasteyer played the role of new CEO Katherine Hastings, who did not know the first thing about cars when she agreed to take the job.
The first episode of the workplace comedy premiered on December 13, 2021, and was later renewed for a second season. Unfortunately for fans, it will not be returning for a third.
Ana Gasteyer Reacts To Cancelation: 'I Really Loved This Opportunity'
I really loved this opportunity - everyone on the creative team, the writers, the crew and of course, the ensemble made magic. Lucky me ❤️ https://t.co/BLMywUtsvr
— Ana Gasteyer (@AnaGasteyer) June 17, 2023
Early Saturday morning, the 56-year-old actress retweeted news of the cancellation from Deadline on Twitter. "I really loved this opportunity - everyone on the creative team, the writers, the crew, and of course, the ensemble made magic. Lucky me," she tweeted, closing out her post with a red heart emoji.
Thank you for all the support you gave us!
— Ana Gasteyer (@AnaGasteyer) June 17, 2023
Staff writer Saloni Gajjar commented, "Hate this news! everyone deserves multiple seasons of this show, sorry to see it go."
Gasteyer responded, "Thank you for all the support you gave us!"
Mark Hamill Reacts To 'American Auto' Cancelation: 'Everything I Like Gets Cancelled'
HORRIBLE News! One of my favorite comedies in years was smart, well written & expertly performed by a brilliant ensemble cast. Oh- one more thing: it was always VERY FUNNY. Fingers crossed it gets picked up elsewhere like Brooklyn 99 & Taxi.#EverythingILikeGetsCancelled 😩 https://t.co/lpeoVcnBop
— Mark Hamill (@MarkHamill) June 17, 2023
Later on Saturday morning, the "Fall of the House of Usher" actor took to Twitter to retweet Ana Gasteyer's tweet confirming that "American Auto" had indeed been canceled and would not be returning for a third season.
"HORRIBLE News! One of my favorite comedies in years was smart, well written & expertly performed by a brilliant ensemble cast," he tweeted. "Oh- one more thing: it was always VERY FUNNY. Fingers crossed it gets picked up elsewhere like Brooklyn 99 & Taxi." Hamill closed off his tweet with the hashtag "Everything I Like Gets Cancelled."
Fans agreed with "The Machine" actor that the show was canceled too quickly. "Us too. They expect immediate success. If it’s not getting the ratings they were hoping for fast enough, and it isn’t financially productive to meet goals. They get canceled. Sad they can’t give shows more time for them to grow on viewers. Shows [are] canceled too quickly," one fan commented.
"I definitely need to get back to this one. I got distracted by so much dropping at once. Feel like we have so much solid content that quite a few get the axe too soon due to an overflow of programming on different platforms," another follower shared.
Several users actually expressed interest in watching the show, claiming that they have never even heard of it. "Seems like the sort of show I would have liked, but I've never even heard of it. Seems they didn't do a very good job marketing it, which would be NBC's fault," another fan chimed in.
Fortunately for fans of Justin Spitzer, his new show, "St. Denis Medical," has been given a series order by NBC and is expected to debut next season. Fans interested in watching the first two seasons of "American Auto" can stream it on Peacock.