It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia renewed for record 15th season … as show makes TV history surpassing The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet for longest-running live-action comedy program
It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia is coming back for season 15 – and making history in doing so.
FX on Tuesday announced that it was bringing back the comedy for another year.
With the renewal – foreshadowed last month when star/creator Rob McElhenney said he was at work on penning the upcoming season – the series surpassed The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet as TV’s longest-running live-action comedy.
Philadelphia freedom: It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia – featruring (L-R) Kaitlin Olson, Glenn Howerton, Charlie Day, Danny DeVito and Rob McElhenney – is coming back for season 15
‘We’re going to keep doing it forever if people keep watching,’ McElhenney said in January at the TCA Winter press tour.
FX chairman John Landgraf last year described the network’s flagship series to Deadline as ‘the first successful deconstruction and reconstruction of a sitcom.’
The FX staple, which chronicles the comings and goings of friends who have a South Philadelphia bar, features a cast including McElhenney, Glenn Howerton, Charlie Day – who are also writers and exec producers – and Kaitlin Olson and Danny DeVito.
It initially debuted on FX 15 years ago and subsequently wound up on FXX during season nine.
Stalwart: Danny Devito is among the core cast of the Philly-based comedy show
Funny: Charlie Day and Rob McElhenney have appeared on the comedy since 2015
Speaking with NME last week, McElhenney said he had no plans to cease production on the series based in the City of Brotherly Love.
‘If people keep watching it and we keep having fun, why would we ever stop? It’s my dream job,’ he said.
The show’s most recent season chronicled the core cast dealing with issues including a suicidal man, and guests at an Airbnb.
In the chat, McElhenney said that future storylines would touch on life in the COVID-19 era.
‘When we come back, don’t worry,’ he said. ‘We will address all this in the way only Sunny can.’