The actress who plays Molly on the CBS sitcom said she could have played the character for five more decades.
- Dec 15, 2015
AceShowbiz - Melissa McCarthy is not ready to say goodbye to her character Molly Flynn. The 45-year-old actress took it to Twitter to express her sadness over the cancellation of her CBS sitcom "Mike & Molly".
"I was shocked and heartbroken when @CBS canceled #MikeAndMolly. I would have shot this show for 50 more years. I'll miss my 2nd family," McCarthy wrote. The message was retweeted by McCarthy's co-stars Katy Mixon and Reno Wilson.
Rondi Reed, who plays Mike's mother on the sitcom, officially revealed the cancellation on December 6. "Before you hear it elsewhere (and some already have) this is the Final and 6th Season of MIKE & MOLLY on CBS. It is also a shortened season (13 episodes) after the announced full renewal of 22 episodes back in March by the network. We are done taping as of January 27th 2016 and I am not sure exactly when/if the episodes will all be aired," Reed dished out.
Executive producer Chuck Lorre was equally devastated by CBS' shocking move, telling The Insider, "I'm sad. It's a great group of people. We had a six-year run, which is a very honorable experience in television, but I wasn't ready for it to end. So, it's hard. It's a little bittersweet." He went on praising the actors, "It's a great, great ensemble led by, perhaps, the greatest comic actress of our time in Melissa McCarthy. It's just heartbreaking. I've not quite wrapped my head around the idea that it's going to be over."
He added, "Six years together with a group of people, it does become a family experience. And babies are born, marriages happen. Marriages end, you know? German cars are purchased. A lot happens." Lorre said the cast and crew will give the show a proper closure at the end of the last 13 episodes.
