Lil Dicky has put Dave on “hiatus” at FXX
FX announced tonight that the comedy series won't be moving forward with a fourth season any time soon.
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Fans of David Andrew Burd’s FXX comedy series Dave—which follows the successful comedian and rapper both in and out of his Lil Dicky stage persona—will need to resign themselves to not seeing it again for a minute (or, possibly, ever). Variety reports tonight that the series has been put on “hiatus” at its home network, which is basically TV-making code for “We don’t feel like making another season of this television show right, but we reserve the right to begin making it again at a later date.”
Dave has been a somewhat surprising critical success across its three seasons, telling a fictionalized version of Burd’s rising success in the musical world. (In the real one, his career exploded in 2013 after the music video for his song “Ex-Boyfriend” went viral on YouTube.) The series co-stars rapper GaTa as a similarly made-up version of himself, working as a rapper, hype man, and producer, and most recently aired new episodes last year. Set within a slightly more deranged version of the Hollywood music scene, the series was never shy about bolstering its heightened reality with a big-name celebrity cameo or a dozen; Justin Bieber, Kevin Hart, Lil Nas X, and Drake all appeared on the show at various points. (As did Brad Pitt, as part of his ongoing campaign to convince the world that he’s a funny guy who enjoys sending up his own image.)
FX issued a statement today that pretty clearly put the reasoning for the break on Burd himself, writing that, “After some back and forth, there are no current plans for a fourth season of Dave right now, as Dave Burd has decided to take an extended break to focus on music and other ventures. That does not rule out the possibility of doing something in the future. We love the show and sincerely appreciate the creative excellence Dave, Jeff Schaffer, the cast and crew delivered with every episode. We are excited that our partnership with Dave will continue as he develops future projects for us through his overall production deal with FXP.”
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the 3 seasons we got were a damn miracle. if he doesn’t feel like it i appreciate that he’s in the position to not force it, especially with a little return valve if necessary. very good show.
AND here I was, about to comment that I can’t believe anyone actually has bad enough taste of watch and enjoy a show about this complete and utter hack…
You should try it. It’s actually a very good show.
and he’s actually super fucking talented as a rapper
Quote/unqoute “Hiatus”. Or in other words, the dictionary definition of hiatus.
He’s a blogger, not a writer.
In my day “Dave” was an ersatz president, and “Lil Nicky” talked out the side of his mouth.
I remember when this show premiered , i thought, why would anyone watch a show about this guy? Fast forward a year or so and I was watching hulu and out of boredom, I decided to watch an episode and immediately binged the entire first season. Such a good show. I hope it comes back at some point.
one of the most surprisingly better-than-expected shows of recent years
GaTa was good in Anyone But You.
is that you, GaTa???
Well that sucks but also ok; last season was fuckin hilarious and if they used all the good ideas they had over the past 3 seasons I’d rather nothing than a season made of rejected plots from the previous ones.
I really wanted to like this show. I just couldn’t. Dave is insufferable and always finds something to whine about.