Rob McElhenney and Charlie Day's Popular Apple TV+ Show Canceled Early, Will Get New Ending
Mythic Quest may have been one of Apple TV+'s first original series, but the streamer is pulling the plug on the gamer comedy after four seasons.
Variety was first to report the news that Mythic Quest's fourth season, which aired its finale on March 26, will be its last. But the network is giving co-creators Charlie Day, Rob McElhenney, and Megan Ganz (all of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia fame) the chance to give the show's many fans a proper sendoff. An updated version of the season 4 finale, which will feel more like a true ending, will drop on the streaming service next week.'Endings are hard. But after four incredible seasons, Mythic Quest is coming to a close,' said McElhenney, Ganz, and David Hornsby—all executive producers on the show—in a statement.
'We're so proud of the show and the world we got to build, and deeply grateful to every cast and crew member who poured their heart into it,' the trio continued. 'To all our fans, thank you for playing with us. To our partners at Apple, thank you for believing in the vision from the very beginning. Because endings are hard, with Apple's blessing we made one final update to our last episode—so we could say goodbye, instead of just game over.'
The workplace comedy followed the lives of the employees of an often dysfunctional video game studio owned by Ian Grimm (McElhenney), the creator of a popular MMORPG titled, yep, Mythic Quest.
Though Apple does not share viewership records for its shows, Mythic Quest appears to have been a success. It has a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score of 97 percent, and recently released an 'expansion pack' spin-off series, Side Quest, that so far seems to have been warmly received.
Though Day co-created the series, it took until this most recent season for him to make an appearance on the series. With some extra time on their hands, perhaps this means fans will see the long-anticipated 17th season of Sunny they've been asking for.
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