Starz cancels 'Survivor's Remorse' after four seasons
Posted Tuesday, October 10, 2017 by RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com on his AJC Radio & TV Talk blog
The game is over for Starz comedy "Survivor's Remorse" after four seasons in Atlanta.
RonReaco Lee, one of the stars of the show, posted this note on Instagram, earlier today:
Reggie Vaughn out--
The show, set in Atlanta and created by Mike O'Malley, features a basketball player who moves from a poor neighborhood in Boston to become a big star (Jesse T. Usher as Cam Calloway) on an unnamed Atlanta pro basketball team. He moves his family down to Atlanta, where they adjust to life in a wealthy Buckhead mansion.
The show focused on the dynamics of the family, which included his mom played by Tichina Arnold, his sister played Decatur's own Erica Ash and former Stone Mountain resident RonReaco Lee as Cam's cousin and manager. The first two seasons also featured Mike Epps, whose breakout character Uncle Julius died at the end of season two when Epps went off to star in his own sitcom.
LeBron James was an executive producer. By design, they never showed Cam actually playing basketball.
The show tackled subjects ranging from vaginal rejuvenation to corporal punishment to the culture of outrage.
"Survivor's Remorse" received critical acclaim and hardcore fans loved it, but its audience was never as large as some other Starz shows such as "Power."
According to Deadline.com, the show's final episodes will air this Sunday back to back.
"We have been fortunate to work with incredible talents like Mike O'Malley, the executive producers and our cast on this very special show for four seasons," Starz President and CEO Chris Albrecht said in a statement today. "While this may be the end of the Calloways' story, we do believe that the themes Survivor's Remorse confronted over the seasons, through a unique mix of humor and sober observation, will be appreciated for the insightful, heartfelt way they were addressed. We are proud of the show."
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Rodney Ho writes about entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution including TV, radio, film, comedy and all things in between. A native New Yorker, he has covered education at The Virginian-Pilot, small business for The Wall Street Journal and a host of beats at the AJC over 20-plus years. He loves tennis, pop culture & seeing live events.
