Fans of FX’s Atlanta won’t be watching its third season in 2019. Donald Glover’s hit series has been delayed until at least 2020, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
FX CEO John Landgraf and PR boss John Solberg confirmed the delay at the Television Critics Association winter press tour on Monday (February 4).
“I don’t know whether we’ll have Atlanta or not,” Landgraf said.
Solberg noted, “It won’t be for this Emmy cycle.”
Landgraf elaborated on Atlanta’s status, noting Glover’s hectic schedule as a factor in the delay. The FX chief also mentioned some “personal things” affecting the multi-faceted artist’s ability to work on the series as planned.
“As you might imagine, Donald Glover is sort of the king of all media, and he just has had an incredibly complicated life,” Landgraf said. “He’s had personal things he’s had to deal with, from injuries to other things I’d rather not say publicly that just have to do not with his personal life but his extended family.
“So I think one of the things that is just a reality of television today is you have to wait. We have so many things now that don’t cycle back on a regular basis … From my standpoint, I wish for the fans as well as for us that we could get everything back on an annual basis but, again, you just have to make a decision about quantity over quality at a certain point — and we’re just erring on the side of quality.”
While Atlanta fans may be disappointed about the holdup, they’re no strangers to waiting for a new season. The series concluded its initial run in November 2016 but didn’t return for a second season until March 2018.
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worth the wait
Fo real, take your time. I’ll take quality over quantity any day especially how well it’s been working. Robbin season was one of the best seasons of any show, all time
This show is hit and miss to me. Sometimes it’s good and sometimes it’s bad. Like the piano episode was horrible to me, but the barber episode was really good. Everybody on the show is very talented though. I’ll be watching it when it drops, just want more consistency. Would also like to see Glover and some other lead roles for movies.
Piano episode? Huh?
That episode when Glover played a weird white old rich man. Ole boi was there to pick up the piano from the white dude, but it got weird throughout the show. Probably the worst one to me too, but it showed a different side of the Glover’s acting and the show. You’re going to have good and bad ones in order to be creative, but I am sure some loved that episode. Just not me or Kirby lol
Negroes never can keep to a schedule…just cancel the shit…
U said all that jus to say u gon watch it ant the end of the day. Lol shut da fuck up and get along fucking DONKEY…
Damn, at least I’ll have the show Barry to watch.