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It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia Already Has An Ending Written
By SHAE SENNETT
“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” is the longest-running sitcom, but there was no guarantee it would last this long, leading to the creators already planning a final episode.
When the network threatened cancellation during season 9, co-creators Glenn Howerton, Rob McElhenney, and Charlie Day found it easy to decide on an ending.
Howerton shared with the Hollywood Reporter, “The three of us came to an idea of how to end the show that we all really liked a lot and are leaning toward.”
McElhenney elaborated that they decided “very quickly, which was shocking to us because we can never agree on anything that big.”
While the “It’s Always Sunny” creators have an idea of how the series will end, there’s no telling if Season 18 will be the last one due to budget cuts at FX.
McElhenney said, “As long as it’s still fun and still funny to us, we’ll keep doing it. Even if the network doesn’t want to.” However, Day disagreed with his co-creator’s claim.
McElhenney added, “For us, we just have a short checklist: Do we still enjoy it, are we still having fun, are we still stretching ourselves creatively, and is the audience still there?”
The “It’s Always Sunny” creators are more concerned with appealing to their own personal standards, with Day explaining, “It’s whether we can put out a good season of television.”