FOX Announces Duncanville Cancellation

 

 

We were the first to report the cancellation of Duncanville a couple of months ago, but FOX has made it official by announcing that the Amy Poehler-starring series has been axed after three seasons. Six more episodes are on the way for Hulu, however, we don’t have a drop date for those just yet and I’m told that Hulu could weigh the future of the franchise on how well those episodes do. Peacock and Roku are other possibilities for the future of Duncanville.

The split comes as FOX looks to slowly shave off animated franchises from it’s Animation Domination lineup that do not see the entertainment company as the majority owner. For Duncanville, FOX had a profit split with 20th Television and NBC Universal. For Bless the Harts, it was Lord Miller and 20th Television.

Housebroken could be the next one we need to keep an eye on. Granted, FOX has more skin in that game than the aforementioned cancellations because there isn’t a third party, but with the second season coming this year with new series Grimsburg and Krapopolis, it will be interesting to see which series stay and which go. FOX’s Tubi streaming service features original series The Freak Brothers which is slated for premiere in December 2022.

Synopsis:

From Emmy Award winners Amy Poehler, Julie Thacker Scully and Mike Scully, comes DUNCANVILLE, an animated family comedy centered around a spectacularly average 15-year-old boy, his family and friends. In the series, DUNCAN (Poehler) can see adulthood on the horizon: money, freedom, cars, girls…but the reality is more like: always being broke, driving with your mom sitting shotgun and babysitting your little sister.

Duncan’s mom, ANNIE (Poehler), a parking enforcement officer who dreams of someday being a detective, lives in perpetual fear that her teenage son is one bad decision away from ruining his life and will do anything to stop him from doing so. Duncan’s father, JACK (Emmy Award winner Ty Burrell), husband to Annie, is a classic-rock-obsessed plumber who’s determined to be a better dad than the one he had. He’s constantly posting wonderful things about his family on Facebook and annoyed that his kids won’t friend him.

Duncan’s 12-year-old sister, KIMBERLY (Riki Lindhome), is awkward, emotional and can hold grudges forever, while waiting patiently for revenge. She’s all emotions all the time and nobody’s problems are bigger than hers. JING (Joy Osmanski), Duncan’s six-year-old sister, likes to shout “Watch me!” before executing the world’s slowest cartwheel.

Duncan hangs with his friend and class clown, BEX (Betsy Sodaro), his stylish and swaggy friend, YANGZI (Yassir Lester), and his reckless, unsupervised friend, WOLF (Zach Cherry). MIA (Emmy Award nominee Rashida Jones) is Duncan’s on-again, off-again crush, who never met a cause to which she wouldn’t dedicate her life, and MR. MITCH (Golden Globe nominee Wiz Khalifa), is their cool teacher/guidance counselor/occasional school nurse.

DUNCANVILLE is produced by 20th Television Animation; Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group; and FOX Entertainment. Mike Scully, Julie Thacker Scully and Amy Poehler co-created and executive-produce the series with executive producer Dave Becky. The series is animated by Bento Box Entertainment.