Showtime has cancelled its Jim Carrey-led half-hour dark comedy “Kidding” after a two-season run. The second season wrapped its run in March with just 54,000 same-day viewers.
Carrey played Jeff (aka Mr. Pickles), an icon of children’s TV. When his own family begins to implode, Jeff finds no fairy tale or puppet will guide him through this crisis which advances faster than his means to cope.
While the episode left the door open for a potential third season, it wrapped up the show’s central storyline. The series was Carrey’s return to TV after a nearly three-decade absence, along with a reunion with his Oscar-winning “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” writer-director Michel Gondry.
Showtime said in a statement: “After two seasons, Kidding has concluded its run on Showtime. We are very proud to have aired this imaginative, critically acclaimed and rewarding series, and we would like to thank Jim Carrey, Dave Holstein, Michael Aguilar, Michel Gondry and the entire cast and crew for their brilliant and tireless work.”
Source: Showtime
