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While weed has slowly made its way into mainstream television, there has been an unfortunate casualty amongst cannabis-centric programming. The announcement that Netflix’s weed-themed sitcom Disjointed canceled after just one season just broke.
‘Disjointed’ Flames Out
The series, penned on spec by longtime sitcom stalwart and The Big Bang Theory creator Chuck Lorre, and former Daily Show head writer David Javerbaum, landed at Netflix on a 20-episode order following a bidding war between several prominent broadcasting and streaming outlets.
The multicamera workplace sitcom starred two-time Emmy award-winning Kathy Bates in the role of Ruth, a lifelong cannabis advocate who finally received the chance to live out her fantasy as an owner of an L.A.-area cannabis dispensary. Joining Bate’s Ruth are three budtenders, her twenty-something-year-old son and a troubled security guard, all of which were, unsurprisingly, stoned more often than not.
One of the shows supporting stars, Michael Trucco, originally announced the news on Twitter.
I love these guys like a family & I loved making this show. So sad to see it go
Thank you ALL so much for watching! @MsKathyBates @RealElizabethHo @SullivanNicole @LizAlderfer @BirdySoderdy @toneBell @AaroncMoten @Reddsaidit @DougieBaldwin @davidjaverbaum #Disjointed #gonetoosoon pic.twitter.com/37wQZTkRtR— Michael Trucco (@MichaelTrucco) February 14, 2018
The show appeared to have two seasons, following its original debut in August 2017, but the first season was actually split into two, ten episode parts, a common practice of Netflix sitcoms. It appears Netflix attempted to garner a larger