'Sullivan and Son' cancelled by TBS

Steve Byrne's cable comedy cancelled after three seasons.



Dammit. I am truly disappointed to hear that the TBS comedy Sullivan and Son, starring Steve Byrne, has been canceled after three seasons. The network, overhauling its slate, has given the axe to the TV show that has been holding it down and never quite got the credit it deserved as the other Asian American family sitcom.

‘Sullivan & Son’ Cancelled By TBS After Three Seasons

The series, created by comedian Steve Byrne and showrunner Rob Long, was set in a neighborhood Pittsburgh bar full of colorful characters. Steve starred as a corporate attorney who gives it all up to return home and take over the family business. The multiracial cast included Jodi Long, Vivian Bang and Dan Lauria as Steve's mixed race Korean American family. And I actually really liked it.

'Sullivan and Son': The Other Asian American TV Family

Third season, starring Steve Byrne, airs Tuesday nights on TBS



Fans of the show already know this, but I want to make sure you TV watchers got the heads up that the third season of Sullivan and Son is currently well underway, and airs Tuesday nights on TBS.

Comedian Steve Byrne as Steve Sullivan, a successful corporate attorney who gives up his law career to take the reigns of the family business, a neighborhood bar known to its loyal patrons as Sullivan & Son. The show's cast also includes Jodi Long as Steve's tough Korean mother, Dan Lauria -- the dad from The Wonder Years! -- as Steve's Irish American father, and Vivian Bang as Steve's beleaguered sister Susan.

While ABC's Fresh Off The Boat has gotten a lot of attention for being the first network sitcom to feature an Asian American family in twenty years, I've got to give props to Sullivan and Son for holding it down on cable for the last two years, featuring a different kind of Asian American family, front and center.

I'm not going to lie, my favorite character is Jodi as Ok-Cha. Here she is in epic slow-motion:

Sullivan & Son star Steve Byrne suffers face injury

Some crazy-ass TV news... Production on has halted on the TBS comedy Sullivan & Son because star Steve Byrne has suffered an injury to his face. Whaaat? This is apparently not a late April Fools' joke: Production On TBS' 'Sullivan & Son' Shut Down After Star Steve Byrne Suffers Injury.

According to Deadline, the show has been shut down for six weeks because had his jaw broken "by an irate cabbie"(!) and will have it wired shut for six weeks. Because you can't make a show when your star's moneymaker is busted up. No other details, but it sounds like one hell of a story.

The second season of Sullivan & Son, which also stars Jodi Long, Vivian Bang and Dan Lauria, returns to TBS in June. Wishing Steve a speedy recovery, and no more encounters with irate anybodys.