Series creator Adam Reed says he initially planned to end the animated series after season 8.
- Oct 1, 2016
AceShowbiz - Adam Reed has mapped out the end of "Archer". The show's creator revealed during an appearance on the Modern School of Film's Murmur broadcast that the show would wrap up with the tenth season. FX ordered the animated series for eighth, ninth and tenth seasons back in June.
"The plan is to end 'Archer' after season 10," he said. "I don't know that anybody has talked about that, but that is definitely my plan - to do 8, 9 and 10, and they're gonna be each shorter seasons of just eight episodes - and then wind it up."
Reed added that he had initially planned to end the show after season 8. "But then I had sort of a brain explosion of a way that I could do three more seasons and really keep my interest up," he shared. "So the three seasons that are coming up are gonna be pretty different from what has come before, and they're gonna be different from each other."
Reed explained the need to end the show, "I do think that things can go on too long and maybe instead of just looking at the bottom line, maybe those creative energies could be better used coming up with something new rather than continuing the same thing."
The eighth season of "Archer" will premiere January 2017 on FXX, FX's sister network. The network has no comment on Reed's plan to end the show.
