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The fate of Cole and Murtaugh has been decided. After three seasons, Fox has canceled Lethal Weapon. The news is not unexpected. As we noted in our story yesterday on Fox’s decision to pick up four new drama series, with a fifth pending, the move did not bode well for the network’s bubble dramas Star, Lethal Weapon…

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details about the season 3 finale of Lethal Weapon. Earlier this month at TCA, Lethal Weapon creator/executive producer Matt Miller said that the season 3 finale ends with “a little bit of a cliffhanger”. He wasn’t kidding. In fact, it was more of a huge cliffhanger that informs…

Fox Entertainment chairman Charlie Collier avoided directly addressing Lethal Weapon star Damon Wayans’ comments that he would be leaving the show after Season 3 for health reasons, but he indicated indirectly that this might not be the end of the reboot, which underwent a co-lead change after Season 2. Wayans made…

EXCLUSIVE: Fox has picked up two additional episodes of Lethal Weapon, bringing the third season of the action dramedy to 15 episodes. We have learned that the extra episodes will feature original star Damon Wayans who announced last week that he would be leaving the show after completing the initial 13-episode Season…

Just as one chapter of behind-the-scenes drama on Fox’s Lethal Weapon closes, another one opens. Shortly after the fast nationals for last night came out this morning, showing a solid Week 2 ratings performance for the revamped series with new co-lead Seann William Scott, a video interview of star Damon Wayans…

Damon Wayans says he’s leaving Fox’s Lethal Weapon for personal reasons in December, after completing the series’ current 13-episode Season 3 order. In a video interview, he said the 16-hour workdays and the fact that here’s a “58-year-old diabetic” drove him to the decision. “I’m giving them enough time to find a…

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details about the season 3 premiere of Lethal Weapon. With all the drama surrounding Clayne Crawford’s behavior and subsequent firing from Fox’s Lethal Weapon, inquiring minds were wondering what the next steps were for the action drama. How would they handle Crawford’s exit? How…

“I take this partnership thing very seriously,” Roger Murtaugh tells the newest member of his crimefighting duo over beers. Quick cut to said newbie kicking the snot out of some bad guys before he and Murtaugh somehow end up atop the cab of a delivery truck speeding down the street. Then comes an old-guy joke. Here’s…

Right after Fox in May renewed Lethal Weapon with Seann William Scott replacing Clayne Crawford as new co-lead opposite Damon Wayans, the In Living Color alum called out Crawford on Twitter, including.posting a photo of a flyer that said "Clayne Crawford is an emotional terrorist.” Wayans has largely kept silent on…

UPDATED with more tweets: Damon Wayans has shared additional tweets in regards to Clayne Crawford’s on-set behavior, saying that Crawford has a “file of infractions.” In one of his tweets, Wayans claims that Crawford hit an actor in the mouth with a bottle of green tea and busted his mouth open. He posted another…

With Clayne Crawford’s potential departure, the recasting of his character, and a looming season renewal, the Lethal Weapon off-screen, real-life drama seems more intriguing than the actual show. Nonetheless, it was business as usual on Tuesday night when Fox aired the season two finale. The season finale, titled “One…

They had the makings of America’s next favorite TV duo — popular comedian Damon Wayans and character actor Clayne Crawford taking on the iconic Lethal Weapon roles played by Danny Glover and Mel Gibson in the popular movie franchise. But two seasons into the Lethal Weapon series, they are hardly speaking to each…