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The party is over for Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll as FX has opted to cancel the Dennis Leary-starring series after two seasons, sources confirm to Deadline. FX had no comment on the move tonight, but we’re told that the cast and crew were informed earlier today about the decision. The show, which Leary also created, debuted…

Denis Leary discussed at today’s Television Critics Association press tour how his FX series Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll will wrap up its second season this summer. As Johnny Rock, the lead singer of The Heathens, there was always a plan for the band to come apart. “The second half of season two is where everything falls…

Rock 'n' roll on television is a pretty hard gig, as the gang at HBO's just-canceled Vinyl can tell you. All that is so burning, poetic and preposterous about the music, the musicians, the industry and the fans often can seem so descended and diminished when turned to a drama on the small screen — or it can…

FX has set premiere dates for the new seasons of two series. The cable net said today that the second tour of Denis Leary’s comedy Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll will hit the stage at 10 PM Thursday, June 30, and the third run of Middle East drama Tyrant bows at 10 PM Wednesday, July 6. Season 2 of Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll centers on…

FX has ordered a 10-episode second season of Denis Leary’s FX comedy Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll for premiere in 2016, with stars Leary, Elizabeth Gillies, John Corbett, Elaine Hendrix, Robert Kelly and John Ales slated to return. This is the second FX summer series to get a renewal, joining drama The Strain. Still no word on…

FX boasted this afternoon that the unveiling of its latest Denis Leary vehicle, Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll copped the biggest Live + 3 Day jump of any comedy series in the network’s history. The July 16 episode posted a 57% L+3 jump in total viewers from the opening night, up to 1.36 million from 867,000. An even bigger 61%…

FX’s latest Denis Leary vehicle Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll averaged 867,000 total viewers for its premiere last night, including 440,000 in the 18-49 demographic. These are Live+Same Day numbers, which FX said about a year ago it considers pure horseradish — explaining, accurately, that it’s not 1998. About a year ago FX…

Denis Leary has a number of guest rock stars appearing in his new FX comic Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll, which premieres July 16. Lined up are Joan Jett, Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl and Greg Dulli of Afghan Whigs. But if his series gets a second season, Leary wants David Bowie on the show. “My three favorite bands are the…

It's going to be a week of debuts for the multiple Emmy nominee and Spider-Man actor with his first appearance at Comic-Con and his return to TV with the July 16 premiere of his FX comedy series. Co-starring John Corbett, Robert Kelly, John Ales and Elaine Hendrix plus Nickelodeon alum Elizabeth Gillies, Denis Leary's…

With all the anti-heroes and hardcore nut cases crowding TV these days, Denis Leary’s new FX comedy is a much-needed lambasting of the hard-living life — complete with the hangover of consequences. As I say in my video review above, Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll is really funny and quite touching too. Leary created and wrote…

Denis Leary has an official return date to FX. The co-creator, writer and star of the cable net’s firefighter drama Rescue Me has the same roles in Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll, which FX today set for a July 16 premiere. FX also said it will bow the Louie multihyphenate’s latest hourlong stand-up special Louis C.K.: Live From T…

No need to wait long for an f-bomb when Denis Leary is presiding over the TV Critics Association panel on his new FX series, Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll. In fact, reader advisory, this panel was more of an f-minefield, thanks to Leary vigorous use of a particular term. Break out the asterisks for a salty ride. Because FX's…