Joshua Jackson mourns cancellation of ‘Doctor Odyssey’

The fans were shocked when ABC canceled the medical drama linked to the ship Doctor Odyssey After a single season – just like the star Joshua Jackson.

“It was a very good group of people, and it was a really fun show,” he said PEOPLE THURSDAY. “But it is a crazy and difficult business, and whatever the reasons why they did not want to go ahead, they do not really tell us these things.”

The new series, by Ryan Murphy and the award -winning playwright Jon Robin Baitz, was created in September 2024 and ended last May. Although the casting has dismissed their time to shoot the series, Jackson calling it “an hour’s vacation every week” and the fact that it gave ABC its dramatic beginnings most watched in five years, Doctor Oydsey was canceled only one month after the final of season 1.

“I’m going to miss the gang for sure,” said Jackson. “I hope they got the same thing that we got out of it, that is to say that it was a great exaggerated experience that looked like nothing else on television, I don’t think.”

Confirming the previous reports according to which the distribution options were authorized to expire as the series of renewal of the series closed slowly – a process called “default cancellation”.

“They can do this program with someone else,” he said and confirmed his “approved” contract. “I don’t know what their plans are … They don’t let me know, but I don’t remember my breath that it comes back.”

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“I am sad that we cannot go back and start again,” he continued. “But I really enjoyed the time we were able to do it … Everyone is going well, everyone is good. It is a disappointment that we cannot start again, but I am happy for the time we have.”

Jackson’s Costars include Phillipa Soo, Sean Teale and Don Johnson.

A huge question that persists on the surprising cancellation of the successful series is the potential impact that a lawsuit against the parent company Disney and the 20th television producer in late May.

Placed by three members of the accessories crew, the prosecution allegedly alleged that the assistant master of the accessory of the show, Tyler Patton, created an “uncontrolled campaign of sexual harassment for months” and that Disney and the 20th TV not only ignored their complaints, but dismissed the entire accessories department in their wake.

The complainants also cited the disturbing history of Patton, who was known before hiring by the master of the propeller Tammie Patton, his wife. Tyler Patton has been the subject of a 2010 trial brought against Fox and Universal affirming that he has favored a similar toxic culture in the department of accessories on Home. They even noted “some overlap between employees Doctor Odyssey and employees on the set of Home. “”

Doctor Odyssey is the only ABC cancellation of 2025 so far (excluding Connecswhich ended natural in April), putting it well below the figures established by its main dissemination brothers, CBS and NBC.

CBS has so far canceled a huge series, including The equalizer,, The summit,, Poppa’s house,, After midnight,, The neighborhoodboth FBI: International And FBI: more sought afterAnd CRUSHmarking his third cancellation since his first 2017.

On NBC, five programs obtained the ax, including Lopez vs lopez,, Find,, The irrationalTHE Night court restart, and Suitablewho, as Doctor Odysseywas only allowed one season.