It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Earns Four-Season Renewal

FX has renewed It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia for four additional seasons, through season 18.

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia follows the misguided dreams and blundered schemes of bar owners Mac (Rob McElhenney), Dennis (Glenn Howerton), Charlie (Charlie Day), Dee (Kaitlin Olson) and Frank (Danny DeVito). With season 15 due to launch next year, the series will become the longest-running live-action comedy series in television history, bypassing The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet. The season will air on FXX and the next day on FX on Hulu.

John Landgraf, chairman of FX Entertainment and FX Productions, said: “The pitch for Sunny came into FX within the first few weeks of my joining the company in 2004. I was 42 and Rob McElhenney was 27. Rob McElhenney is now 43 and, strangely, I’m now 44— but I’m still at FX and he (with his original partners) is still running Sunny and will be for at least four more seasons. That kind of thing just does not happen in live-action TV.”

Sunny creator Rob McElhenney noted, “When we first pitched Sunny, we saw it as a 36-season arc. We are so excited to be halfway there.”

Nick Grad, president of original programming at FX Entertainment, said: We have absolutely cherished our partnership with Rob McElhenney, Glenn Howertown and Charlie Day. It’s extraordinary how with each new season they and their collaborators Kaitlin Olson and Danny DeVito continue to make episodes that stand with the show’s very best and most classic. We’re happy the forecast will remain Sunny for years to come.”