{"id":39566,"date":"2023-11-12T19:00:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T18:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1924023"},"modified":"2023-11-12T19:26:49","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T18:26:49","slug":"rick-and-morty-boss-feared-show-would-be-cancelled-at-every-point","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/rick-and-morty-boss-feared-show-would-be-cancelled-at-every-point\/","title":{"rendered":"Rick and Morty boss feared show would be cancelled \u201cat every point\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

“There’s never been a normal day in this show’s life.” <\/p>

By Louise Griffin\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Sunday, 12 November 2023 at 18:00 PM<\/p>

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Rick and Morty boss Dan Harmon has admitted he feared the show would be cancelled \u201cat every point\u201d up until now.<\/p>\n

The show<\/a>, which is currently airing its seventh season, was forced to find new voice actors after co-creator Justin Roiland<\/a>, who previously voiced Rick and Morty, was axed after facing sexual assault allegations and domestic abuse charges.<\/p>\n

Roiland has denied the claims against him and the domestic abuse charges against him have since been dropped<\/a>, citing insufficient evidence.<\/p>\n

In October, Ian Cardoni and Harry Belden were unveiled as the new voice actors<\/a> for Rick and Morty.<\/p>\n

Asked if there was ever a point when he was concerned the show would be over, Harmon exclusively told RadioTimes.com<\/a>: \u201cLike every point, yeah. Yeah, even before [finding new voice actors] became the biggest issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, it\u2019s funny because no show among its peers has ever been so secure as getting that 70 episode order.<\/p>

\u201cBut there\u2019s never been a normal day in this show\u2019s life. And it\u2019s almost like the show somehow generates around it reasons to be alarmed because it misses the days of near cancellation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Producer Scott Marder added: \u201cI\u2019m really grateful that we were able to weather the storm of finding new voices for the two main characters, because that was just like nothing that I ever imagined any show would have to really have to deal with.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I\u2019m thrilled to be on the other side of that. And I feel like we have two guys that can keep the continuity that, like, an incoming fan can just jump in and not necessarily even know that anything\u2019s changed. I\u2019m very proud of that.<\/p>\n