Earlier this week, we reported the cable TV network TBS was in negotiations to potentially offer the recently-cancelled show My Name Is Earl a lifeline. It's not too often that a cable network manages to resurrect a show like this, although Comedy Central has just managed to bring Futurama back to life. But that, as fans of Arrested Development will be able to tell you, is the exception rather than the rule.

And the rule has sadly applied to My Name Is Earl, too. After negotiations and discussions took place, The Hollywood Reporter is this morning reporting that 20th Century Fox and the show's creator, Greg Garcia, couldn't find a way for the show to carry on with the much smaller budget that TBS would be able to stump up.

The final statement on the matter from 20th Century Fox also seems to leave little room for this to change in the future. "As none of us, Greg included, want the show to go out on anything but a high note, we regret that we must put to rest any speculation that 'Earl' will continue," it reads.

And that, ladies and gents, sadly appears to be that...

The Hollywood Reporter