Instead, it got a pass.
They just said, We dont want to do it, Stonestreet said in aninterviewwith Graham Bensinger.
And I think it hurt Jesse and Is feelings.
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I think it hurt Chris Lloyds feelings.
Im not sure but we would be probably dumb to not explore it, he said at the time.
With the duo locked in, the script was delivered to ABC.
In one of his first major programming decisions, Erwich passed on the Mitch & Cam script.
According to sources, the internal consensus was that the followup didnt quite measure up to the original.
There were also some concerns at the time that the setup of the spinoff lacked diversity.
It just felt a little hurtful.
But people make business decisions… Im not the one getting fired.
