According to TV Line, The Goldbergs has officially been renewed for Season 10 at ABC, and it will continue without Jeff Garlin.
What’s Happening:
- The series will return without longtime cast member Jeff Garlin (who played patriarch Murray Goldberg).
- Garlin left the series in December 2021 following a human resources investigation stemming from several complaints about the comedian’s on-set behavior.
- Garlin and Sony Pictures Television reached a mutual agreement that called for the actor’s departure.
- In subsequent episodes, pre-recorded dialogue and a body double was employed for Murray, with Garlin’s face superimposed in post-production.
- According to TV Line sources, Garlin’s departure is expected to be addressed when Murray is written out of the show early into Season 10.
- Star Wendi McLendon-Covey broke her silence on Garlin’s exit and the show’s handling of the situation in March. “This season threw us for a loop because a.) it’s hard to incorporate someone who doesn’t want to be there and wants to leave mid-scene,” McLendon-Covey wrote on Twitter, “and b.) we weren't about to re-write the 2nd half of the season. We’re doing our best.”
About The Goldbergs:
- ’80s-set The Goldbergs first premiered in 2013. Loosely based on the life of creator Adam F. Goldberg, the series currently stars McLendon-Covey (as Beverly), Sean Giambrone (as Adam), Troy Gentile (as Barry), Hayley Orrantia (as Erica) and Sam Lerner (as Erica’s husband Geoff).
- With the renewal for Season 10, it joins an exclusive club of live-action broadcast comedies that have reached double-digit runs. It is now the longest-running live-action network comedy series on the air.