Lethal Weapon

Lethal Weapon is a buddy cop action comedy-drama television show developed by Matt Miller and based on the film franchise created by Shane Black. The series ran for three seasons on Fox, from September 2016 to February 2019.

For its first two seasons, Lethal Weapon starred Clayne Crawford and Damon Wayans as Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh, mismatched detective partners who were also the main characters in the films originally played by Mel Gibson and Danny Glover. The series includes other characters directly or loosely inspired by characters from the films, including Leo Getz (played by Thomas Lennon)—a close friend of Riggs and Murtaugh.

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Lethal Weapon is a buddy cop action comedy-drama television show developed by Matt Miller and based on the film franchise created by Shane Black. The series ran for three seasons on Fox, from September 2016 to February 2019.

For its first two seasons, Lethal Weapon starred Clayne Crawford and Damon Wayans as Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh, mismatched detective partners who were also the main characters in the films originally played by Mel Gibson and Danny Glover. The series includes other characters directly or loosely inspired by characters from the films, including Leo Getz (played by Thomas Lennon)—a close friend of Riggs and Murtaugh.

In May 2018, amidst reports of alleged bad behavior and incidents of hostility between cast and crew on the show's set, Crawford was fired from the show, resulting in the Martin Riggs character being killed by his father's second son. Crawford would be not be returning to third season. Seann William Scott was hired replace him the following season as Wesley Cole, a war veteran, former C.I.A. field officer who came to Los Angeles Police Department after Martin Riggs's death. The third season premiered on September 25, 2018.

In October 2018, just weeks after the third-season premiere, Wayans announced that he would leave the series following the end-of-season production in December 2018. On October 12, 2018, it was reported that Fox had ordered an additional two episodes for the third season, bringing the total for the season to fifteen episodes.

On May 10, 2019, Fox cancelled the show after three seasons.

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