While Family Feud producers were receptive to the storyline, FX refused to allow the episode to proceed to production. Rob McElhenney revealed at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con that he had written an episode for this season involving the gang becoming contestants on the game show Family Feud. Īn Aaron Paul cameo was announced, but he was not able to appear due to scheduling conflicts. An animated sequence (inspired by a Pixar animation) was created for the 100th episode, 'The Gang Saves the Day'. In addition, there is an episode called 'The Gang Tries Desperately to Win an Award', which mocks the show's lack of nominations for Emmys and other awards, a Lethal Weapon 6 episode follow-up, and a Thanksgiving special, which brings back Gail the Snail, The McPoyles and other enemies of the Gang. Charlie Day revealed it would be a Flowers for Algernon type of story about 'Charlie getting smarter' in a Limitless style, and is called 'Flowers for Charlie'.
Weiss guest-wrote an episode of the ninth season. On May 14, 2013, Rob McElhenney revealed that Game of Thrones series creators David Benioff and D. It premiered on the new FXX channel and moved timeslots to Wednesday nights. On August 6, 2011, FX announced it had picked up the show for a ninth season.