Melissa Rauch Breaks Silence on 'Night Court' Cancellation

Just last month NBC made the decision to cancel popular show Night Court after just three seasons.

The decision came as the network prepared for its basketball coverage next season under the $2.5 billion a year deal with the NBA. There was a push for Night Court, a reboot the original 1984 sitcom, to return for a shorter fourth and final season after the show ended on a cliffhanger, but that was unsuccessful. 

At the time, Deadline speculated the show could have been shopped elsewhere by Warner Bros. Television. However, Melissa Rauch, the star of the show, put those rumors to bed in an emotional Instagram post.

"I have held off on posting anything about Night Court not continuing until I knew we did everything in our power to find another home for it. Perhaps it was being raised on The Goonies 'Never Say Die' motto or straight up denial that I didn’t want this incredibly special experience to come to an end," she said.

Rauch said she turned over "all the stones there were to be turned over" before learning the show was officially over. 

"Words won’t be able to properly convey my gratitude to each and every incredible individual who worked on this show and poured their hearts into it. I love them all dearly and am so thankful that I have their friendships to take with me. Thank you so very much to everyone who watched and supported us," she added. "As a kid whose best friend was TV, getting to play make believe with comedy legends on the recreation of a set I watched as a little girl felt like stepping through the looking glass in the best possible way. Walking through those iconic halls. Sitting at the cafeteria tables with the chairs from the original. Feeling the electricity from the live studio audience on a tape night while doing a courtroom scene surrounded by a brilliant, powerhouse group of actors, phenomenally gifted writers and the best crew in the biz. It all felt exceptionally dream-like."

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The reboot of the original show follows Judge Abby Stone (Rauch), the daughter of the late Harry Stone (played in the original by Harry Anderson), as she follows in her father’s footsteps, presiding over the night shift of a Manhattan arraignment court.

The actress recalled original Night Court creator, “the great Reinhold Weege,” telling her “the courtroom doors were key to the show’s engine as they ushered in endless stories.”

"I was told that the original creator of Night Court, the great Reinhold Weege, said that the courtroom doors were key to the show’s engine as they ushered in endless stories. And I like to think that’s how Night Court carries on," she said. "Just as it did in the 30 years between the first incarnation ending and us beginning. The evergreen revolving door of oddballs and cynics populating that Manhattan arraignment court in the wee hours of the night and at the center of it all a workplace family that will forever be...until next time."

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