No, it's not coming back. And though it may disappoint fans such as yourself, "Lethal Weapon" was a troubled show from the beginning, and so its cancellation likely seemed to some (such as star Damon Wayans, and presumably Fox Television) like a welcome release.

The first two seasons of the show were famous for all the wrong reasons -- particularly on- and off-set feuding between stars Wayans and Clayne Crawford (leading to Crawford's replacement by "new guy" Seann William Scott), and Wayans' willingness to complain openly about not wanting to do the show.

Wayans finally got his maybe-wish last month when Fox canceled "Lethal Weapon" after its third season.

Wayans may have even made it happen. He actually announced back in October that he was planning to quit, saying that the rigors of working on a stunt-filled cop show were too much for "a 58-year-old diabetic" like himself (he had literally become "too old for this [expletive]," as per his character's catchphrase). However, he and the producers later walked that back a little bit and there was hope for a fourth season. But that hope is gone now.

Of course, the hope should have been slim. Ratings for the third season, the first with Scott in the co-star seat, were down by about a quarter versus the previous season (which itself was less watched than the first).

Whether that Season 3 drop was due to a rejection of Scott in the role or just a continuation of the overall decline is hard to say. But it was asking a lot of fans to accept a new lead character on a show whose whole premise (drawn from the more popular film series) was about the unlikely friendship of its lead characters.

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