According to THR, Baldwin realized that he wasn’t the right fit for the character he was set to play, and he dropped out of tackling the role.
The comedy has now lost its straight-to-series order and has been downgraded to a pilot while the producers look for a new star.
It received a straight-to-series order from ABC, undoubtedly due to Baldwin’s attachment.
Back in December 2017, news broke that Alec Baldwin was teaming with Black-ish creator and executive producer Kenya Barris and Grown-ish writer Julie Bean for an untitled sitcom at ABC.