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When fans of “The Goldbergs” tune into the ABC sitcom’s 10th season this fall, Jeff Garlin’s patriarch Murray will have already been dead for months.

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, showrunners Alex Barnow and Chris Bishop unveiled how “The Goldbergs” will deal with Garlin’s messy departure from the series midway through its ninth season. Garlin’s exit was a “mutual agreement” between himself and Sony Pictures Television following an HR investigation into his on-set behavior, which the actor chalked up to “silliness.”

Premiering Sept. 21, Season 10 also introduce a new member to the family, as newlyweds Erica (Hayley Orrantia) and Geoff (Sam Lerner) have their first child.

“This is going to be a family that has not reconciled the fact that their father’s gone but has sort of moved on and has dealt with a lot of that,” Barnow said. “So we’re starting with optimism about a baby coming and looking forward to the future. It’s an opportunity for this interesting emotional basis for the way people are behaving.”

Bishop added: “It honestly feels like a huge reboot for us. So we have tons of momentum rolling into this new season.”

“The family has already grieved, unlike Pops [George Segal] and the premiere of Season 9 where they’re dealing with it sort of very freshly,” Barnow said. “Jeff [Garlin] won’t be in the series this year, and so far the stories have been largely about looking forward rather than looking back.”

Asked whether Garlin is aware that his character is being killed off, Barnow said: I’ve had a conversation with Jeff and he’s aware that he’s not being replaced. The truth is, I don’t know if he knows what his fate is, but I’m assuming he knows, would be the answer to that question. We haven’t had a subsequent conversation since the beginning of writing that he would have any specific clarity on that.”

Detailing Season 10, the showrunners said that viewers will be seeing more of Pop-Pop (Judd Hirsch), as Murray’s death brings the family closer. They also teased that David Hasselhoff will play himself in a guest spot.

Season 10 will mark the first time Garlin is completely absent from “The Goldbergs” throughout its nine year run on the network. The series was filming the 15th and 16th episodes of its 22-episode Season 9 when Garlin was suddenly off the show due to the allegations. However, the star still appeared through off-camera dialogue pulled from earlier episodes and unused takes, as well as previously shot images. During that time, Garlin was still getting paid for his work on the show.

Garlin had previously addressed the allegations against him in an interview with Vanity Fair, saying, “Well, to be honest with you, there is no story. We have a difference of opinion, Sony and myself.”

He continued: “My opinion is, I have my process about how I’m funny, in terms of the scene and what I have to do. They feel that it makes for a quote ‘unsafe’ workspace. Now, mind you, my silliness making an unsafe workspace — I don’t understand how that is… I am always a kind and thoughtful person. I make mistakes, sure. But my comedy is about easing people’s pain. Why would I ever want to cause pain in anybody for a laugh? That’s bullying. That’s just uncalled for.”

Days after that interview was published, Garlin left “The Goldbergs” by mutual agreement.

“It honestly feels like a huge reboot for us,” co-showrunner Chris Bishop said of the upcoming season.

Jeff Garlin’s ‘Goldbergs’ character will be dead for the sitcom’s 10th season

Jeff Garlin’s character on “The Goldbergs” will be dead when the 10th season of the sitcom premieres on ABC next month.

In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, showrunners Chris Bishop and Alex Barnow explained how they wrote Garlin’s Murray Goldberg, the patriarch of the Goldberg family, out of the show. The latest season of “The Goldbergs” is set to debut nearly a year after Garlin departed the program following a human-resources investigation into his behavior on set.

"[Garlin is] not going to be on the season, obviously,” Barnow told Entertainment Weekly in a Q&A published Tuesday.

"[Murray] will have passed, and we are sort of starting from a place of multiple months removed from his death. The family has already grieved. ... This is going to be a family that has not reconciled the fact that their father’s gone but has sort of moved on and has dealt with a lot of that. ... It’s an opportunity for this interesting emotional basis for the way people are behaving. But Jeff won’t be in the series this year, and so far the stories have been largely about looking forward rather than looking back.”

Barnow added that he has informed Garlin that “he’s not being replaced” by another actor.

“I don’t know if he knows what his fate is, but I’m assuming he knows,” the writer and executive producer said. “We haven’t had a subsequent conversation since the beginning of writing that he would have any specific clarity on that.”

In December 2021, Vanity Fair reported that Garlin had allegedly engaged in a pattern of verbal and physical conduct that made some of his co-workers uncomfortable behind the scenes of “The Goldbergs.”

He was accused of behaving in a demeaning or unprofessional manner, as well as using language that some considered inappropriate and degrading to women. Garlin also reportedly touched or hugged people on set regardless of whether they were comfortable with it.

In the Vanity Fair interview, Garlin described his on-set behavior as “silliness,” while acknowledging that he can be a “loose canon” at work. He chalked the HR investigation up to “a difference of opinion” between him and the production company, Sony Pictures Television.

“I make mistakes, sure. But my comedy is about easing people’s pain,” Garlin said at the time. “Why would I ever want to cause pain in anybody for a laugh? That’s bullying. That’s just uncalled for.”

“I didn’t want to come back. I’d had my fill of it,” Garlin said. “And also I was very disgusted by the whole HR thing of the past few years. But I love the crew. I love everybody I work with.”

The 10th season of “The Goldbergs” — starring Wendi McLendon-Covey, Sean Giambrone, Hayley Orrantia, Sam Lerner and Troy Gentile — premieres Sept. 21 on ABC.

The Goldbergs' writers kill off Jeff Garlin's character ahead of season 10

The showrunners say the cast changes feel like a "huge reboot"

One wouldn’t expect an ‘80s peppy comedy like ABC’s The Goldbergs to go down the gristly avenue of killing off a main cast member, but that’s exactly what the co-showrunners have planned for Jeff Garlin’s patriarch Murray Goldberg ahead of season ten.

In a new interview with Entertainment Weekly, co-showrunners Alex Barnow and Chris Bishop reveal the show’s plans following Garlin’s departure due to complaints about his on-set behavior and a subsequent HR investigation. First things first, they have to kill off Mr. Goldberg, hopefully mob-style.

“This is going to be a family that has not reconciled the fact that their father’s gone but has sort of moved on and has dealt with a lot of that,” Barnow says.

Secondly, they have to jump ahead several months in time to alleviate the family’s grieving. Step three of the plan consists of welcoming a new baby to The Goldberg family as newlyweds Erica (Hayley Orrantia) and Geoff (Sam Lerner) have their firstborn.

“It honestly feels like a huge reboot for us. So we have tons of momentum rolling into this new season,” Bishop says.

“We’re going to have a baby on the show, which will bring both the sense of joy to the show and shift dynamics and shift relationships,” Barnow adds. “And putting Beverly [Wendi McLendon-Covey] in a position as a grandma is something that’s obviously a fun and natural fit. So it’s been a joy to break new stories of new dynamics amongst our characters.”

Now, is Garlin aware of Murray’s fate? Not quite.

“I’ve had a conversation with Jeff and he’s aware that he’s not being replaced,” Barnow says. “The truth is, I don’t know if he knows what his fate is, but I’m assuming he knows, would be the answer to that question. We haven’t had a subsequent conversation since the beginning of writing that he would have any specific clarity on that.”

Jeff Garlin’s gonna be fine by the way—he’s still got Larry David on his side. It’s been confirmed the actor will be returning for season 12 of Curb Your Enthusiasm as a series regular, and has a role amongst the uber-cast of Damien Chazelle’s Babylon.

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