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Stephen Amell is pleading guilty to causing the cancellation of “Suits LA,” which ended after just one season on NBC in May 2025.
Amell, who starred in the short-lived series as Ted Black, an attorney and old friend of “Suits” character Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht), called the show a “failure” during an interview on the “Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum” podcast on Tuesday.
“Anything that ends not on your terms is a failure,” Amell said.
He went on to say that “Suits LA” simply “wasn’t good enough” to survive more seasons before taking responsibility for the cancellation entirely: “Ultimately, I think that the blame rests with me.”
“Whatever problem you have with the show — because I think that there were issues — it’s my job to solve those, to smooth them over and to gloss them up with some type of performance or something that, tangible or otherwise, covers up those mistakes,” Amell explained. “Because you do something that is magnetic, that is charismatic, that fixes those problems. And I didn’t do that.”
Because he believes he would have received a disproportionate amount of the credit as the show’s star had it been successful, Amell said “it’s only fair” to take the blame for the show ending.
The “Arrow” vet went on to reveal that “Suits” creator Aaron Korsh once questioned the spin-off’s longevity after production wrapped. Amell claimed that while Korsh was editing the pilot, “He was like, ‘I don’t know if this is going to work.'”
What was Suits LA about?
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Set within the world of the original USA Network drama that starred Gabriel Macht and Patrick J. Adams, “Suits LA” followed Ted Black (played by Stephen Amell), a former federal prosecutor from New York who joined forces 15 years ago with his old buddy, Stuart Lane (Josh McDermitt), to build an L.A. law firm specializing in criminal and entertainment law. But in the series premiere, Stuart pulled the rug out from underneath Ted by cutting him out of a merger and taking several of their employees and clients with him to his new gig (working alongside Ted’s ex-girlfriend, Samantha).
The series-regular cast also featured Lex Scott Davis as lawyer Erica Rollins, who was promoted to head of entertainment after the split, and Bryan Greenberg as lawyer Rick Dodson, Ted’s protégé in the entertainment division who went to work for Stuart’s new firm.
Several “Suits” alums appeared on the series, with Macht reprising his role as Harvey in a three-episode arc that showcased Harvey and Ted’s friendship, while also revealing that Harvey and wife Donna have a son. Other vets who visited the show included Rick Hoffman (as Louis Litt) and David Costabile (as Daniel Hardman).
The series finale aired in May 2025.
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