Winning Time’s Magic Johnson Actor Gets Honest About Whether He Thought The HBO Show Would Get Canceled

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2023 was filled with some crushing cancellations, but few could match up to the devastating loss of Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty. It was confirmed in September that the sports dramedy had been axed after two seasons. The decision was met with a flurry of responses from fans who expressed disappointment over the turn of events. In the aftermath, one can’t help but wonder how the stars themselves feel about the situation. Now months later, Quincy Isaiah – who played Earvin “Magic” Johnson on the show – is opening up about whether he thought the series would ultimately get the boot. 

Winning Time marked the first high-profile role for Quincy Isaiah, who made a solid impression in the role of the legendary Lakers point guard. The rising actor’s passion for the role and the production as a whole was definitely palpable. Like many of the fans, Isaiah obviously would’ve loved for the show to have continued its run on HBO. However, he also admitted that he could see the writing was on the wall early on:

Because the season one numbers were mediocre, they’d said, season two had to make a splash and people were saying they didn’t even know it was on. So, the writing was on the wall. By the time we got the phone call, I knew. My thing during that whole process was like, ‘I just want to know whether it’s coming back, I need to know what my life is going to look like after this.’ Honestly, once I heard we were getting canceled, it was a relief. My shoulders went down. Because as much as I wanted to come back, it was like, ‘OK, now I know. It’s time to hit the pavement again.’

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