A spinoff of the fan-favorite CBS comedy series The Neighborhood was in the works, but the network sadly scrapped plans to move forward with the show.

The proposed series, which will be introduced in the season seven finale on May 5, would have followed Malcolm and Marty Butler as they “embark on new adventures, finally leaving their parents’ nest to start the next chapter of their lives, finding themselves the newcomers in a neighborhood that’s both close but yet worlds apart: Venice Beach.”

The Neighborhood star and executive producer Cedric the Entertainer is opening up about the cancellation, telling TVLine he was “somewhat” surprised by the decision to scrap plans for the show.

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“I do recognize that we’re in a very difficult time as far as television goes,” he told TVLine. “We were excited about doing this. We created the idea, and we intentionally tried to use an episode of The Neighborhood that we had in order to shoot it.” But as he points out, the TV industry is in a state of transition, and broadcast networks are “not doing a lot of pilots [anymore]. They’re not spending a lot of money… they’re just kind of workshopping ideas. We thought we did a great job, but ultimately there wasn’t enough room in the budget for what we had.”

Cedric still has hope that the spinoff could happen if fans love the backdoor pilot.

“I was a little disappointed, for sure,” Cedric added. “I want everybody to write in [to CBS], because I think people are going to see this season finale and be, like, ‘That’s a great show! Y’all should do that show!’”

One character from the spinoff was introduced on The Neighborhood a couple weeks ago.