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The big-box store Cloud 9, known to fans of NBC's hit sitcom "Superstore," is set to close shop this Thurs- day, March 25, and the series plans to wrap up with a special one-hour finale on the net- work. In its almost six-year run, "Superstore" has won over fans with its endearing, true- to-life themes, including, most recently, the COVID-19 pan- demic and how it changed the lives of Cloud 9's oddball em- ployees. When Season 6 began, all of Cloud 9's employees were shaken by two major events: the sudden changes caused by the pandemic and the depar- ture of their fearless leader, Amy (America Ferrera, "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants," 2005). From that point on, the team — Jonah (Ben Feldman, "Drop Dead Diva"), Dina (Lauren Ash, "Lars and the Real Girl," 2007), Bo (John- ny Pemberton, "King Knight," 2020), Garrett (Colton Dunn, "Parks and Recreation"), San- dra (Kaliko Kauahi, "Raven's Home"), Mateo (Nico Santos, "Crazy Rich Asians," 2018) and Cheyenne (Nichole Sakura, "Shameless") — was left looking to Glenn (Mark McKin- ney, "The Kids in the Hall"), their newly reinstated store manager, in order to face the chaos brought on by the pan- demic. Production for Season 6 be- gan in September of last year under all of the necessary pre- cautions and protocols in light of the threat of COVID-19. Dur- ing filming, everyone — pro- ducers, writers and actors alike — was hesitant to center an entire season around a serious, worldwide emergency, but ev- eryone agreed that the pan- demic must be mentioned, es- pecially when taking into con- sideration that the characters are front-line workers. The series, praised by critics and fans for its social con- sciousness, has always been aware of the world around it, tackling issues such as health care, unionization and the day- to-day concerns of the average working-class, retail employee. In fact, to carry on as usual without any mention of the current global health crisis would have been highly out of character for the show, so the biggest issue quickly became not if the pandemic would be incorporated, but how. Writers initially brought face masks into the mix as a core el- ement of the current season, but after a large amount of re- search on different types of masks and reviewing episode footage to find the masks largely interfered with the show's quality, that idea was quickly nixed. Nevertheless, despite the absence of the real- life essential tool, COVID is still clearly present at Cloud 9 — Glenn was even forced into quarantine after having possi- bly been exposed to the virus while at church. The series' sixth season has also shown timely interest in matters unrelated to the coro- navirus pandemic, such as their address of the Black Lives Matter movement. "Super- store" faced systemic racism head-on in a recent episode when the store's policy on Black beauty products changed, inspiring Garrett to bring to light many of the race- based systemic issues that are present within Cloud 9, retail chains and various consumer industries at large. With storylines like this, it's no surprise that "Superstore" has actually been one of the highest-rated series on NBC, averaging a rating of 1.03 among audiences aged 18 to 49, based on an average of 3.72 million total viewers across the first five seasons. If anything, it might come as a surprise to many fans that the show's ending at all, especially for any one of the 7.2 million viewers who tuned in for the pilot (rated 1.98) across all platforms. While both ratings and viewership have been steadily dropping since the series' de- but in 2015, many were ex- pecting the series to carry on without Ferrera. Many other sitcoms (such as "Nashville," "Vampire Diaries" and "The Office," to name a few) have continued on successfully for a few seasons following the de- parture of one of their lead ac- tors. In "Superstore's" case, however, it seems that Ferre- ra's departure was the cause of some underwhelming feelings in relation to the newest sea- son and, after just four epi- sodes, the network announced that the show's current season would also be its last. Leaving Cloud 9: Closing the 'Superstore' doors on NBC featurestory Mark McKinney stars in "Superstore"

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