It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia to Return to FX..!?

For years now (12, to be exact), FX's It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia has aired exclusively on FXX. Earlier this year Bleeding Cool wrote an argument for Sunny moving back to FX that I really resonated with, because Sunny airing on FXX is something that's seemed nonsensical to me for the past few years, too:

FXX was launched as FX's comedy channel back in 2013, which made sense at the time, but every new FX comedy for the past few years (see: English Teacher and Adults) isn't going anywhere near the "dedicated comedy channel".. they're all getting primetime airing slots on FX, while FXX is almost exclusively dedicated to Family Guy marathons (you'll never guess what's on FXX right now as I type this). Furthermore, viewership is further restricted on FXX, as it's not a standard cable channel like FX is. FX keeping Sunny tied exclusively to their "re-run channel" almost feels like a slight at this point, like it's the show they're hiding away from public eyes (alright, maybe it is, lmao). And while (at least as far as I'm aware) RCG don't seem to care about where their show airs, it's something that's been a personal gripe of mine for awhile. 

So it really stuck out to me, then, that when they announced the airdate for Season 17 along with dropping the Crossover teaser, they "announced" that the Season would premiere on FX:

Though a bit later the Sunny Instagram dropped a little bar napkin promo, which had FXX on it, so I figured the FX was likely a website typo.

Interestingly enough, though, this has happened again. While the graphic promos (posters and teasers) we are getting say FXX on them, the website updated again to state FX...

 For some sense of comparison, the Season 16 text immediately and always said FXX:

Though, again, I was wary of making some kind of claim that this meant something, because the trailers also say FXX... there's only these small little potential typos saying FX, and is that enough to go all Pepe Silvia over? 

Since the first press release of episodes very much reflected that the two-episode premiere would be on FXX, I figured probably not:

I mean, that's pretty damning.. so, I rest my case. I reasoned that because I want them back on FX I'm simply reading too much into typos...up until tonight. Because, lo and behold, I just got an update to that very press release...

And would you look at that. Not a correction, but an addition. There were no mistakes in any of what I was following, but simply something slipping through the cracks... because it looks like Sunny will (at least for the premiere) air on both channels: FXX and FX, for the first time since Season 8. 

Will this stick around for the remainder of the season? That remains to be seen (but I really hope so), but it certainly seems to indicate that there's an expectation (and want?) for a much larger audience tuning in to The Gang Fucks Up Abbott Elementary. ALL EYES ON SEASON 17!

This must be what Charlie felt like when he finally thought he had figured out the mail room conspiracy....

-Seth