Ben Feldman: I wasn't "terribly surprised" America Ferrera is leaving Superstore, "but I think, timing wise, I was a little surprised"

TVLine

Feldman says Ferrera's decision came towards the end of the season so that Superstore writers didn't have time to build to her exit. "Fortunately, there were certain elements of what they’ve been building towards that aligned in kind of a lateral way with what they ultimately ended up (doing), so it wasn’t like they suddenly had to rewrite or change everything," he tells TVLine. "In fact, in sort of a coincidental way, some things kind of really worked out for us.” Feldman adds: “We’ve been doing this for a while (and) America has a lot going on, so I don’t think anybody was like, ‘Oh my God! She’s leaving!?’ But I think, timing wise, I was a little surprised. I think we all were. She was, too.”