The freshman run of "American Idol" back in 2002, which had a summer premiere launch, initially had two hosts: Ryan Seacrest and Brian Dunkleman.

But when the show took off on a major ratings heist, it did not bring Dunkleman back for the second season, which debuted the following year in a mid-season ratings assault.

According to Us Magazine, the former co-host has rarely been seen since his departure. But he still remains active on social media and has even poked fun at both the show and himself.

Fox officially canceled the series on Monday, May 11. The show was a ratings juggernaut during its prime, but in the years to follow the audience thinned out. The decline may have been triggered by the eventual departure of the three original judges: Paula Abdul, Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson.

Their eclectic personalities often clashed on the show, but they most oftenly arrived at the same verdict.

Early Monday, though, Dunkleman had took the opportunity to poke some harmless fun at the cancellation news.  

"I knew American Idol would never last without me ‪#CANCELLED," he said on Twitter.

This post was a comical reference to the ratings taking off after his departure, as opposed to only recently declining.

Simon Cowell also weighed in on the cancellation with a statement to BBC News, saying that he had "great times" with his co-stars and they had found some amazing artists.

He later followed his statement up with a tweet.

"Looking back at my time on American Idol we had a great time. We found great artists. Had fun. And to America. Thank you. It was a blast," Cowell wrote.

Seacrest also made his comments on Twitter saying, "yes next year will be our final season of ‪@AmericanIdol  this show's been a big part of my life for so long... hard to imagine it w/out it"