Jason Lee has the chickenpox--and his show will go on hiatus.

Although the 35-year-old actor's immediate fellow cast members on My Name is Earl– including Jaime Pressly, Ethan Suplee, Nadine Vasquez and Eddie Steeples – have already had the highly contagious yet common childhood disease (which normally brings about more serious consequences when contracted by an adult), at least one other "Earl" costar said his mother "couldn't remember" if he had had the pox.

When the show's executive producer and creator Greg Garcia was asked this weekend about how he would write around his incapacitated – and itchy – leading man, he replied that no Lee means no show.

"He'll be in all the episodes," says Garcia. "We're just shutting down until (Lee) is feeling better and is presentable to put on TV again." NBC Entertainment president Kevin Reilly said the hiatus should last "for about three weeks."

Source: People

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I loved the first several episodes of this show but the last couple were rather lame. I hope the writers are reading. Great idea for a show--don't screw it up!

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