It seems the friendship will have to continue off screen. There will be no season three of the Best Friends Whenever TV show, because it has been cancelled by Disney Channel. Landry Bender posted about the cancellation on her Tumblr blog and made sure to thank creators Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas. Check it out, below.
A live-action comedy, Best Friends Whenever followed best friends Cyd Ripley (Bender) and Shelby Marcus (Lauren Taylor), who have the power to leap forward and backward in time whenever they want – and sometimes when they don’t. The Disney Channel cast also included Gus Kamp, Ricky Garcia, and identical twins Benjamin Cole and Matthew Lewis Royer. The cancellation means the two-part season two finale episode, “Revenge of the Past,” which aired on December 11th, will serve as the unintentional TV series finale.
Landry Bender Confirms Best Friends Whenever Cancelled by Disney Channel
Because social media posts sometimes go missing, here’s the text of Bender’s farewell message.
Hey –
I started writing this on December 16th but I wasn’t yet ready to share. I enjoy writing amateur scripts more than lengthy Tumblr posts but hopefully this’ll do. As some of you may have heard, Best Friends Whenever won’t be going any further. Even though we’ve known this for a couple of months now, it doesn’t make it hurt any less.
First off, HUGE thank you to Jed and Scott (our leaders/work dads) for a multitude of things. I’ve grown so much as an actor and even more as a person through them hiring my barely 14 year old self and trusting me to be a part of an ensemble with some of the most comically talented teenagers I know. They made it a routine to have “writer’s lunch” every Friday where we got to eat upstairs in the production office and get giddy about future storylines, something I’ve been told “kids” shows don’t do. And there were of course SO many other people behind and in front of that show who I adore, who without I wouldn’t be the person I am today, and who I’m sure will attend my wedding someday.
This show was my high school, the best one a girl could dream of. And even though we’ll all move on to different projects, being able to say I grew up with people is something I’ll forever cherish.
I of course can’t give enough thank you’s to you guys for the constant love – truly. We grew a following from nothing which is very rare for a show with quirky teenagers and special effects to do. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.
Whenever, whatever, wherever, I’m right there with you. xo, Landry
What do you think? Are you sad Best Friends Whenever was cancelled? Do you think Disney Channel should have renewed this TV show for season three, instead? Let us know, below.
WHHYYYYYYYYY
The show and actors were horrible… and the dialogue so dry. I think it’s better off this way
hater it was a good show your just stupid
I think you should renew best friends whenever for season 3
Naldo and cyd WERE LITTERATLY JUST ABOUT TO GET TOGETHER BUT NO DISMEY had to end another GREAT show I’m so upset about this I really hope they decide to renew this show
OMG just as also and cus might be getting together THEY END IT!Just like that, I’m so mad/sad about this I really hope they change their minds
Not surprised, Disney seems to hate it’s good shows and keep the bad ones. This one had potential. Just like girl meets world, liv and maddie, each should have at least lasted 5 seasons.
Show should have been renewed. Disney has been cancelling good shows lately and replacing them with not so good ones. Not sure what their reasoning is; they don’t seem to know what their doing.
No way!!! I cannot believe they cancelled this show, it was finally something new & different!! So typical of Disney to get rid of the good shows!! My kids & I loved this show & we’ve been waiting for the new season to start but I guess we have to live with the cliff hangers they left us with
I’m not surprised they always get rid of the good shows they got rid of Jesse they also got rid of Austin and Allie they got rid of girl meets world and more
I still watch that show it’s good I love it maybe I should call them
They should not cancel the shows that we love I still watch that show and it is good maybe I should call disney
Good riddance! This show and the actors were terrible.
What a shame. This was a family favorite show for us and my 6yr old daughter absolutely loves Cyd and Shelby!!! We have been waiting for this show to come back for season 3 and we are all so disappointed to hear it is cancelled. Please bring it back Disney!!!!!!!!!!
NO! Please reconsider! Cyd and Shelby cannot be gone this fast! BFW is the greatest show since the beginning of the 2010s. It had that feel of the classic DCOS’ we adored. Every good show has been ripped away from us, like Gravity Falls, Kickin It, Lab Rats, and many others. This is a common disheartening theme between Disney, Viacom, and Cartoon Network. Too many good shows taken away and too many blase and lackluster shows get to stay. Please do this one thing right, and give us back our time traveling besties!
I can’t believe Disney would do that. Best Friends Whenever was the only show I watched on disney channel. I mean there were so many cliff hanger. For example were Naldo and Cyd going to began a relationship. I guess disney does’t care.