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Outsourced: NBC TV Series Cancelled; No Season Two

Published:May 13, 2011

Outsourced canceled season twoThe little sitcom that caused a lot of controversy last summer has quietly ended its run. NBC has cancelled Outsourced after one season on the air.

Outsourced follows a US sales manager, Todd Dempsey (Ben Rappaport), who’s assigned to supervise his company’s call center in India. The sitcom also stars Anisha Nagarajan, Diedrich Bader, Parvesh Cheena, Pippa Black, Rebecca Hazelwood, Rizwan Manji, and Sacha Dhawan.

The NBC sitcom started out decently and it looked like NBC might have a keeper on its hands. Last September, Outsourced debuted to a 3.6 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 7.49 million viewers. In week two, the demo number fell 22% to a 2.8 rating and 5.85 million viewers but that was still pretty healthy by NBC standards.

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Unfortunately, over the course of the season, the ratings just kept dwindling downward. The ratings have gone as low as a 1.4 in the demo with just 2.97 million viewers. Those are horrible numbers for a major network, even NBC.

Outsourced’s season currently averages a 2.1 demo rating and 4.55 million viewers. For NBC, that’s not too bad but the average is only that high because of the early season ratings.

It’s certainly not a shocker than NBC has cancelled Outsourced after just one season. The 22nd and final episode, titled “Rajiv Ties the Bharat, part two,” aired last night.

What do you think? Are you disappointed that there won’t be a second season of Outsourced? Why do you think the TV show didn’t catch on?

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rusty February 13, 2012 at 7:25 pm

Any chance/reason to hope the people in charge may change their minds?

I don’t find enough info on who thought of this show as controversial. Is there info?

thanks, Rusty

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eric February 13, 2012 at 8:55 pm

i just found out outsourced got cancelled and really hope they can get picked up by another network soon. love the show:((((

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Autumn February 14, 2012 at 11:58 am

Yes, I do too. I thought it was going to be picked up by one of the cable channels…like tbs or something like that but I havent heard anything since that specilation.

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Marie February 13, 2012 at 11:10 pm

I absolutely love this show! This show definitely deserves to continue.

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Autumn February 14, 2012 at 11:56 am

I think it is beause it is to racy. People dont like the idea that everything is being shipped overseas. Or they may not like how the show was handled.

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Terra February 16, 2012 at 6:48 pm

I really liked Outsourced at the beginning. I found the characters to be very entertaining. It had a really nice vibe to it. I watched it all the time. Then the romance between Ben and Pippa got to be a regular thing. It became boring. Pippa’s character was not likable, especially being connected to such a sweet guy like Todd. I loved all the Indian characters. They are very talented actors. The show was fun…..except for that relationship. The writers went in the wrong direction….it’s to bad because it had a lot of promise and I can honestly say I miss it. I can still hear the theme song. It makes me smile.

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Dennis... February 16, 2012 at 8:46 pm

Just damn. I don’t watch much TV aside from news, but I made an exception for “Outsourced”, which I found extremely funny and very endearing with the character development among all the members of the show. Please bring it back, NBC…there’s not much reason to watch you otherwise.

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Nidz February 20, 2012 at 9:10 am

i love that show! Everyone i know loves it too. It definitely deserves to continue. In fact, I’m quite shocked at its TRPs. *fingers crossed* hoping for the next season to come!

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leslie February 21, 2012 at 11:13 am

Love that show! Please put it back on

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