While the premiere of The Jeff Dunham Show attracted a record number of viewers for Comedy Central, the show’s not coming back for a second season.
The Jeff Dunham Show is a sketch comedy series that features ventriloquist Dunham and his stable of characters. Segments of Dunham onstage in front of a live audience are combined with footage from around Los Angeles.
The October 2009 debut brought great ratings for the series and Comedy Central. An estimated 5.3 million viewers watched, with a 2.2 rating in the coveted 18-49 demographic. Both numbers represented a record for the cable channel. Following multiple airings, the tally of viewers amounted to 7.9 million.
Unfortunately, the audience for the second episode of Jeff Dunham fell by 55% and subsequent installments fell even further. The season (now series) finale hit a low of 1.3 million viewers. To no surprise, Comedy Central has decided to pass on ordering any more.
Though the series received almost universally bad reviews, Comedy Central isn’t giving up on Dunham. They have a multi-platform deal with the comic and will continue to work with him via a live tour, a stand-up special, DVDs, and other products.
What do you think? Are you sorry to see The Jeff Dunham Show end or should it have been cancelled weeks ago?
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Jeff Dunham is good, his show wasn’t.
Jeff Dunham is great at his one time shows on Comedy Central but when they gave him a series it just wasn’t the same. We enjoyed his one hour series that came on when it did but to see it every Thursday with various skits wasn’t the same! Keep it the same like he did before.
Horray!!!!!!!! Loved the specials, bought the dvd’s. My family and I thought the series was real bad. I would not watch it. His material went down hill and so did the content, no longer family oriented. Very disappointed in his recent style.
Some of the sketches were too long, and the humor is very low, but my wife and I thought the show was very funny. We’re sorry to see it not return next year. MAN that was a short season! We’ll watch Jeff in the future when ever he’s on.
i loved jeff and his show i have all of his dvds posters and shirts so im mad tht jeffs show isnt on anymore . my name is nick and i want the jeff dunham show back on !!!!!!!!!!!
sorry to see it go……….just got the dvd of the sereies, and watched all episodes at one sitting……….this was great, funny stuff…………..keep it coming jeff…..we love ya!!!!
I think the ratings from the first episode shows how much we love Jeff Dunham. I wish people would stop trying to take his show so seriously. He’s a comedian, don’t you all get it? it was suppose to be something “different” on television. I watched EVERY episode (thank you TiVo!) and enjoyed every one. Seriously. I have NO DOUBT that I would’ve enjoyed more seasons of the show. Did I think it was the best comedy show ever? No. But I didn’t need it to be. It was entertaining enough to keep me away from network television and keep me coming back for more. I think the show would’ve only gotten better. Thanks for nothing comedy central.
I think Dunham’s show is great! Please make a new season! Greetings from Germany!
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