NBC recently debuted a new sitcom on Thursday nights called 100 Questions. Will this new TV show last past the summer season and become a staple of the network’s Thursday line-up?
100 Questions revolves around Charlotte Payne (Sophie Winkleman), a young woman looking for love. She’s come to a dating service and is answering 100 questions posed by a consultant named Andrew (Michael Benjamin Washington). While trying to figure out what she’s looking for in a mate, she recounts relationship stories and these memories include friends Leslie (Smith Cho), Jill (Collette Wolfe), Mike (Christopher Moynihan), and Wayne (David Walton).
The sitcom debuted on May 27th to a terrible 0.8 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 2.48 million viewers. That’s one of the worst premieres in NBC’s history. In week two, the demo bumped up a little (a 0.9 rating) but total viewership dropped (2.22 million). Truly horrible numbers for original programming.
The ratings for 100 Questions can’t come as much of a surprise to NBC execs as they seem to have lost faith in the series months ago. NBC originally ordered 13 episodes but they shut down production after only six were completed. The sitcom was planned to be a mid-season replacement series but was pushed into summer, a time when networks typically air repeats and burn off extra programming.
Based on the ratings, there’s no way that 100 Questions will be back for a second season. It’s also highly likely that NBC will pull the show before all six installments have aired. After all, the network is getting better ratings from repeats of its other comedies.
But, what do you think? Do you like 100 Questions? Cancel or keep it?
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What is it that i miss? This show is very funny! and i enjoy a sitcom that follows a continuing storyline, like how i met your mother. I think the problem is people dont like the classic sitcom style of the 80s and 90s, I mean i understand this is not friends, but it comes close to how friends was like in the begining. I hope NBC gives it another chance, but knowing their track record, all we probably will get are the 6 episodes. I think people should stop expecting perfection from television, and just sit back, enjoy and… Read more »
Are you serious!!! I love this show… its funny and Wayne is a classic character!!! JUST because its not getting its ratings doesn’t mean it should be canceled. The people who do watch it dont care about ratings!! KEEEEEEP THE SHOW!!
Oh come ON! seriously I loved this show and im from europe! theyre cancelling it! pfft I liked the idea of charlotte and wayne! 🙁
I love this show. I didn’t see any marketing for it, no wonder it failed. It’s my How I Met Your Mother of the summer. I think it is fantastic and would be a shame for the network to let it go. But I’m pretty sure the guy who plays Wayne is already in another show for the fall.
This show is at best “ok”, but I’ve been watching it since it’s a new sitcom on in the summer.. but the funny thing is the first commenter mentioning Coupling. Coupling is one of the funniest sitcoms ever… (and I include the US version, since all but one of the aired US version were EXACTLY the same as the British version.)
Please keep it, it’s a freakin awesome show!!!
Great. Keep It
This show is awesome…I am so sad to hear that it will probably not make it. Maybe they should have advertised for it. No wonder shows don’t make it when there is no network support!
i freaking luv luv luv this show. keep it!!
Cancel, this show suck big time!!!!!!!!!!!!
The writing is just horrible and there is no chemistry between the actors at all. This is a horrible show that never should have made it to the pilot stage with such lame writing.
I love it!!
There’s been few to none new shows that I’ve enjoyed.
Wow, I just finished watching this show and it was absolutely horrible! No chemistry between the friends. Horrible acting. The lead is definitely not strong enough to carry the show. Please cancel it immediately!
Good show I caught it by accident Not good advertising and its the summer no one is watching
Americans truly are getting stupid. How this steaming pile made it by so many Execs at NBC and made it on air is mind boggling. Probably the same people who thought Coupling was funny. No one had the courage to stand up and say this show blows at NBC.