It’s been a rocky road for NBC’s 100 Questions and now the journey is over. The sitcom has been cancelled after one season and six episodes.
100 Questions follows Charlotte Payne (Sophie Winkleman), a young woman who’s looking for love. She goes to a dating service and answers 100 questions as posed by a frustrated consultant named Andrew (Michael Benjamin Washington). While trying to figure out what she’s looking for in a mate, she recounts relationship stories that include friends Leslie (Smith Cho), Jill (Collette Wolfe), Mike (Christopher Moynihan), and Wayne (David Walton).
Originally titled 100 Questions for Charlotte Payne, the pilot was directed by Emmy Award-winning director James Burrows. NBC ordered it to series but then recast several characters and director Alex Hardcastle took over. After six installments were produced, the network cut the episode order and shut down production. Then, the show’s premiere was delayed until May 27th. Clearly, the network’s enthusiasm had waned a bit.
When 100 Questions finally did debut, most viewers didn’t notice. The show’s premiere episode attracted horrible numbers — just a 0.8 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 2.48 million viewers. The numbers got even worse as the weeks progressed. The network kept the show on the schedule and let all six episodes air. There won’t be any more though.
To no surprise, 100 Questions has been cancelled and won’t be back for a second season, as reported by both Futon Critic and MediaWeek.
Though NBC declined to comment, Moynihan, the show’s creator and a co-star, has already moved on. He recently signed a deal to write and executive produce two new projects for ABC Studios. He’s also expected to have a part in front of the camera as well.
What do you think? Are you sorry that 100 Questions won’t be back? How would you have wrapped up Charlotte’s quest? Why do you think the series didn’t succeed?
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I just watched the whole series in a single day.
It is a relaxing comedy with the superb Sophie and her marvelous accent and beauty!
It is too bad no season 2 will come.
They must bring 100 questions back – it had so much potential!!!!
Ohhhhhhhhhh, I’m really sorry for that……
I’m from South Korea and watched this series a year ago when I was in the U.S.
Just wanted to know when the season two will begin..Not to know it’s canceled..!!
OMG..too bad
Too bad 🙁
I loved the show, and it was very funny and good!
I just wanted to state that I really loved this series and I was surprised to see only six episodes on a first season.. I really liked it and I agree with some of you who say that the only problem would be the laugh’s track…
My mom and I really enjoyed watching this series together. I never heard of it until I came across the series on demand. I wish they would’ve shown more previews for it, then I’m sure people would’ve tuned in to see it.
I love the series a lot. It’s very funny and very fascinating, one of the best TV shows I’ve seen. It’s way better than most series on TV atm and I don’t understand why it got cancelled. I was looking for the reasons til I read this. What’s wrong with people’s taste? If I were one of the viewers, I would rate it 5 stars. Is there any chance it could be continued? I really look forward to seeing how it would work out. So so so sad :(((((
From Australia with love
It’s very sorry that second season was canceled. I live in Ukraine. It’s far from UK but here we heart about this TV-series. There are a lot of fans here in Ukraine. If we had a possibility, we’d ask producers and director to continue the series. But we can’t. And it is very sad. We are really sorry!
With eternal love to this TV-series,
From Ukraine, Kyiv,
Vera.
I hear you, sister! A big Hello from Kharkov!
It’s a shame the show got cancelled. What I really liked about the show is that it’s not overloaded with sex, like almost every other show on television nowadays..
Cheers!
“Nielsen ratings system ” with its Slaughterings and Murdering Bloodbath.
Networks could do more of an accurate calculation with the DVR’S boxes because they are in more home than Nelsen’s Box. I don’t even know of not one viewer with Nelsen’s box. DO YOU?
It is sure hard to find anything on television since all those cancellations Hypothesis: Do You KNOW? How does the “Nielsen ratings system ” work? Anyone out here understand, in each situation, how do the rating system really works? Hypothetically situation, Old King Cobra watches News, Drama,sports ,playboy channels and he DVR “No Ordinary Family” to watch, next day with his children age 2,4, 10 But his need 20 year old bipolar wife watches “No Ordinary Family” a week later, by herself. The Wife also gone during the day time because she was busy, running around, spending King Cobra’s money.… Read more »
Is the Nielsen ratings system, truly understand and welcoming the convenience and its popularity of DVR’S events? With the importance of improving Nielsen ratings system are they considering DVR events of an individual. Wouldn’t it prove to be ,more accurate of its calculation then the Nielsen ratings system ? Do you think Nielsen ratings system calculates, in all the ways people view programs, like DVD’S,internet and even on cell phone? Is the Internet and DVD’S hurting, networks and causing rating, at its all time lowest ratings ever? Is mass cancellation the only avenue for the networks? Aren’t viewers still falling… Read more »
That’s too bad that the serie has no season 2!! I liked the serie a lot ! It was fun and so on, the best one I saw until now… :/
I loved this series. All they had to do was get rid of that stupid laugh track!
I fell very, very sorry for that, ’cause I loved this comic series a lot.
I actually liked the serie a lot, i was just searching when the 2 season was going to begin when i see this. It’s sad 🙁