Sometimes, TV shows that are based movies can be big successes. Sometimes not. About a Boy was not and now NBC has cancelled it after two seasons without even airing all of the episodes.
About a Boy revolves around San Francisco songwriter Will Freeman (David Walton) who had a big hit. It set him up for life financially — and gave him a lot of freedom and free time. His world is turned upside down when a charming boy named Marcus (Benjamin Stockham) and single mom named Fiona (Minnie Driver) move in next door.
The sitcom debuted in February of 2014 with a special preview episode that attracted a healthy 2.2 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 8.26 million viewers. In its regular timeslot a week later, the ratings rose a bit to a 2.47 rating with 8.36 million. The numbers started falling after that but NBC still renewed it for a second season.
Season two performed even worse and lost a lot of steam. It hit a new series low of a 0.69 rating in the demo with 2.41 million viewers. NBC decided to trim About a Boy’s episode order by two and then opted to drop it from the schedule, leaving six installments unaired.
The network hasn’t announced any plans to air the leftover episodes and, now that they’ve cancelled the series, it doesn’t look likely that they will.
What do you think? Do you like the About a Boy sitcom? Would you like to watch the remaining six episodes?
Yes, I would like to see the remaining 6 episodes of this heart warming show that demonstrates people and their quirks in a most adorable way.
Please let us viewers see the rest.
I miss it already.
My all time favourite show! Made me laugh every week. Warms my heart every episode. Bring it back please!!!!! And please show the unaired episodes.
I can’t believe they would cancel something so funny and endearing!
I loved this show….season 3 please
I love the show give us the end at least
Yes, a season 3!
I loved that show. Give us the ending at least!!!
I love this show! So sad that they canceled it. (Especially with the way they ended Season 2.)
Oh no!! Please don’t cancel “About A Boy”! This is a great show! My 21 year old daughter and I absolutely love it! Please rethink!
I just finished watching season 2 today and I am very upset that it is cancelled. This was an amazing show and very inspiring ! Please RETHINK
This is a great show. There aren’t too many shows you can watch with your kids and this was defiantly one off them. What a shame it was canceled
We just finished watching the last episode of season 2 only to discover there will be no more. What a shame. The sitcom was so entertaining and characters,like no other. I’m very disapointed as it became something we could all watch together that we all enjoyed. Please at some point at the very least air the last 6.
Okay so this show actually might be the best show ive ever seen. Its funny, i can relate to it, and i havnt seen any show like it on before. It needs to come back on. I beg of you nbc or netflix please bring it nack into my life.
Love this show. Watching it on Netflix. I can’t believe it’s being cancelled. The characters are fantastic great acting. What’s shame!
I love this show so much, found it on netflix, and it is actually my favorite. So warm-hearted. I love the characters! I wish I could get season 3.