Last season, About a Boy was NBC’s highest-rated sitcom. Will it continue to a hit for the network or will the ratings fall? Cancelled or renewed for season three? Time will tell.
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 ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings (particularly the 18-49 demo), the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available — usually the next day, around 11:30am EST/8:30am PST. Refresh to see the latest.
5/9 update: NBC has cancelled About a Boy after two seasons.
2/18 update: You can see the rest of the latest night’s ratings.
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For comparisons: The first season of About a Boy averaged a 1.9 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 6.93 million total viewers.
Note: These are the Live + Same Day Ratings which include “live” viewing plus delayed DVR viewing, up until 3am local time that same night. Ratings marked with an “*” are the fast affiliate ratings and will be updated with the Live+SD numbers when they are made available. Typically, networks get paid for C+3 ratings which includes DVR viewing within three days of the original airing when commercials are watched. Those numbers are rarely released to the press.
What do you think? Do you like About a Boy? Would you like to see it cancelled or renewed for third season?
My roommates and I only just found out about About a Boy on Netflix and we absolutely LOVE it!! We blew through the first two seasons and are heartbroken at finding out there won’t be a third! Please please please bring it back! I never even knew about it when it was actually airing, otherwise I would definitely have given it great ratings. Easily one of my top favorite shows.
Save about a boy!
https://www.change.org/p/nbc-save-about-a-boy?recruiter=288425073&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink
I’m at South Africa and I L0vEd the show very much…. Don’t really understand why is it cancelled…. Maybe ppl in America don’t enjoy good shows… lol Bring the show back #uuuuuShem!
Please don’t cancel it. About a boy was a great series. Every peesin can watch that. NBC always cancel the good series. About a boy should have another episodes. That cast and series deserve that. Also followers deserve that too. Please NBc make another episode. It was really fun to watch the episode. I watced the episodes second time. A
They will always entertain me doesn’t matter I watch again and again. I’m gonna say again, please NBC make another season also the last episode was awsome. It will be perfect to have another episode.