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?
Please renew this show I will be very disappointed if it gets cancelled I have watched it from the start and I truly love this show !! So please renew it
Please please renew its a awesome show and we love it!!!!!
Please,!!! please!!!!!! Renew about a boy we love this show.
PLEASE RENEW this show! It is quirky, funny , endearing! There is not another show like it on TV. My husband and I have loved it from the first episode!!
PLEASE RENEW this wonderful, charming show. It shows how adults and children can help each other mature. The characters really seem to care about each other. RENEW !
PLEASE renew this funny, charming, show. The characters really seem to care about each other. And they are all growing up because of each other. RENEW!!!!!!!
Please Renew about a boy my grandma and I love this show
Please renew About A Boy because it is the one show that my husband and I both love and watch together
Please renew it !!!! We love it!!!and we won’t to see more of it please!!!!!
please renew !!!!!!!!!! we love this show its very charming and we wont to see more of it
I love, love this show. My husband and I both find it funny & charming!!! Please renew!
Renew!!!
Please renew about a boy awesome show I have watched it from the first day it came on and I’ll keep watching cause it’s amazing love it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please renew about a boy I love this show I will be very disappointed if it don’t get renewed
Please give this show another shot. I just know season 3 will be even more entertaining as the last two seasons. Awesome show.