CBS has long had a problem finding the right sitcom to round out their Monday night line-up. Two and a Half Men, How I Met Your Mother, and The Big Bang Theory work well but the network needs a solid fourth player. As this season began, it looked like Accidentally on Purpose just might be the one. No longer. It’s been cancelled.
Accidentally on Purpose revolves around thirty-something Billie Chase (Jenna Elfman) after she breaks up with her boyfriend/boss (Grant Show). She has a one-night fling with a much younger man, Zack (Jon Foster), and becomes pregnant. Billie ultimately decides to keep both the baby and the guy. The series also features Lennon Parham, Nicolas Wright, Ashley Jensen, and Pooch Hall.
The TV show got off to a pretty good start with a 3.3 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 8.91 million viewers. On Monday nights, the first 15 episodes ended up averaging a 3.1 in the demo and 8.23 million viewers. That’s actually quite good but the network has very high expectations because the TV show is surrounded by their very popular comedies. The real test is to see how well the series will perform on another night.
After a hiatus, CBS brought Accidentally on Purpose to Wednesday nights. With The New Adventures of Old Christine as a lead-in, the ratings fell like a rock. The three original episodes averaged a 1.8 in the key demo and 5.72 million viewers. If there was any hope for the series, these numbers dashed them.
CBS has now confirmed that the sitcom has been cancelled and will not be returning for season two. CBS can afford to be picky in what sitcoms it keeps and has also cancelled Gary Unmarried after two seasons and Old Christine after five.
Fortunately, the network aired all 18 episodes of Accidentally on Purpose and viewers got to see Billie give birth. Unfortunately, they won’t get to see how she and Zack cope as new parents.
What do you think? Are you sorry that Accidentally on Purpose has been cancelled or did CBS make the right choice?
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i think its crap that they cancelled it the show was high larious i really wanted to see season 2
I love this programme and am gutted that it has been cancelled and we wont find out what happens after the baby is born. Since Friends & Sex and the City there is only this show and How I Met Your Mother that I have watched religiously. Please bring it back!!!!! 🙁
Omg im sooooo upset i love this programme sooo much and in the uk we are on episode 10 atm, i caught up with the first few episodes on the internet and i wasnt going to watch ahead but seeing as there is no second season to look forward too im just going to watch them 🙁 – very very very sad, the programme is soo funny i love jenna elfman and jon foster, hes sooo hot!
And i agree with connie how i met your mother is shite!
Jena Elfman is a riot! I was a faithful viewer of Dharma & Greg that she played on also. I loved this show….How I Met Your Mother should have been canceled as it’s one of the worst I’ve her seen.
So if the ratings dropped because they moved the show to wednesday, why didn’t they just move it back to the monday slot?
Seems to me like it’s CBS, not the ratings, that are the cause for cancellation.
Very sorry to hear of this show’s cancellation. The show is smart, funny, AND entertaining without being chauvinistic—–that’s a quite rare combination in TV land.
i loved this serie!!!!!!!!!!!! We losted a good one 🙁
i love accidentally on purpose. cant believe its cancelled.
Sorry to know that this show was cancelled. This is one show that i actually looked forward to watching every week.
I hate that they have cancled this show.
I love this show!!!!! It’s not cool
Sooo lame that they canceled it!!! I loved that show!!!!
I also very dissapointed with the cancelation of the show. It would be very interesting to watch Billie and Zack become a parent
No way!! I love the show! My friends in Indonesia also loves it! Blah.. I really hope to see them as parents 🙁
Very disappointed that this show was cancelled. Perhaps if the execs and our fellow TV viewers had longer attention spans; we’d all get to enjoy fun television for more than a few weeks.
Very disappointed about the show’s cancellation. It was my favorite show.