Tonight’s episode of Accidentally on Purpose marks the final episode of the freshman sitcom’s first season. Will it be the show’s series finale as well?
Accidentally on Purpose follows a thirty-something movie critic (Jenna Elfman) who’s broken up with her charming boss (Grant Show). She ends up having a one-night fling with a much younger man (Jon Foster) and becomes pregnant. She ultimately decides to keep both the baby and the guy. The series also features Lennon Parham, Nicolas Wright, Ashley Jensen, and Pooch Hall.
The sitcom got off to a good start back on September 21, 2009 with 8.99 million viewers and a 3.2 rating in the 18-49 demographic. The numbers started to decline in the next couple of weeks but then came back up.
On Mondays, the show averaged a 3.1 in the all-important demo and 8.23 million viewers. In that same timeslot, Rules of Engagement’s been doing about the same.
For the past couple weeks, CBS has been airing Accidentally on Purpose on Wednesday nights. Without as strong a lead-in as How I Met Your Mother, the sitcom hasn’t been doing as well. In its two weeks of original episodes, Accidentally on Purpose has attracted a 1.9 rating and just 5.97 million viewers. In the same timeslot, Gary Unmarried, averaged a 2.15 rating and 6.65 million viewers.
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In the end, Accidentally on Purpose has performed either lower or about the same as other sitcoms in the same timeslots. That’s not bad but likely not good enough to get it a second season. If the show had beaten Gary’s or Rules’ ratings then Accidentally on Purpose would have had a much better chance but it didn’t.
CBS isn’t satisfied with how their lower-rated sitcoms are doing, so they’ll want to try at least one or two new ones next season. They already have a new one from Chuck Lorre (The Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men) in the works and won’t want to let that go. They have the least invested in in Accidentally on Purpose and it’s essentially the lowest-rated, so will likely be the first to get the axe.
Still, the ratings aren’t that bad and it is produced by CBS’ in-house studio. It could survive, perhaps as a midseason replacement. It just doesn’t look all that likely. We’ll know on May 19th for sure.
Thankfully, tonight we’ll see the birth of Billie’s baby so that means we’ll get some sort of closure, just in case this is indeed that last episode.
What do you think? Should Accidentally on Purpose get a second season? Is it better than some of the other CBS sitcoms? Would you be satisfied with this being the series finale?
Please!!!!! don’s cancell it!!! i love this sitcom! Zack and Billie for ever!!! 🙂
I think this show is good but i will watch Jenna in anything ive been on the hook since darma& Greg and her scene stealing appearance in Cant Hardly Wait.We should be able to call a 1800 number or send a text or an email to vote for our favorite shows.The Nielsen box familys suck and you can tell em i said so because all they watch is survivor the bachelor or freakin dateline or some other crap show that should be on the oxygen network.
OMG why this did this show not do good! I can’t understand why this was cancelled. Because it was a hooking show and I would have continued to watch it many more seasons…
I’ve already posted it and I’ll post again… I love it! Please, don’t cancel it. It’s a great show and it’s really refreshing. The cast is brilliant… I love everybody!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! Do not cancel please 🙂
Don’t cancel this show it is so funny!! I love it!!
PLEASE ! ACCIDENTALLY IS THE BEST EVER ! PLEASE, PUT ON AIR AGAIN ! I NEED IT TO LIVE. PLEASE. IT’S THE BEST.
Please please please don’t cancel this show. We love it ! Davis is absolutley hilarious! I’m not a big sitcom watcher, but this one I DVR every week. I think the story line of Davis trying to help raise the baby could be extremly funny!
Accidentally on purpose is hilarious !! Hope we can keep it ! Jenna Elfman is so funny !
accidentally on purpose is hilarious! Jenna Elfman is so funny ! Hope we can keep it !
Love this show!! Great cast and very funny!! Please don’t cancel.
My Husband and I both loved the show. It was funny. Love the cast of characters. I also think that you need to let any sitcom run at least 2 seasons before deciding the axe.
Dont cancel the show, how i met your mother has just dragged on this season, this is a new fresh clean taste for comedy. I am surprised it has not done as well as it should. Bring it back, let the story develop more, part of the problem is CBS moving it around so much, STOP IT!! I lost track of the show and thanks to my DVR i was able to find it on wednesday, the move sucks, and before the move, they had stopped showing epesodes, well what can you expect?
This was the best sitcom this season and cannot believe it did not do well. Jenna Elfman is very talented and works well with the male lead.
Don’t cancel this show i very much have enjoy it. It different fromthe rest of the sitcoms out there. I will be totally disappointmented. It has a different style then others and I love all the characters. PLEASE DON’T BE CRUEL TO PEOPLE WHO LOVE WATCHING THIS SHOW. DON’T CANCEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DON’T CANCEL THE SHOW!!!! We love the show!!! We got hooked on Cougar Town, but I must say that Accidentally on Purpose if more funny than Cougar Town!! PLEASE DON’T CANCEL IT!!!!!