Court will soon be out of session. NBC has cancelled their Bad Judge sitcom, deciding not to order any additional installments beyond the initial 13 episode order. Ten episodes have been completed and three more will be produced.
Bad Judge follows Rebecca Wright (Walsh), an unorthodox judge of the Los Angeles County Circuit Court. She’s tough-as-nails and one of LA’s most respected criminal court judges but has a truly wild lifestyle in her off hours. The rest of the cast includes Tone Bell, Ryan Hansen, John Ducey, and Miguel Sandoval.
The series got off to a disappointing start on October 2nd, registering a 1.3 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 5.84 million viewers. The series held steady in week two which was a positive sign, especially since Bad Judge was airing opposite highly-rated Thursday night football games on CBS. Perhaps the numbers would start to grow?
Nope. The ratings trickled downward over the next couple weeks and then hit a new low this week when the CBS sitcoms returned. It drew just a 0.9 in the demo with 3.9 million viewers.
That seems to have been enough for the peacock network to declare that the show was over. NBC won’t be ordering any more episodes but (for now) plans to let the remaining eight installments air. The Blacklist is scheduled to move to Thursday nights at 9pm on February 5th.
Companion sitcom A to Z has also been cancelled.
What do you think? Do you like the Bad Judge TV show? Do you think that NBC should have cancelled it? Would you have watched a second season?
This new era of “hurry up and cancel” is ridiculous. This show is funny. Maybe if NBC had put A to Z and Bad Judge on behind something else people actually watch and didn’t have them follow the life-supported loser of a show, The Big Loser (why is this still a thing?) they would have better ratings. 🙁
This another one I always watched. Stop canceling everything!!!! Maybe TNT or FX will pick some of these canceled shows up. So stupid
And this cancellation is a surprise?
I thought it was funny. Very irreverent, that’s what makes it a good laugh. Very sorry to see this not renewed.
NBC Please reconsider. I call this show my ‘guilty pleasure’. It’s so original. I get many, many laugh out loud moments. Of course it’s not suppose to reflect real courtrooms or real judges. Its just there to be funny & give us a laugh after a long or bad day at work. It better than most of the reality shows. There are too many of them anyway. So please reconsider NBC. I’ll bet what you replace it with won’t be near as funny. Thanks for letting me put in my ‘two cents’.
I think many of us saw this was a no go from the pilot. But apparently some did like it. There’s three kinds of sitcoms on TV. Laugh track comedy where it’s mostly a different approach to something like Cosby, but needs a laugh track so you know where the funny is. Smart comedy that doesn’t just slap you across the face with a joke and laugh track, but rather makes you pay attention, and bring some knowledge to the table so you understand current affairs. Or Smart Ass where basically it a lot of cheap jabs at people and… Read more »
This is the only new comedy of the season that actually made me laugh out loud. I’ll watch the remaining episodes. Wish NBC had worked harder to help it find an audience.
Don’t know how this show even made it to pilot. Horrible. Not funny at all.
bad judge is a great show why are they canceling it, taking off some of these reality shows that are completely sucky I don’t even want to watch TV anymore and I definitely would watch another season of bad judge
i liked Bad Judge. it’s very original and was a breath of fresh air to a stale line up.
Horrible sitcom. Don’t know if Kate Walsh is planning a return to Grey’s Anatomy either this season or the next if Grey’s gets renewed for a 12th and possible final season.
This is one of the best of the new crop of shows, what are they thinking? Give people time to find it. Well written, and Kate Walsh is wonderful in this show.
I love this show…. Keeep it on please..
Once again a show I like is gone. I like this show it is so funny. I also dvr it so can watch it. Having a bad day it makes me laugh it’s nice. Please keep the show.
Bad Judge is very funny. I watch or DVR it every week. Please keep it on