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?
I loved Bad Judge and looked forward to watching it each week. Very disappointed in you NBC!
I love this show!!! It’s a lot better than some of the newer shows this season! I hope they bring it back!
Stop putting it up against Thursday night football and put it in the reasonably placed area I love that show it is the funniest thing going on TV right now peacock you’re making a mistake
Noooooooooooooooooo please don’t do this!! Bad judge is the bomb.com! The humor is absolutely the best!!
WHY TAKE BAD JUDGE OFF NBC WE LOVED The show and was looking forward to the second season!
Too bad this show was canceled. Pretty original idea. Nothing else like it. Cute show. NBC made a mistake pitting a new show against football. Sad and irresponsible programming slot.
Offbeat quirky very funny. Loved it. Always gotta cancel the best shows. Pls. put it back on.
I wish they had moved this to Tuesday instead of just canceling it. I really liked it, but did not find it in time. Not a Great idea to schedule it on Thursdays. How about giving good shows a chance, huh?
This show too, along with A to Z, was well done…it took awhile to warm up to the characters, but near the end, the were very likeable! It is too bad when a decent show gets cancelled, and it’s mainly due to the network moving it around to different days or timeslots, or skipping a few weeks and making the viewers think it has been cancelled. Recall Big Bang Theory as being one that first few (or more!) episodes sucked….and what season is IT in now?
I loved the show. Doctors don’t complain when medical shows go off course. Bad Judge is a comedy pure and simple. As having worked in the court system I am thinking maybe it hit a little too close to home.
Love this show, give it another time slot
omg! i love love bad judge u need to rethink cancelling it please…….
So sad to see the talented Addison Montgomery in such a tacky role. The idea is flawed – judges are not ditzy. Stupid, stubborn, arrogant, difficult, and boring, but not ditzy. The adventures of a female judge should have been a great role for Addison – the producers probably could have used true stories and made it fun. Too bad.
Nooooooo! I love Bad Judge! Please give it another chance!
This was such a great series! I hope you guys put this show back!!!