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 absolutely LOVE this show! It’s so FUNNY!!!! I am so upset that Bad Judge is being cancelled. Kate Walsh is great!!! The CAST is perfect.
Please don’t cancel Bad Judge!!! I love this show and look forward to it every week. Booooo…NBC!!
I absolutely love this show! It’s so refreshing and it doesn’t have any children in it that act like they’re adults. Modern Family has got to go. The Middle is good. The children act their age. I am so upset that Bad Judge is cancelled. Wake up whoever is in charge of renewal. You have a major STAR on it!!! Kate Walsh is great!!! And her co-stars are perfect.
Love it, don’t cancel!
Love this show. One of the few smart new comedies to air. Please continue! !!
One of the few shows my husband and I watched together. Very funny, sorry to see it go.
What a great show to give us a break from all the crime shows. I also hope another channel picks it up. Who decides the fate of these anyways????
Bad Judge was great! The writing was original, the cast hilarious. Too bad the big eigs can’t stand up to a silly uptight group that claims it’s bad. So many shows have been canceled before people were even able to get into them. Hope another network gets this unique show!
I love it..so original..makes me laugh out loud!!’
Loved the show! Very Dissapointed that it’s cxl! Funny and entertaining! I’m a very strong female commodity trader and her role amuses me ! If people are offended by her this it’s because of insecurity! Seriously if ur gonna cut this and keep family guy? Or broke girls????
Great show! Fun. Entertaining. Walsh is fabulous.
Dear nbc
I look forward to bad judge every week canceling it would crush me
I love it. I’m not a lawyer or a judge and i can see why people would thing the show gives a bad rep for females in the feild. It’s only a television show its not real life if other people don’t like it then they shouldn’t watch it there are a lot of people out there that do like bad judge
As the characters have matured, it’s been getting better and better. Hope they move to another network.
Disappointed with whomever pulled the plug early.
Love the show, so disappointed.
love Bad Judge-we’re really upset they cancelled it!! PLEASE NBC keep Bad Judge!