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?
They cancelled it?? That is horrible news! Bad Judge is hilarious and the cast is extremely entertaining. I wish they would bring it back but at least give us the rest of the season that was already recorded. I agree with someone’s comment about all of the law enforcement shows being depressing and disturbing… Bad Judge was lighthearted and simply comical (which is desperately needed in the TV world today). Also, do networks count Hulu towards shows ratings and number of viewers? I don’t have cable and only use Netflix and Hulu to watch my shows. (googling this now) moral… Read more »
We loved it. maybe Wednesday would have been better.
I loved this show. I wish it would get picked back up. It was hilarious. I sometimes cried I was laughing so hard. Pick it up, pick it up. I would be a faithful watcher. I’ve told my friends about it and they think it is funny too!
Another network blunder, tired of investing my time on watching any network TV anymore. Seems like nothing with any substance or value, (Super Fun Night, last year) matters to the 8th grade education network television aims it content at. Shows like Monday Morning (TBS) and Southland (TBS) are profoundly better than the brain dead reality shows that are cheap to produce (which is all the networks care about) are passing off as entertainment.
Love love loved BAD JUDGE…..great original cast and comedy…I love it when a show makes me Laugh Out Loud..and Bad Judge did that..Come On..plz someone pick this up..so we can keep on laughing!!!!!
I just binged the entire season on Hulu. It is great. I love Gary Sanchez stuff.
NBC did a crap job of marketing this show. I loved it
Bring it back! It is actually nice to actually be able to laugh again at something on television. I hope someone picks it up.
I honestly lived this show and would be upset if it did not continue I thought it was great from episode one, and hope that it will continue to be aired…
Great show! AI agree that there are too many serious police/detective drama shows on now. Give us some comedy. Kate Walsh is hilarious! Makes me laugh and smile after a bad day. Why won’t you give it another chance? For God’s sake, you show Nick Cannon’s “Caught on Camera” rip off. It doesn’t get much worse than that. Let us boomers relive a little bit of our youth.
Funny show. Feels like a spin off of night court from the 80s. It would be a shame to not try it for one more season. 10 episodes or more. I think you’d be surprised at the change in reviews. It has a lot of potential
I really liked Bad Judge. It was a great way to wind down. I am a retired law enforcement officer and worked a lot of court rooms. Please salvage this show.
Thank You
I enjoyed the show, very funny, we need more shows like this to take you away from all the police depressing shows. Too much violence on TV and the news. We need more comedy. Keep the show.
Funny show it shows smart girls can be cool without caring about what anyone thinks
I thought the show was pretty dam funny. Very disappointed it won’t be on again..
Please do not cancel this is a very funny show
I loved the show. I thought it was clever and funny. It does feel as though all the good shows get cancelled. Maybe if ratings were fair and included all ages.
Very disappointed we really enjoyed bad judge it was very funny