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 would have totally watched a 2nd 3rd & 4th season. I’m so mad that it is over. It’s the best show ever. That judge is awesome. The whole show, all the characters. It’s irreplaceable. Bad move NBC. BAD BAD BAD. Bring on more Bad Judge. Give it another shot. Or sell it to NetFlix. It is a show that has to go on and continue to light me up for a half hour.
I have never written in about Cancelled shows, even when I love them. The cancelling of BAD JUDGE is the exception! I have been waiting, waiting, waiting for new season only to learn it’s been canned.
IN TIME OF EXTREMELY POOR TELEVISION, IT’S THE RARE GEMS THAT HAVE ME WATCHING MORE TV THAN EVER.
First Jon Stewart & now Bad Judge…THIS SUCKS.
I think this show is great, hilarious in fact. Plus, it has its insightful moments too. I found this show by accident and then turned my husband onto it as well. He liked it a lot. We played catch up for episodes we missed “On Demand”. We actually pulled off cable networks to watch. We think the problem is in the advertising; the how and where. We recommended this show to family and friends. It is to bad you cancelled it. Going to miss it. The cast worked well together.
Love Bad Judge;). We need to recognize satire and grow up!!!!
It was a smart comedy with a great cast. It was a quality show that deserved time to find its audience.
Yet somehow the super-geniuses at NBC renew “Mysteries of Laura” which is miscast, badly acted, badly written, (I’ll stop now, but the list goes on)….
Some other network or streaming service should pick it up.
I thought this show was funny and well played. Great characters. Sorry to see it go.
Can’t believe this show was cancelled I so loved this show please bring it back every show i like ya end up doing this please stop
I loved “Bad Judge” ..I loved the characters chemistry and knew Kate Walsh had more comedy background than most knew. I thought the writing was quick witted and edgy. I DVR’d it every week. I think that networks have to start doing something to account for DVR ratings into account. Another Bad Decicion to cancel Bad Judge. One of the new comedies that I really looked forward to on regular network TV. Why don’t they decide to do what a lot of other cancelled shows and syndicate on TNT ot TBS or Fox?? C’mon NBC… rethink this and release it… Read more »
I loved this show and was looking for it to start back up. Bummer.
Cannot believe that you cancelled the show. I love the show and have been wondering why the show hasn’t been on. I don’t always get to watch a show when it airs but I do record the show and watch it whenever I get the chance. I also loved the show private practice but that one ended too.
I just found out bad judge was cancelled! I’ve been looking for it every week like an idiot. What a huge disappointment! That was the only NBC show I watched. Please some one do a season 2
Another typical move by tv networks…get rid of the shows with something interesting with good chemistry and humor for the typical stupid/boring writing. My mom and I used to look forward to watching Bad Judge. Well it only confirms what all my friends and I say… There’s nothing good on tv anymore. See ya. Back to PBS or NPR!
I loved this show and watched it on demand each week. What a disappointment that it was cancelled. I hope another network picks it up.
I’m super bummed about this cancellation. Most of the reality shows and comedies now adays have such corny humor! Bad judge was refreshing. Expand on your judge life out of the court and it would live truer to the original show description. This deserves another show, new time possibly? Better marketing and word of mouth would make this show a hit…. a-z, was so boring only watch to waste 30 minutes to next show… but can you tell me did Peggy bundy have them get married or breakup?
I AM TOTALLY BUMMED. BAD JUDGE WAS THE ONLY SHOW I WAS WATCHING ON A MAJOR NETWORK. THE DIALOGUE WAS HILARIOUS . KATE AND HER CO STARS HAD SUCH GREAT TIMING AND CHEMISTRY. MAYBE A “SMARTER” NETWORK WILL PICK IT UP. JON STEWART NOW BAD JUDGE !!! OUCH !!!