NBC’s new sitcom Bent came and went very quickly. We now know that it’s been cancelled so it certainly won’t be back.
A romantic comedy, Bent revolves around the relationship of a divorced no-nonsense lawyer (Amanda Peet) and the irresponsible womanizing contractor (David Walton) that she reluctantly hires to renovate her kitchen. Others in the cast include Joey King, Margo Harshman, Jeffrey Tambor, J.B. Smoove, Jesse Plemons, and Pasha D. Lychnikoff.
NBC held Bent until late in the season (never a good sign) and ran the six episodes in hour blocks over the course of three weeks.
The belief was that, by airing two episodes together, they would have a better chance of hooking an audience.
It’s hard to know if that strategy worked to any degree but the ratings were terrible. The show aired opposite other popular shows on Wednesday nights and debuted to a 1.0 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 2.75 million total viewers. It was fourth place in its timeslot. The second installment dropped 20% to a 0.8 rating with 2.38 million.
The next two weeks saw a low of 0.7 in the demo with 1.93 million. With those numbers, there was just no way that NBC was going to bring it back for a second season.
On our NBC Ratings Report Card, which measures the relative demo performance of TV shows on the network, Bent has an “D-” grade. It’s the lowest-rated sitcom that the NBC aired this season.
What do you think? Do you think Bent is a better show than what the ratings seem to indicate? Would you like to have seen it return for a second season?
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just discovered this hilarious show! wish it was staying.
I miss this show!!! It was so good, Please….any other network…..pick up this show!!!
Who in their right mind canceles a show this good after only 6 episodes? Are you kidding me!?!? Who in God’s name is in charge of what shows NBC keeps or scraps because he/she/it(most likely) is an old, dust filled, spiteful little goblin( for the sake of lazyness I’ll call him/her/it Kreacher) who’s been so traumatised by the fact that kids made fun of him from kindergarden through middleschool (where he probably quit public education), that whenever someone uses the slightest hint of sarcasm arround him, he starts reliving the past traumatic experiences of kids laughing, atomic wedgies and embarassing… Read more »
Just found it on Hulu and loved it. I thought it was a well rounded show. How disappointing to find it’s cancelled.
Bring it back! Just watched on hulu had no idea it was a show until today. NBC should of promoted better.
I really really enjoyed this show it was fantastic. Whoever decided to cancel this show was off their rocker! Show is great PLEASE BRING IT BACK!!!!!!!
i really hope they change their minds and bring back this show it’s so cute!
Yes BENT is the best so sad to find out it was cancelled – I WISH THEY WOULD BRING IT BACK 😀 !!!
I just discovered Bent and loved it! Can’t believe they didn’t do a better job with PR on this to really give it a chance.
Oh, it was so clever. Blame your
P.R. department, NBC. No one knew it was on. And, it was a winner.
This show was extremely good me and my sister loved it!!!!! NBC should NO HAS to bring it back!! From a long day at school it’s all I look forward to at the end of the day it always made me laugh and cheered me up no matter how bad my mood was.
I wished the show would have went on it was so funny
Bent was a great show! It was funny, offbeat and fast. I loved it and would love to see it renewed. I can’t believe you chose to cancel this show.
NBC has other sitcoms?
the show was really good! bring it back!!!