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An NBC reality TV series, Better Late Than Never follows Henry Winkler, William Shatner, Terry Bradshaw, and George Foreman as they travel the world, with both help and misdirection from tech-savvy comedian, Jeff Dye. In the second season, the celebrities journey to Munich, Berlin, Lithuania, Sweden, Barcelona, Madrid, and Morocco. There, they’ll meet up with dozens of natives and guest stars including David Hasselhoff and Al Roker, as well as Björn Ulvaeus, of ABBA.
In its first season, Better Late Than Never aired over the Summer of 2016 and averaged a 1.58 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 7.31 million viewers. Those were pretty healthy numbers, especially for a summer series.
This time around, NBC decided to order twice as many episodes and aired them around the holidays and as filler leading up to the Winter Olympics. That scheduling didn’t work out too well for the boys and the ratings have seen a big drop. Compared to the first season, season two is averaging a 0.89 demo rating with 4.75 million. That’s down by 44% and 35%, respectively. It’s currently one of the network’s lowest-rated shows of the 2017-18 season.
It’s unclear if NBC will cancel or renew Better Late Than Never for a third season but the numbers aren’t looking good. What is clear is that a healthy percentage of the first season’s audience isn’t watching the show on Monday nights (our readers seem to still love it).
What do you think? Are you still watching this NBC series? Would you like to see a third season of Better Late Than Never or, do you think the series should be cancelled instead?
RENEW RENEW RENEW!! I think people did not know it was on. We finely found it in the middle. Had to catch up on Hulu. My whole family watches together.
Love this series. It’s funny, informative and the perfect cast. Please renew for season three.
Renew, renew, renew!!!!
I really enjoyed the show. The cast is great and funny. I hope they will be back for a third season.
The best entertainment on TV
I and my family would certainly watch another season of “Better Late Than Never”
My whole family love this show.I have never laughed so hard. We all look forward to it each week. SO,PLEASE RENEW IT.
I LOVE the show, please don’t cancel the 3rd season. Everyone I’ve talked to that has watched it loves it, they keep me laughing and crying all at once!!! #keepthemforseason3
I sure do hope they renew Better Late Than Never, just Love this show can’t remember when I laughed so hard. Please renew the show
I have watched both seasons. The first was a lot funnier. Feel they have gone overboard with Bradshaw’s nudity. Not funny anymore. I would watch another season though.
I love that show
Love this show. Please keep us laughing.
I hope that it is renewed. We have watched every episode and laugh thru each. I would hate for it to be cancelled! Please renew!! We all need a good laugh once in a while and this show definitely delivers.
I love the show, seeing the show being canceled would be terrible.
Here what I think the big problem is, putting the show during ABC’s “The Bachelor”
This is the funniest reality show I had ever seen.
I have never laughed so hard thru an entire tv show before. BLTN is hilarious. It is refreshing. I would watch another season as long as format does not change, or as long as co stars do not change. Simply put I love the show. Cange your demographics, gear toward the 50 plus age group. After all the costars are in this age group. They are the ones that can relate to these guys and their humor. I am 65. Too funny
We love this show! What a fun idea for a reality show. Keeps us laughing! Please renew !!!
I’m well under 60 and love this show. It was good clean fun. So I wouldn’t change a thing NBC.
I’m 30 and I absolutely love this show!!!