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?
I would definitely watch this show EVERY season!!! Best show ever. Will be so upset if it gets cancelled.
Renew please! We just discovered it and it’s great! Would like to see season one, but where? Better than any other ‘reality’ series on TV. Fun and life affirming.
Please renew! It’s a great show!
More seasons please.
I love the show!! Yes to more seasons PLEASE!!
I Love all of the shows that have been aired. Keep them coming .I laugh my *** off Great show
started watching this show late, after the season was over and then had to binge watch it because it was so good. I can’t tell you how many times I was sitting in my chair laughing out loud! Please let there be a season 3.
i love these guys and this show!!!! didn’t know who three of them were but cant wait to see more and i would gladly pay for the set of dvd’s if i could find them!!!
Love these adventures! Please RENEW! These guys are hilarious!
Def Renew! My fave show love it!!
Omg!! Love this show and Love these actors!! One of the best shows on!! My husband laughs so hard he cries. Renew, Renew!!
This series can be better, little bit more reality
We didn’t know it was on either. When we found it we downloaded the previous episodes off demand and set future episodes to record.
Please please renew! We really enjoy the groups antics but also enjoy learning some of the culture in places they visit.
RENEW!!
We are eagerly waiting for season 3. This is the best show on TV.
Yes definitely want more. They are so fun to watch.