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?
LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS SHOW!!! The guys are soooooo funny. They make you laugh, they make you cry, they make you hit the rewind button and watch it again! Please don’t cancel it. I watch it with my daughter and my parents. All ages enjoy this show. One of the best ever!
I love this show and have also gotten four other friends watching it. I pray that it comes back for another season of laughs and smiles. It also is educational and makes me wish to travel to many of these places
I truly hope it is renewed. I love it. Didn’t know it was on in January so I’m binge watching it now. I’m at the end and I want more of these guys. PLEASE RENEW. Summer may be a better time to air.
Want to see this show for a third season! My family loves it!!
Me and my family absolutely love this series. They need to bring it back for a third season. Entertainment at it’s best. I don’t ever laugh this hard, so PLEASE bring it back
I love this series. Please, please, bring them back for a 3rd season! It’s nice to see some older actors cuttin’ up. The 1st 2 season were hilarious!!
To me, this is the best show on TV. Entertainment at it’s best. Bring it back for a third season, and more.
Would love to see the show come back on for a 3rd season….it.s a great show
Loved this show! Please renew for another season…these guys cracked me up during a time when being cracked up was much needed (still is–keep it coming!)
Please renew for season 3
It’s a great show and it was a great idea. I would definitely like to see a third season
YOU HAVE TO BRING THIS BACK!!! We laugh so hard we cry and double over. These OLD GUYS are so much fun to watch and we get to see parts of the world we could never otherwise see. It’s great!!
Please bring this very funny and amusing show. Definitely much better then most reality shows out there. Theae 4 guys are the best
You ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO BRING THIS BACK!! It is sooooo funny and they could go as many as 5 seasons. They are side-splitting hilarious!! We can travel the world with them!!!! PLEASE BRING IT BACK!!!!!!
Please bring back Better late than never….I LOVED every ninutr if that show.Nowadays we need shows like this one….us funny,entertaining,full of life,and you see something that is missing nowadays pure FRIENDSHIP.These guys a re hilarious but also they reminded us that life is awesome when you do what you love.
Please give us a third season they guys are hilarious on there adventures. Being an older fellow myself I would to go a trip withstood these guys. It would be a blast