ABC has some successful sitcoms on their Wednesday night schedule. Unfortunately, Better with You wasn’t popular enough for the network. The comedy has been cancelled after one season on the air.
Better with You revolves around the Putney family and their significant others. Maddie and Ben have been happily dating for a long time and aren’t in a rush to get married. They begin to question their choice when Maddie’s sister gets pregnant by her new boyfriend and they announce their plans for nuptials. The girls’ parents approve of the idea, having taken on a carpe diem approach to life. The sitcom stars Debra Jo Rupp, Jake Lacy, Jennifer Finnigan, Joanna Garcia, Josh Cooke, and Kurt Fuller.
The TV series debuted back in September to a 2.5 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 7.86 million viewers. In week two, the ratings slide to a 2.2 rating and 6.99 million. Those aren’t terrible numbers but they aren’t great either, especially considering the series was sandwiched between two already established sitcoms, The Middle and Modern Family. Both of those consistently performed much better so it would seem that some viewers were making a conscious to tune out when Better with You came on.
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The ratings for Better with You slowly declined over the course of the season, hitting a season low a couple weeks ago with a 1.5 demo rating and 4.64 million viewers. While the sitcom now airs up against American Idol, The Middle does too, has a tougher timeslot, and performs significantly better.
With ABC considering starting a second night of comedy, Better with You was on the bubble for a potential renewal. ABC has now decided to cancel it, likely believing that they can get better ratings with a new sitcom.
All 22 episodes have aired and the series finale, “Better with Baby,” aired a few nights ago.
What do you think? Are you sorry that better with You isn’t getting a second season? Why do you think the sitcom didn’t attract a bigger audience?
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The decision to cancel sucked. I’m no network exec so I can’t really judge on if it was feasible to keep the show going, but I know I really enjoyed it. And I’m sad to see it wasn’t going to resume.
Please, make this show come back. I miss every part of the entire episodes. Not sexually abused nor violent but still fun!! Season 2 should be on.
haaaa this is warck better with you is the best movie have ever watched and trust me have watched a lot
this show was better than modern family abc needs to cancell blackishand bring this back (if the cast all agrees)
Dear abc please cancel nashville and motive coz’ they both suck and bring back better with you. P.S I also think mistresses is a waste of alyssa milano’s talent
This was a show worth watching. Better than the most shows out there. After How I met your Mother, this was what kept me connected to a series. It had a story, awesome casts, jokes were funny ( they were actually funny and they were not related to sex). It could have been so much better. I hope they come back. Hopefully with the same casts (they are amazing).
Man why did you guys do that? That was such a great show. I’m sorry but abc you just lost a really great show. People might not have the time to rate it, in the network but they probably have time to watch the show, so just get the show back.
Love the show! The title didn’t interest me at first. I thought it was just some romance drama series, but once I saw it, OMG I love it!!! Please don’t cancel it. It should be great sitcom like Friends series. 😀