During the summer months, networks understand that viewership is typically lower than usual. As such, it’s pretty rare for a summer series to be pulled prematurely. For this, and obvious reasons, Creature Comforts is a rare breed.
A version of Creature Comforts was first seen as a 1989 animated short film made in Britain. It featured a group of anmals talking about their life in the zoo. It became a TV series in 2003 in the U.K. A U.S. version debuted on June 4th on CBS and featured animal characters being voiced by everyday people. All of these versions were produced by Aardman Animations who are best known for the Wallace and Gromit films.
The claymation Creature Comforts series debuted to 6.3 million and slipped to 4.5 million the second week. Only 4.3 million watched the third episode and, as a result, CBS has pulled Creature Comforts. Repeats of The New Adventures of Old Christine will fill the Monday at 8pm timeslot for the immediate future.
It’s unknown if the four remaining unaired episodes will see the light of day. It’s possible that they may be made available on the CBS site where two episodes currently reside. 
It’s a shame that an innovative, entertaining show is pulled because the network feels too few of us are watching. Then they put reruns on as if they think the ratings will go up. One more reason to not turn the tv on.
It is a shame to see Creature Comforts go… I found the show by accident one night, but thought it was hysterical, and told everyone I know about it. Like others, they have tuned in to see it, but were disappointed to find out it wasn’t on. Creature Comforts was a breath of fresh air to all of the dating and game reality shows that all networks seem to play nowadays. I find it hard to believe reruns of The New Adventures of Old Christine will attract more than the 4.3 million viewers that the last episode of Creature Comforts… Read more »
Finally a show that was suitable for the entire family and it gets pulled? Good grief! Grrr.
Sad. Very sad. Creature Comforts was a funny and creative alternative to the crap that is currently on. The world doesn’t need more Old Christine, it needs more new Creature Comforts!
I, too, had a feeling that this show would not last. It was too good, too clever, too wonderful… I wrote to CBS after the first episode to rave about the show and asking them to give it a chance, and I then wrote an e-mail to my friends and family. We even got a group of people together to convince them that it was so worth it. A pox on CBS…damn.
Patty
Creature Comforts was the best, most original show to be seen on TV in years. Everyone I know who watched it thought it was hilarious. PLEASE…bring it back.
Loved “Creature Comforts.” What a hoot !! It’s the only show on TV that is really funny , and in a very unique way. My friends and I were all settled down to watch the next episode on Monday when , much to our disappointment, there was a rerun of some idiotic sitcom. PLEASE show the reamining episodes.
Finally something different and you had to pull it. If you would have only waited a while. I have told so many people about the show and when they tuned in on Monday it was gone. Hmmm maybe the viewership would have gone up as more people heard about Creature Comforts.
Finally something different and you had to pull it. If you would have only waited a while. I have told so many people about the show and when they tuned in on Monday it was gone. Hmmm maybe the viewership would have gone up as more people heard about Creature Comforts.
Some how I knew this would happen. A fresh show that was a bit on the edge. Not for Children and should have been advertised that way.
Sorry to see it go, I loved it.
Please run the last few episodes of Creature Comforts for the few million of us that did watch the show. I told my entire family to watch it this past Monday because it is laugh-out-loud funny and we were all disappointed when it wasn’t on.
ARGH!! WTF!!!!!!!!!!!
How disappointing that you cancelled Creature Comforts, the only show on CBS I watched. Now I won’t be watching CBS at all.
Bring Creature Comforts back! Right now! I look forward to watching it on Mondays and I was livid when I saw the New Adventures of Old Christine. My routine–get home at 5:30, exercise, shower, pop a bag of popcorn, and WATCH Creature Comoforts! You messed up my routine. Please bring it back! I think it’s hilarious and for a change–I get the jokes. The different dialects and expressions–they are so funny. Please bring it back.
I’m getting pretty tired of networks jerking shows off when they don’t pull 100 million viewers right off the bat. Give us a chance to get used to when the show is coming on, for pete’s sake. I actually arranged my life on Mon. night to catch this really cute show. I would watch “Old Christine” only with a gun to my grandchild’s head. This is why I have pared my TV watching down to about 3 hours a week. Bottom line is money, not what people want.