There won’t be a second season for the pals on NBC’s Friends with Benefits. The network has cancelled the sitcom after one season on the air.
Friends with Benefits revolves around a group of young Chicago friends. Their relationships are complicated to say the least as they try to find the perfect match for themselves and their friends. The sitcom stars Ryan Hansen, Danneel Ackles, Jessica Lucas, Zach Cregger, and Andre Holland.
Originally slated for mid-season 2010-11, the premiere was delayed until August 2011. It was pretty clear that the network didn’t see a future for the series as they burned episodes off two at a time during a summer run.
Friends with Benefits debuted on August 5th to a poor 0.7 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 2.34 million total viewers. The numbers got worse as the weeks progressed and hit a low of a 0.5 demo rating with just 1.54 million viewers.
The peacock network had one leftover episode by the time the regular 2011-12 season began and they never got around to airing the last episode. Episode 13, titled “The Benefit of Full Disclosure,” was later made available online via iTunes, Amazon and Netflix. It was the second episode directed by The Wonder Years vet Fred Savage.
To no surprise, NBC has cancelled Friends with Benefits so we’ll never find out if the friends ever found their own “happily ever afters.”
What do you think? Did you enjoy this NBC sitcom? Do you think it would have done better and have been renewed if it had aired during the regular season?
The last episode I saw the main guy was involved with a sexual harassment punishment for being to flirty with a below average looking co-worker and after watching several episodes I could see he wasn’t lying being wrongly accused. The WTF moment for me was when he said, “If I was going to sexually harass anyone she would be way hotter.” That got him a dismissal but also sympathy from all his friends and this made me lose respect for every cast member that was in his corner and I realized, “Who the **** is writing this. No wonder they… Read more »
This series was so good, I am not sure why the ratings were so low. It was beyond funy!!
i love the sticom. its sad for me to hear that theres no season 2.
I definitely think they should air a second season. This was such a good show and I’m so sad there’s no second one.
Please bring it back it the best
I just found the show on Netflix and I reeeaaally like it…. when i did some research i found out that their is no season 2 – I am soooo sad. I would be so happy if there will be a new season released 🙂
Please bring it back!
It’s better than many other show, it makes me laugh too.
Have been just watched it for the last 3 days love the show can’t believe there was no more seasons they should really bring it back
That was a really good series and I’m so sad it never got a season 2. I wanna know what happened to Aaron, if he ever got a chance with Riley and if Ben and Sara are gonna be together or not. This is a really good tv series to just watch and laugh. I loved it. It was funny, creative and I miss it! Please go back and make more seasons!!!
Oh it was terrible – ridden with plot wholes and overacting, but Ryan Hansen is so incredibly hot I watched and hoped for casual nudity. The show also lacked any proper sex scenes – sadly I watched all 13 episodes until I figured that one out.
I had been looking for a new Netflix show to watch for a while. I had finally found “Friends with Benefits”, and had binged watched it all day! It was exactly what I was looking for. It wasn’t until I finished episode 13 when I realized that was the last one! I’m so angry it got cancelled:(
this is stupid, don’t you think some people actually liked the show and want to see more of it ? like wtf just because you didn’t like it or didn’t see a future for it doesn’t mean others feel the same way about the show as you . YOU GUYS SHOULD BRJNG BACK THE SHOW FRFR !!!!!!
I wud love to see them come back with season 2
I will love to see second season please come back