In its pursuit to find shows with better ratings, CBS has cancelled Friends with Better Lives, the new Monday night sitcom.
Friends with Better Lives follows the lives of six young people who are at various stages of their lives — married, divorced, newly engaged, and single — with each wondering if the others have it better. The cast includes Majandra Delfino, Kevin Connolly, Brooklyn Decker, Rick Donald, Zoe Lister-Jones, and James Van Der Beek.
This new sitcom debuted at the end of March, following the series finale of How I Met Your Mother. Not surprisingly, it drew solid ratings.
Unfortunately, when Friends with Better Lives returned in its regular timeslot a couple weeks later, viewership dropped more than 25%.
The ratings dropped lower after that and the most recent installment hit a series low with a 1.6 rating in the 18-49 demograpjic with 4.92 million viewers. For CBS, that just won’t cut it.
The network ordered 13 episodes of the sitcom and five have aired so far. Two more are still on the schedule so it’s unclear right now if the network will end up releasing the rest.
What do you think? Do you think that CBS should have cancelled Friends with Better Lives or renewed it for a second season instead? Will you keep watching?
Please don’t cancel this show!! The ratings may be down because of the Stanley cup finals etc. Give it a chance…. LOVE IT!!! RE-NEW IT!! Hell…. they kept two and a half men after all that drama!
Damn! Don’t cancel it!
It’s a great show!
Love it, pleeeease do not cut it!
Wow i’m shocked. If one show would have grown an audience this is it. Since they’re taking the hatchet to their #1 daytime show this is no surprise.
Damn!! Dont do it… Story is just getting started..!!! its a hilarious show.. Please let them continue.. it has potenstial to go bigger than HIMYM
This show is so funny, I don’t even know why it would be cancelled. Please let it come back.
Honestly. I don’t know why I bother. Every time I actually start to like and get into a new good comedy these days it gets cancelled. It’s annoying. Why do they bother throwing money and effort into a show if they don’t even give it a chance. Then shows like ‘hot in Cleveland’ or ‘keeping up with the kardashians’ will run forever.
I AM SO UPSET! I cannot believe this is cancelled. I just found out when I was bragging about how funny it is and how it’s our favorite new show! What are they thinking????
I AM SO UPSET CBS CANCELLED FWBL!!!!!
I DO NOT SEE HOW CBS CANCELLED A FUNNY NEW HIT SERIES
SINCE HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER ENDED!!!!
AND CBS STILL AIRS THE PRICE IS RIGHT OR THAT TRAILER TRASH SHOW
BIG BROTHER!!!!!
I WILL STOP WATCHING CBS IF THIS SHOW STAYS CANCELLED!!!!
This show is absolutely hilarious! It needs to come back for another season! It’s a great show!!!
I enjoyed the show. The only one I have picked out that my boyfriend likes to watch with me. Please bring it back!
Love this show, don’t cancel it!
I think this is the BEST show on TV. The writers are great. The topics and senerios these people get into are just too funny. I tried to DVR it and could not find it. Maybe that is why the ratings are so low, because the show is GREAT. Everyone I know that has seen it Loves it. I hope it stays. If it does it will definately catch on.
Seem to be experimenting with some technical differences.”Ow! My Balls! Oh! NO! Oh!No Oh! No !” They’ve cancel everything but the Reality show, so I colored my hair this morning, and tonight all i got is my highlights 2 watch. Beavis and Butt-Head Idea,“Reality”shows is combining “Jack Ass and Wrestling” in a blender, and leave the top off. Reality bacteria – they’re the only culture some people have. I cannot sing, dance or act; what else would I be, uh! duh! Reality star!!!!. Interrupt this program for late breaking news!!! Beavis and Butt-Head has hijack the Networks!!! (hehehehe) They had… Read more »
Save this show!Ilove it!!!!!
I like it.