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?
Great show !Bring it back !
Plz bring back this fantastic comedy! I frigging love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Laughed so much! Bring it back!!!
bring it back….Great show….laughed a lot….
Great….bring it back….never laughed so much
Please bring it back…never laughed so much…GREAT…
I liked FWBL. Cbs execs are idiots. The cast had several known actors with a solid fan base. They had great comedic chemistry…These execs dont give the viewers a chance to warm up to a show b4 they axe it!!
Mom & the millers are both funny so i get why they were renewed. Maybe FWBL needed a new writing team..why throw the baby out with the bath water??The crazy ones wasn’t that funny so I’m fine it’s cancelled.
I really thought this was the “new” friends! I loved each of the characters and they were all so different. I just found out it was canceled because I couldn’t find it on my guide!
Please bring back this show. It was good. CBS you got it wrong once again.
I really LOVE the show. So disappointed. A hysterical show,…. bites the dust.
the folks at cbs are idiots they don,t know a gret show if it slaps them in the face.I for one will always be a fan of friends with better lives.
I have cosign your comment. CBS executive must be drinking when they canceled this show. SMDH.
Wow! I’m not much of a sitcom fan and I don’t watch any except for 1 or 2 and then I see this funny show and loved it. I thought it was awesome. Bring it back CBS!!
I loved FWBL! Great cast. Very, very funny! Sad it is cancelled. Bring it back…i am having withdrawls.
I hope they bring it back great show great cast!
great show much better then some of CBS other shows.