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 please do not cancel this show!!! one of the few shows on TV today that we look forward to!!!!
It’s great!!! Please bring it back!!!!
please recover it!!!I love this show!!!!
i definitely love this show and all the roles, this is awesome~super love the bitchy jokes~hahaha
Great show. Actually funny as most sitcoms are not that funny. An adult comedy is great as there not to many of those
I could not believe when I heard this show was being cancelled. It is one of the funniest new shows I have seen in years. I love the entire cast – the writing is outstanding – and it is one of the few shows I was really looking forward to watching each week. I do wish they would rethink this very poor choice.
Love this show Cbs should let it ride a yr and build some ratings.
CBS cannot cancel this show!!! This show is so hilarious…CBS would be making a HUGE mistake if they stopped airing this show!! Friends With Better Lives has me laughing non-stop and should be given more than five episodes to establish a loyal viewership! #SaveFWBL!!!
our family loves this show. please keep it airing, and more seasons
Noooo! We love this show!!!!
Really love this show, it’s hilarious !
Love this show!! It’s hilarious! My wife & I fell in love with it after the first episode. Wish they would give it at least one more season to see how it does, or hell, at least let it finish the first season before making a decision. Deciding to cancel a sitcom after five episodes is ridiculous. Let the word get out. It reminds me some of the ‘Friends’ dynamic, & I still love that show. It was on for what, eleven seasons? You have to have a chance to get to know the characters to relate.
This show is hilarious… We absolutely love it: CBS needs to re-think this.
love the show cbs should not cancel
My husband & I love this show!! We find ourselves laughing ouloud together. Please give it another shot!!!