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?
No wonder the ratings dropped. Wating two weeks to get it back on the air in another slot?? This is the best show I’ve seen in a very long time! Laugh so hard every time!! DONT CANCEL!! Look forward to it every week! Me and my husband.
Friends with better live will air 3 more episode guy no worrys
Please, save it!!!
I just found out tonight this show was cancelled and I can’t believe it. I haven’t watched a series regularly for a long time and my wife and I look forward to watching this every week. I hope someone else picks it up or CBS pulls their heads out of their…
This is the best show on tv. I ve told at least 20 co workers who weren’t currently watching the program and now they can’t stop talking about it. YOU CANT CANCEL THE SHOW!!!!!!!!!
renew!!!!!!!!!!!
This show was HILARIOUS. I laughed non stop every episode. They should pull Big Brother instead. ugh.
I really love this show. I wish they had better ways of tracking their viewers. So many great shows are getting cancelled so fast that I really think people love. Someone really needs to pick this show up. It’s a great cast and great characters.
CBS again. this network bites. My wife and I have been laughing are asses off at this show. The name sucks and should be changed. But canceling it is by far the wrong move
I love this show and I want Friends with Better Lives renew!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m getting pissed with the networks, every show I like gets cancelled.
Man, I just can’t understand why these idiot TV networks cancel shows so friggin’ fast. And it is not just CBS. All of the networks cancel their best new shows and keep the crap. This is one of the funniest shows I’ve seen in a while. It ticks me off when I finally find a good show and it is gone between 3-5 episodes. Oh but they will crank out yet a other CSI or NCIS. As if one wasn’t enough. Hey networks!!! A little advice from a simple guy not in the biz but with plenty of common sense.… Read more »
Please CBS or anyone else pick up this show! I agree with the sentiments above. My husband and I also love this show and were shocked to hear that CBS cancelled, as we think it is one of the funniest shows on the air right now. Please, please give it another shot. We dont need another singing or reality show on the air.
This is the funnies show I’ve ever watched in my life. I’ve have a ton of friends hooked on it. They are actually going back and watching previous episodes to catch up on what they have missed.
Give it a chance…your wanting it to fill a huge hit…in my opinion this show will be better than Friends if the writers can continue to come up with stories…you have a winner and you don’t know it…
i’m from saudi arabia and i actually love this awesome show
I love this show and I want Friends with Better Lives renew!!!!!!!!!!!