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?
Save this show!Ilove it!!!!!
PLEASE DO NOT CANCEL THIS SHOW. I DO NOT NORMALLY WATCH CBS BUT STARTED TO BECAUSE OF THIS SHOW.
IF SHOW IS CANCELLED I WILL NOT EVER INVEST MY TIME TO WATCH ANY SERIES CBS AIRS.
Don’t cancel this show!!! FWBL is so funny!!
Nonsense to cancel this show. This had potential to be a huge hit. You can’t give something a few episodes. Needed better promotion. I just stumbled upon it. Never knew about it. Horrible job by CBS.
Please don’t cancel this show. It is so funny. The characters are great. It is the only thing on in the summer.
CBS never give shows a chance. 5 Episodes and you make a decision to cancel. I hope this show ends up on another newtwork.
This show is/was very funny.
Once again Trashy Shows like Big Brother prevail…I’m very disappointed that #FWBL was pulled without being given a chance
Please don’t cancel this show, OK? I love these characters.
You need to save this show. I have not seen a show with a cast that has that much chemistry in a long time. Give it a second chance it will be a hit!
This show is so funny! Dont cancel! I will be so upset if this show doesnt come back. Look forward to it every monday.
Save this show it’s my favorite so funny
Do not cancel this show. This is the best sitcom to air since Friends. CBS is making a huge mistake by canceling.
It would be an even bigger mistake if another network doesn’t snatch this one up if they let it go.
Don’t cancel…we just started watching it…it is hilarious…how can you expect a show to do well in just few short weeks. Is the networks forgetting that everyone has several hundred channels to choose? Or that we can DVR so many channels at a time….so we rely on demand to catch those shows we are interested in catching later….
Exactly!
I started to really like the show, hope it returns!!
I was very upset when I heard fwbl was cancelled. I just told a few friends to start watching it because I think it is great. CBS did not give this show a chance. The cast is amazing, and I actually laugh out loud when watching. What can we do to get the show renewed!!!
Save this show!! I look forward to watching this show every week.