After two seasons on the air, CBS has pulled the plug on their Wednesday night sitcom, Gary Unmarried. The TV show won’t be back in the fall for season three.
Gary Unmarried revolves around a newly-divorced house-painter and dad, Gary Brooks (Jay Mohr), who’s readjusting to the single life. Others in the cast include Paula Marshall, Ryan Malgarini, Kathryn Newton, Keegan-Michael Key, and Brooke D’Orsay.
The sitcom debuted in September of 2008 to a mediocre 2.3 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 6.84 million viewers. The first season’s 20 episodes ended up averaging a 2.2 in the demo and 7.06 million viewers.
Those numbers put Gary Unmarried on the bubble for renewal. It ultimately escaped cancellation, likely because CBS co-produces the sitcom and decided to keep trying to make the Wednesday night comedy block work.
This season, the show’s ratings didn’t improve, averaging a 2.2 in the demo and 6.8 million viewers.
That wasn’t good enough to earn a renewal this time around and CBS has cancelled the series after 37 episodes. The network has also canned The New Adventures of Old Christine and Accidentally on Purpose.
What do you think? Are you sorry to hear that Gary Unmarried’s been cancelled, that there won’t be a third season?
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WHAAAAT??? I AM SO PISSED THAT THEY CANCELLED IT! THAT SHOW WAS THE BEST I HAVE EVER SEEN!! I REALLY HOPE THAT CBS COMES TO IT’S SENSES AND PUT THE SEASON 3 ON AIR!
Thank You!
I’m really love this show.. It’s always make me smile. So sad this show was cancelled. =(
I hate the show was canceled!! My wife and I watched it each Wednesday. It’s a shame, the writing was solid and his brother “Mitch” on the show this season was hilarious.
gary unmarried was one of the best shows on tv in years. more family oriented than most of the sitcoms.
I am not very happy that the show got canceled!!
**** this it’s a very good show
What a shame to discontinue such a funny show. Gary was the funniest show I seen come out in a very long time. Maybe it didn’t rate because it was surrounded by inadequit shows. Give it another try around “$#!t my dad says”. I’ll bet it makes it.
this is sad … it was a really funny show …
what a shame …. two reallllly funny shows gone. they were very well written and delivered. and didn’t rely on crude shock and awe. CBS needs to rethink things. maybe they should get rid of the bozo’s in scheduling/advertising who were not doing their jobs in getting the ratings the shows so deserved. anyone i know who’s watched these shows (all ages) loved them. the shows didn’t fail… CBS did. shame on them.
bring christine and gary back.. give me the funny.
Don’t they always cancel the best shows! Who in the heck is making these decisions, I still haven’t gotten over Reba being cancelled when it was #1 because it didn’t fit the demographics. Not everyone out there likes the fake reality shows
yet another good, funny show cancelled. Networks are placing too much focus on reality tv and forgetting about people who want to escape from “reality” and just have a few good laughs at the end of a long day. Who makes these decisions?
I have talked to several different people about “Gary Unmarried” being cancelled, and it didn’t go over well with any of them. Anyone that had seen the show LOVED IT. Why would you cancel something that worked. The writing was great, the comedic timing was right on, and it was really funny!! Sorry that CBS decided to cancel yet another good show that “they didn’t think was doing well”. Guess what…It was working!!! Your audience loved it, but CBS’s executives were too stupid to realize it.
Just watched Jay Mahr on Jay Leno, And realized I’m still upset about Gary Unmarried being pulled from the line-up! It was a great, lighthearted show. The comedy was well written and witty. Its a shame 🙁
Its really stupid…I love the show..
But dumm people need Sexy actors in show just to stare in them..They dont know the comedy..
God damn..
ANOTHER GOOD SHOW CANCELLED, ALONG WITH CHRISTINE, MEDIUM, GHOST WHISPERER, WHAT IS WRONG WITH CBS-ARE THEY NUTS?????
They are!