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The Peacock network is making an abrupt change to its Friday night schedule. NBC has pulled the Home Sweet Home series effective immediately. For the immediate future, new episodes of The Wall will fill the Fridays at 8:00 PM timeslot.
A family social experiment series, the Home Sweet Home TV show was created by Ava DuVernay. Episodes pull back the curtain on families from varying backgrounds who lead very different lives. These families learn what it is like to walk a mile in another person’s shoes, challenging racial, religious, economic, geographic, gender, and identity assumptions. Participants exchange homes for a week and experience the lives of those who are unlike them. At the end of each episode, the two families reunite to communicate and share their eye-opening experiences.
The show debuted on October 15th and four episodes have aired thus far. To date, the first season has averaged a 0.19 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 1.35 million viewers in the live+same day ratings. In the live+7 day ratings, the show’s numbers didn’t get much better, averaging just a 0.21 in the demo and 1.52 million with delayed viewing added in. It’s the peacock’s lowest-rated series of the season.
Home Sweet Home hasn’t been officially cancelled and NBC may get around to airing the remaining episodes at some point. (*See update below.) That said, it’s highly unlikely that the network will be ordering a second season.
Hosted by Chris Hardwick, The Wall will be resuming its fourth season and NBC is believed to have four unaired episodes. The network reportedly ordered 20 installments and 16 aired during the 2020-21 season. The game show has yet to be renewed for a fifth year.
What do you think? Are you sorry to hear that Home Sweet Home has been pulled from the schedule? Are you hoping that it returns to NBC someday?
*11/12/2021 Update: New episodes are being released on the Peacock streaming service so it’s not expected that NBC will air them. That said, perhaps Peacock will renew the show.
I loved Home Sweet Home! The Wall is really bad! Get the show back and take some of the crappie shows off,like all the shows with shooting!!!!!
Disappointed!, Home Sweet Home is an excellent show about real people and differences. OMG. Quality shows don’t stand a chance.
I’m both furious & disappointed this wonderful show was pulled.I looked high & low for it
& thought it was just a one week situation. I hope it goes to Netflix or Hulu if NBC doesn’t see the quality Home Sweet Home offered.
Home Sweet Home was great The Wall sucks it’s a stupid show bring Home Sweet home back
This was a breakthrough great show and I hate that it was pulled. Ana du Vernay is a brilliant Director and this show should be reinstated PLEASE!
In this season of ever-increasing diversity challenges, I am very disappointed that this show which embraces opportunities for families from various backgrounds and walks of life to have this unique exchange experience. From what I observed, each family benefited from their walk in others’ shoes. It is my hope that the remaining episodes of the season will be aired.
Put home sweet home back on!! NBC SUCKS…….
This is another casualty of the reality she was costing a lot less than hiring actors to do comedy or drama TV shows. Networks only care about saving costs and actually putting stuff on TV that people really want to watch.
Why cancel such a good show? These networks suck!!!!! Show the remaining shows NOW
I really enjoyed this show and I am disappointed that NBC has pulled it. I hope they air the remaining episodes!
So upset. I a new widow from Covid19 enjoyed this sweet show just so mad at NBC it was a fun light hearted show what our country needs.
Why cancel such an interesting show? I suggest you look at the people making cancelling decisions. This series was one of your best ones. To bad.
I am very sorry such a clever show has been cancelled before it ever had a chance.
This is why I stop watching NBC because every time there’s a good show…NBC cancel it ( Midnight, TX and Manifest). So sick of it…thank the TV gods for Netflix and Prime.
NBC you are CANCELLED!!!!
CBS network isn’t any better unfortunately they’re the only ones that have a real comedy shows on these days. How bad that they really are. Trying to one up Work for all our comedy needs even though the structure of the comedy producers executives are horrifying bad.
I liked the show. Sick of all the game shows