While today’s NBC infront presentation brought good news for fans of struggling shows like Heroes and Parks and Recreation. Those who enjoy Life weren’t so lucky.
Life revolves around detective Charlie Crews (Damian Lewis), a man who served a dozen years for murders that he didn’t commit. He lost all that was dear to him but survives thanks to his studies of Zen philosophy. He eventually rejoins the LAPD but is a very different man. Others in the cast include Sarah Shahi, Adam Arkin, Brent Sexton, Donal Logue, Brooke Langton, Robin Weigert, Jennifer Siebel, Victor Rivers, and Jessy Schram.
The NBC drama debuted in September 2007 to 10.15 million viewers and a 4.1/11 rating/share of the 18-49 demographic. Later episodes sank to a low of 5.72 million and a 2/6. If not for the writers strike, NBC would have cancelled Life after one year. The execs instead decided to give it another try and renewed the series for a second season.
Unfortunately, the next round of episodes didn’t perform any better than the first. NBC needs fewer shows next season because of their Jay Leno experiment but, even if they didn’t, Life wouldn’t be coming back with such poor ratings.
NBC’s co-chair, Ben Silverman, made it official today and confirmed that Life won’t be coming back next season. Thankfully, the last episode of the series gave viewers some closure and answers to ongoing questions. These days, that’s a luxury that few other shows are given.
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where do they get these ratings??? this was a GREAT show, and I was looking forward to the next season. Who didn’t like this?
Make more episodes come on now
I love this show please bring back
We absolutely loved the series Life. very few crime shows worth watching. I don’t understand why it cancelled. I’m guessing producers thought we needed another stupid dumb witted “comedy”.
or some nth version of the bachelor or some such drivel
Life is one of the best TV series on American TV. I too stumbled upon this via Netflix. Bring it back – great actors – Damian Lewis & Sarah Shahi are excellent. Give us more.
Oh…. One plus does equal one! Netflix please bring this show back.
Just completed the series on Netflix. A very quality television series. Excellent scripts and acting. 3 thumbs up if I had three from a 62 year old.
I found this show on Rabbit. I LOVE THIS SHOW!! C’Mon just one more season!! His conspiracy wall still needs more members of “the group”!! If i knew about this show back when it was playing i would have helped the ratings 🙁
Everything that is wonderful never last. My husband found the tv how on hulu. We really liked it. Im still watching it trying to make it last coz i dont want to finish watching it that soon. I hope you start this one again tho. More crimes to solve and much more intense plot twist.
I, too, discovered Life on Netflix and am so disappointed there are only 2 seasons. There are so many programs that intelligent adults enjoy that are chopped. I enjoy the Zen aspect and the dry humor. I want to know what happens next. Netflix, you can start it up again for awhile if you want. Please.
Yes, Please. Start this, Life and Suits and Longmire and Riselle and Isles again. We want good programs with a thinking and feeling person’s perspective
Yes,yes!!
I think Life is an excellent show – I’m so glad it’s on Netflix for binge watching. I believe that it could have done great for NBC if they had pushed it and put some promotion behind it. I didn’t even know it existed until it was over. Plus, at one point, they put it in the death zone of Friday night TV and then wondered why the ratings weren’t great. NBC killed what could have been an excellent and long-running show for them. These days, they’d’ve killed M*A*S*H after the first season…
So annoyed that there are only two seasons of this show. As a person that likes to enjoy and get something from a show I’m very disappointed. All the fans want to see the wall get finished
I am devestated to see that there is no season 3 of life. Damian Lewis is superb. The story lines are qwerky, D’s autistic behaviour as Crews is endearing funny and adictive. shame on you for axing such a great show ratings smatings, what happened to sponsoring and pushing for good tv, there is so much crap out there, you should laud the good and run with some of the loss leaders. i am really disappointed in you nbc
It is truly a tragedy that this show was cancelled. It was superb. I also found it on Netflix and was hoping for more. Such disappointment!
I love life! Found it on Netflix and why isn’t there a third season? So many unanswered questions like where is Rachel seybolt? Did Ted and Olivia hook up? Do crews & reece hook up ? Whyyyyyy did it end ?!?!
this was a good show, but probably didn’t have the sex and nudity in it that viewers like to see.
I have the dvd set both seasons. Cruz still has a lot of work left to do. And what about Ted and Olivia? How does Cruz get out of this? Does Mickey Rabourn get him out? Does Charlie and Danni get closer? All these questions and more NEED to be answered? You have a responsibility to the viewers. U.S.A. network, T.B.S. NBC, or any number of venues. We need answers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!…………