Last May, CBS announced a bold move, to take their hit The Big Bang Theory off of the Monday night schedule and shift it to Thursdays, to take on NBC’s traditional night of comedy. In its place, the programmers put another show co-created by Chuck Lorre, the creator of Two and a Half Men. On paper, it sounds like a brilliant move. Now that the Mike & Molly’s premiered, how do things look?
Mike & Molly follows Officer Mike Biggs (Billy Gardell) and Molly Flynn (Melissa McCarthy), a fourth grade teacher. They meet at an Overeaters Anonymous meeting and soon fall for one another. Others in the cast are Reno Wilson, Nyambi Nyambi, Katy Mixon, and Swoosie Kurtz.
The new sitcom debuted to a 3.9 rating in the prized 18-49 demographic and 12.2 million total viewers. That was enough to tie with NBC’s The Event for second place in the demo and have the second most number of viewers.
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Historically, the CBS sitcoms who get the post-Two and a Half Men timeslot have done very well. CBS has high expectations however and has ended up cancelling several sitcoms that performed okay on this night. While the sitcom has good initial numbers, it’s not a positive sign that Mike & Molly lost 20% of the lead-in’s demo audience. Last year, Big Bang Theory was building on the lead-in and frequently outperformed Men in the demo.
There was a loss of about 7% of the audience midway through the Mike & Molly first episode so its seems likely those people won’t be back next week. It remains to be seen how many people will. This is a show whose fate will likely be decided over the next several weeks. Right now, things could go either way. Some critics and viewers have wondered how long it will be before the show runs out of material.
What do you think? Is Mike & Molly worth watching? Did you find the fat jokes offensive? Would you cancel or keep it?
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My husband I look forward to Monday nights, because our favorite show Mike & Molly. We laugh so hard. Please don’t cancel it.
I like the show. If it got cancelled, it wouldn’t matter to me, but since it’s on now, I might as well watch it. So keep it for now.
cancel this show asap, need something more refreshing
Mike and Molly is a great concept, and I live in Chicago area so appreciate the geography of it. There’s a lot of humor to be had, but they’ll be better off (the writers) sticking with more humor, and less toilet.
I love mike and molly. Its a funny show. I hope they don’t cancel it
Love this show!! The two other guys are really funny too! I wish the sister would calm down a little. Please don’t cancel this show.
I love Mike & Molly. I would love to see it continue through their relationship and eventually get married and have kids. (I hope!)
Keep it. It is the only sitcom I watch. Great characters and funny lines!
Keep it. Its the funnyest show on tv right now. Iam sorry that i missed some of the shows. I even to the truble to set my alarme so i dount miss a show eny more.
Ok Mike & Molly is my favorite show! I love it!
It’s hilarious! Every episode soo far has been hilarious &
awesome! Love It! 🙂
I love Mike and Molly! The best comedy show to come out in years.
KEEP IT !!!! IT IS THE BEST SHOW ON T.V.
I love mike and molly show , it is exciting and funny to watch.
My husband and I love Mike and Molly and NOT because it’s a program about larger people. We love it because all of the actors deliver some of the funniest lines on television to perfection.
VERY SINCERELY
Please keep it, it makes watching Monday night tv worthwhile as I love two and half men too.