Mike & Molly will end its run on CBS during the second half of this television season. With a 13-episode order for season six, fans will not see a seventh season.
Fans were shocked by the news of the comedy’s cancellation. The show is a fan favorite, but there are new details about the reasons behind Mike & Molly’s quick cancellation before the series even premieres season six on CBS.
Ken Levine, a veteran sitcom writer, went to his blog to share his thoughts on the cancellation of Mike & Molly recently, and he laid the facts of the situation out on the virtual television table.
He said:
MIKE & MOLLY has performed reasonably well wherever CBS has put it. And its star, Melissa McCarthy has become a legitimate movie star. You would think for that reason alone CBS would be thrilled. They’ve captured lightening in a bottle. And yet, in fairness, it’s not like McCarthy’s rise to stardom has kicked MIKE & MOLLY to a new level of popularity. It hasn’t. Neither did THE OFFICE’S ratings suddenly skyrocket when Steve Carell got hot in films.
A big consideration is economics, especially in MIKE & MOLLY’S case. Everyone initially signs a six-year deal. The six years will be up this season. This is when having a movie star as your lead becomes not such a good thing. License fees (how much the network will pay for each episode) are usually determined in advance and then putting together your cast and production crew is like an NBA franchise building a team under the salary cap. Sometimes the costs are just too prohibitive.
And still another factor – MIKE & MOLLY is not owned by CBS. It’s a Warner Brothers show. CBS has nothing to gain longterm by MIKE & MOLLY’S success. So it’s now the ugly stepchild with a foot missing.
Fans of Mike & Molly and the cast were definitely surprised by CBS pulling the plug on this series. Would you want to see this show find new life on another network? Tell us what you think.
please save the show, my husband and I will even watch it on netflex, any station. this is our favorite show. there are so many story’s they could do
Unbelievable! Mike and Molly is the best sitcom on TV these days. They harkin back to a level of comedy that has not been reached since the 70’s and early 80’s. In my home we are over 50 and love this show, we also watch it in reruns every night and still laugh. Television suffers a great loss without this exceptional show!
Mike and Molly is one of the funniest shows on TV. I really wish it would be picked up by another network.
Mike and Molly is my wife and my favorite sitcom. We would love to see it on another station.
There aren’t that many good shows to watch on TV now and you are now getting rid of another one, 🙁 Bad Judge was another good one…and then u keep the moronic shows like big bang on…very very disappointed!
When you think about how many shows get cancelled because of low viewership, then you have one that is successful and its get cancelled at what one could argue is at the height of its popularity, is crazy. Bad idea CBS. It was a really funny show.
I would watch it on any channel. Watch reruns each day and still laugh. So much crap and reality shows. Mike and Molly is a true gem
I’d follow this show to ANY channel! There are so many crap sitcoms on now, I can not believe they’re letting this one go!!
Yes, we would love to see more “Mike and Molly”
Yes PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE put it on a network that appreciates the BEST show & BEST writers & cast on TV since M*A*S*H!!!
I’d like to see NetFlix take Mike & Molly. That way all of the garbage network politics will be bypassed
Yes! I love Mike and Molly! I want to see it continue, even with s shorter season so Melissa can
Make films. So many great characters on that show! Mike’s mom and Nana are the best! Don’t stop now!
Mike and Molly is a very funny program. Looked forward to this program every week. Take some of the other garbage like 2 broke girls off the air. Nothing but sexual with that show.
I look so forward to watching Mike & Molly am really sorry to see them come to the End ,I will MISS Not getting my nightly Laughs, they did a Wonderful Wonderful job at making all of us laugh and cry.
Loved this show watched it every week. CBS should of gotten rid of some of the garbage shows (3CSI’s) and kept Mike and Molly.
Mike and Molly has a fan base that would follow it anywhere !