No season five for PJ and the guys. As expected, TBS has cancelled My Boys after four seasons on the air.
My Boys revolves around Chicago sports writer PJ Franklin (Jordana Spiro) and her close group of male friends. Castmembers include Jamie Kaler, Jim Gaffigan, Kellee Stewart, Kyle Howard, Michael Bunin, and Reid Scott.
It’s been suspected for awhile that TBS wasn’t going to bring the show back for a fifth season but the cable channel wouldn’t confirm it. Speculation was that TBS execs feared that, by admitting the show was ending without a true series finale, not as many viewers would tune in. As it is, an average of only 784,000 people tuned in to see the last two installments.
That decision ultimately cost Spiro and Howard jobs on new NBC shows, Love Bites and Perfect Couples. They were under contract to TBS and NBC wasn’t willing to risk having to recast and reshoot if the cable channel brought My Boys back. Jim Gaffigan left after last season to focus on his stand-up.
What do you think? Are you satisfied with the way My Boys ended? How would you wrap up the series?
Image courtesy TBS.
Good job TBS, you had one good show on your network and you cancelled it because you never bothered to advertise it. I got lucky and just happened to see an episode one day when I was bored and was hooked since then. I will now be taking TBS off my “favorites” list on my tv guide which for all practical purposes now means that your station does not exist.
That is sure WEAK what they did to the show and the cast, they are all great Actors and I have already seen many of them on other shows. God Bless them for doing the ones we sure enjoyed!
Frank
This is a big bummer. I have the first 3 seasons on DVD and watched them all the time. The big bummer is that you dont get the re-runs on TV really. You basically see the same episode twice in a week and then it doesnt get aired again. If you dont get to see it you can’t get into it. Personally, I’d prefer My Boys re-runs to the overabundance of Family Guy and The Office episodes. The did the same thing with fun shows like Rita Rocks and Bill Engvall. Id wind up having to catch them on On… Read more »
I could only watch the show online because I don’t have cable and I would forget to check to see when it comes back on. They didn’t advertise it like most people do. Oh well there wasn’t really anything else on TBS.
my favorite show in a long time. i’m bummed
It is such a shame that TBS did nothing to promote the show and then did nothing for the fans with a final farewell. I loved My Boys and looked forward to seeing how all the relationships grew especially PJ and Bobby (I still wasn’t so sure about Stephanie & Kenny).
So sad! I loved this show! I will miss all those guys! I love going to Chicago on weekends and it was sooooo Chicago. Bye guys I will be watching for you on other shows!
disappointed for sure. THis group had that kind of comfortable air of friends that really hadn’t been captured since… well, Friends. Can’t imagine where we’ll see these actors in any more likeable roles, but I’ll keep fingers crossed. Gotta see my girl, Jordanna somewhere on my screen each week!
I’m very saddened to hear that the show was cancelled. Now instead of watching a fun, smart show, we are left with unimaginative trash like Two and Half Men and the Family Guy. Shame on TBS.
OMG….I am soo upset! I LOVED this show! It was so real Pj was my kind of girl, sporty and not afraid to get dirty! ahhh this is so sad! I hate how Tv is going in a different direction these days. MY BOYS you will be missed and I hope I can see the cast on other NON tbs shows!!!
OMG…I am just finding out it was cancelled. I knew TBS brought it back randomly mid-season and I was waiting to get the email that new episodes had been released. *sigh* I loved My Boys…it completely made me love watching TV all over again.
carla I too was doing the same exact thing you were! Just thinking that show is always on at the odd time season wise so I will look it up! 🙁 how sad to see this post!
Can’t believe they cancelled it! Was my favorites show and I was buying all the seasons and looking forward to watching another season. So disappointed…My Boys I will miss you and tv won’t be the same.
Love this show, very sad to see it go. Your right, can’t compete against thta horrible, horrible show Two and a Half Men!!!
Very upset about My Boys being canceled. What is wrong with TV executives these days? They expect a show to last but they don’t support it or advertise for it. I love these actors and think that the show was extremely funny. I will miss it and I will not be watching any other TBS show.
So sad to see it go! Great cast and just plain fun! Very hard to come by these days. I will miss PJ and the gang! Always wanted to be a part of that group of friends! I have to agree that TBS never gave the show the attention it deserved and that the seasons were way too short. Also, getting back to the direction of the first couple of seasons would have been smart. Oh well, so much for the little guys being able to compete against the Two & and Half Men of the TV world. Best of… Read more »