The original Night Court series performed well in the ratings for much of its nine-season run on NBC. Can this new sequel perform as well as the original? Will this version of Night Court be cancelled or renewed for season two? Stay tuned. *Status Update Below.
A workplace comedy series, the Night Court TV show stars Melissa Rauch, India de Beaufort, Kapil Talwalkar, Lacretta, and John Larroquette. The new story follows Abby Stone (Rauch), a judge following in the footsteps of her revered late father, Judge Harry Stone (Harry Anderson). She takes on the challenge of overseeing the night shift of a Manhattan arraignment court, just as he did. To bring order and dignity to the court, she enlists former night court district attorney Dan Fielding (Larroquette) to serve as the court’s public defender. Others on the team include Olivia (De Beaufort), the court’s officious and ambitious assistant district attorney; Neil (Talwalker), the court’s neurotic clerk; and Donna “Gurgs” Gurganous (Lacretta), the sharp-witted bailiff.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s chances of staying on the air. The higher the ratings, the better the chances of survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available.
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Note: These are the final national ratings, including all live+same day viewing and DVR playback (through 3:00 AM). Early fast affiliate ratings (estimates) are indicated with an “*”. While these numbers don’t include further delayed or streaming viewing, they are a very good indicator of how a show is performing, especially when compared to others on the same channel. There can be other economic factors involved in a show’s fate, but typically the higher-rated series are renewed and the lower-rated ones are cancelled.
What do you think? Do you like the new Night Court TV series on NBC? Should it be cancelled or renewed for a second season?
*2/3/23 update: Night Court has been renewed for a second season by NBC.
Love the show actors are great
I’m really enjoying this show and not because of nostalgia over the original and Harry’s death. There are two things that mar the show — the human bawling ball and the terrifically awful acting of the prosecutor.
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I was a fan of the original “Night Court,” I find the new version is lacking FIRST: The writing and script is sophomoric at best. The pathetic plot travels from one “set up” to a very inane punchline. To heighten the disaster of a feeble joke, the viewer must endure the ridicule of a laugh track that is over reacting on each “joke.” SECONDLY: Besides suffering a poorly written script and plotline, the new “Night Court” a half a dozen actors saddled with poor dialog and a cast chemistry that is absent. Naturally bringing back a couple of original “NC”… Read more »
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Looks like it’s settling in at .55 demo which is GREAT for a sitcom in this time. Don’t know why people are trying to use this as a “lesson” when NBC is likely happy as hell with these numbers lol
Let this be yet another lesson to the unimaginative people who are rehashing these 80s shows…. just because you want to relive your childhood, or youth, and because you are woke enough to want to change all the genders and fiddle about with every storyline to make it ‘relevant’ to the millennial generation, well it doesn’t mean you should get the funding to do so. Another bad remake without any imagination, any writing skill, any humour and evidently without any good actors. Give it up people, sadly 2023 and beyond seems to be about yet more kardashians and other realty… Read more »
I am hopeful this remains a hit but the buzz and the ratings decline are reminding me a lot of W&G. They had a pretty decent comeback season (quality and ratings wise), but it should’ve stayed at that without drawing it out further. Sometimes a little taste of nostalgia is better than a whole helping.
I really wanted to like this reboot. I watched four episodes and I just couldn’t enjoy it. I loved the original but think I will pass on this. I am glad for the viewers that enjoy the show. John Larroquette is an outstanding actor.
When it returned it was only slated for 1 season. It wasn’t cancelled, it was an agreement between the actors
I so wanted to love this show, but it’s…well frankly it’s exactly like it was in the old days, but without the heart or the humour. I hope it does well for John Larroquette’s and Melissa Rauch’s sakes – I always like to see that my faves are working – but I’m out.
This is such a lovely show. Can people complain about the laugh tracks,but I’ll tell you somethings a hell a lot better than what the Heck on CBS network! laugh track garbage with Chuck Lorre and his total waste of time productions
Did Chuck Lorre shoot your dog? It’s true that he doesn’t hit it out of the park every time, but he’s been making millions laugh for well over 30 years…and most comedies, including Night Court, have laugh tracks.
Oh so you think Chuck Lorre stuff is funny? Well hate to tell you this but his stuff is not as good as it used to be it’s not even close to and a half men was his best work after that it was downhill. And how he ended Two and a Half Men really pissed off a lot of people. He created a lot of enemies just because his ego made him do it. Frankly speaking his current stuff on CBS network is terrible but because of the pandemic people have a tendency to watch any piece of garbage… Read more »