Despite a big drop in the ratings, CBS renewed The Odd Couple for another round of 13 episodes. Will the numbers improve this time? Will the series be cancelled or renewed for a fourth season instead? Stay tuned.
On The Odd Couple, endearing slob Oscar Madison (Matthew Perry) is a sports-writer and uptight neat freak Felix Unger (Thomas Lennon) is a photographer. They’re two former college buddies who become unlikely roommates after the demise of their marriages. Despite how exasperated Oscar and Felix make each other, in the end, these mismatched friends agree they can help each other move on from their divorces. Somehow they seem to make their crazy living arrangement work. Lindsay Sloane, Wendell Pierce, and Yvette Nicole Brown round out the sitcom’s cast.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings (particularly the 18-49 demo), the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available — usually the next day, around 11:30am EST/8:30am PST. Refresh to see the latest.
11/30 update: CBS isn’t ordering any more episodes. Could there be a fourth season or, is it cancelled?
1/31 update: You can see the rest of the latest night’s ratings.
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For comparisons: The second season of The Odd Couple on CBS averaged a 1.41 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 6.74 million total viewers (live + same day ratings).
Note: These are the Live + Same Day Ratings which include “live” viewing plus delayed DVR viewing, up until 3am local time that same night. Ratings marked with an “*” are the fast affiliate ratings and will be updated with the Live+SD numbers when they are made available. Typically, networks get paid for C+3 ratings which includes DVR viewing within three days of the original airing when commercials are watched. Those numbers are rarely released to the press.
What do you think? Do you still like The Odd Couple TV series on CBS? Do you think it should be cancelled or renewed for season four?
5/15 update: The Odd Couple is cancelled. There will be no season four on CBS. Details here.
Please please Renew The Odd Couple. It’s a great and talented show. Thanks. Beverley in Canada
The Odd Couple was smart, hilarious and should still be in the lineup! The chemistry between Perry and Lennon is amazing and maybe it’s the slot you gave it not the show itself! The decline came when you moved it!
This show is finally starting to come into its own. Not only should it be renewed for season 4, but it needs a good time slot, one that is consistent and early enough in the evening for adults to watch not teenagers. This is not a show geared for college and teenaged people, it’s for the demographic of BBT. The writing is excellent, the acting is really good. I’d like it better if they’d get rid of the laugh track, but that’s me.
Season 4 definitely!!
Renew!!
Please.. I want Season 4… Best Show Ever…
Definitely a season 4! please!
Please dont end this show . This my favourite show and i love it
It is the funniest shiw i have ever seen
Renew!!
I have never seen a show that cried out Please cancel me! more.
I have never seen a show that screams “Oh God please cancel me” more.
Please renew
Renew best show ever
The Odd Couple is still going strong. I loved the original also. It’s so hard to find great sitcoms.
Lpve the show – it was a rough start but really enjoy it. Would have been far better to give it a permanent time slot raythan constantly moving around- no wonder ratings not as good as show deserves. Please rethink cancellation!