The little sitcom that caused a lot of controversy last summer has quietly ended its run. NBC has cancelled Outsourced after one season on the air.
Outsourced follows a US sales manager, Todd Dempsey (Ben Rappaport), who’s assigned to supervise his company’s call center in India. The sitcom also stars Anisha Nagarajan, Diedrich Bader, Parvesh Cheena, Pippa Black, Rebecca Hazelwood, Rizwan Manji, and Sacha Dhawan.
The NBC sitcom started out decently and it looked like NBC might have a keeper on its hands. Last September, Outsourced debuted to a 3.6 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 7.49 million viewers. In week two, the demo number fell 22% to a 2.8 rating and 5.85 million viewers but that was still pretty healthy by NBC standards.
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Unfortunately, over the course of the season, the ratings just kept dwindling downward. The ratings have gone as low as a 1.4 in the demo with just 2.97 million viewers. Those are horrible numbers for a major network, even NBC.
Outsourced’s season currently averages a 2.1 demo rating and 4.55 million viewers. For NBC, that’s not too bad but the average is only that high because of the early season ratings.
It’s certainly not a shocker than NBC has cancelled Outsourced after just one season. The 22nd and final episode, titled “Rajiv Ties the Bharat, part two,” aired last night.
What do you think? Are you disappointed that there won’t be a second season of Outsourced? Why do you think the TV show didn’t catch on?
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I loved Outsourced! I looked forward to it every week. Maybe a cable network will pick it up!
I am really, really sad to hear this news.
I love Outsourced! NBC please bring the show back – it a keeper!
I, too LOVED, LOVED, LOVED Outsourced!!! After I saw the pilot, I told all my friends to watch it. How do they do those ratings surveys anyway? It seems everyone I talked to really enjoyed the show! I am so sad to see it go away…
Please come with seasom two, PLease!!!!
ummmm, there IS a outsourced movie, made in 2006, it was the base of the show
I think they should write an OUTSOURCED movie!!! just to prove a point..
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I really hope that they put it back on. It just started here in Denmark
Whats stupid is that in a press conference nbc to having outsourced be the second highest rated show untill they moved its time slot to be one hour later
Please, please, please, don’t cancel outsourced, it was so good this sitcom, pleaseeeeee don’t cancel, im sow curious about todd and asha! and gupta omg, im really gonna misss gupta and madhuri!
I love GuptA!!!! Funniest show i’ve seen so far !!!
I think it was a very intelligent show and really captured the difference in cultures. However, the targeted market for such a show is not that large and thus not many people could connect with it or understand the jokes to it’s full. Even thought the show was targeted more towards the american audience, the content was not in the same category of humor that mass Americans enjoy. Personally I really enjoyed the show and hoped they continued.
This is awful news. I just got into this summer and got my friends hooked on it too. It is hilarious! Please, please make a season 2. Consider this a request from the viewers of Sweden!
I really loved Outsourced! Having worked in a call center, I could absolutely relate. Wish they would have kept it.
I really hope that they put it back on. It just started here in Denmark
This is very frustrating. Please bring Outsourced BACKKKKKKKKKKKK!!! I’m gonna miss Big eyes and Moustache man!
Outsourced was good fun and showed both sides of life, American and Indian. It’s a shame that NBC has become just another political channel like FOX 5. Shame on you.