In the past, Kelsey Grammer and Martin Lawrence have both had successful sitcoms that ran for many years. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like the duo’s new FX sitcom, Partners, has much of a future. It’s very likely to be cancelled.
On Partners, a snobby lawyer (Grammer) and an overly ethics-driven lawyer (Lawrence) become partners and end up helping each other get their lives in order. The rest of the cast includes McKaley Miller, Telma Hopkins, Danièle Watts, Rory O’Malley, and Edi Patterson.
As you may recall, FX made a 10/90 deal for Partners with Lionsgate TV and Debmar-Mercury. If the sitcom’s first 10 episodes reached a certain ratings threshold then the cable channel was obligated to order 90 episodes for season two — assuring the studios would have enough episodes for a (potentially very lucrative) syndication package.
Charlie Sheen’s sitcom, Anger Management, has a similar deal and this week, the 67th and 68th episodes of that sitcom’s 90 installment second season aired. George Lopez’s Saint George comedy also had a 10/90 deal but drew poor ratings and it was cancelled.
Deadline reports that it’s highly unlikely for Partners to go past a single season and it’s easy to see why. The ratings have been absolutely dismal. This week’s pair of episodes averaged a 0.12 rating in the demo and a mere 415,000 viewers — far lower than Saint George ever dipped.
Supposedly, FX hasn’t reached a decision yet but, unless there’s some sort of miraculous turnaround, it seems like Partners is already doomed to be cancelled.
What do you think? Do you like Partners? Do you think it should be cancelled or renewed for a super-sized second season?
like it , thought it had potential
It would be great if the replaced Martin Lawrence. His acting is very. Bad’
I agree with the part about Martin’s acting. However, I don’t think he needs to be replaced, but they need to let him be “Martin” and not act like someone else. Kelsey appears to be himself. Where have we seen Martin so reserved and stuffy? Only on this show. I find Martin and a few other actors to be superb as other characters, ie, Big Mamma, ShaNaNa, the pizza delivery guy in Blue Streak, Jerome on his sitcom, and Martin also did a great job at being himself in Blue Streak.
I really enjoy this show! But it’s as if FX doesn’t want it to succeed, as I don’t see any advertising of it.
I truly like this show. I hope it does not get cancelled. I like watching Kelsey Grammer and Martin Lawrence. We just need some good clean comedy shows.
show is funny but nobody knows about it keep it going and advertise it
Hated it.
I love this show so please don’t cancel it. Perhaps if the show was promoted more so more people know about it, it would be more successful. I just happened to stumble upon it while flipping through the channels. Kelsey Grammer and Martin Lawrence are two of the funniest people in TV.
I really like Partners, it is so funny, but every time I really like a new show it gets cancelled.
It makes me so mad that this happens so often. Good luck to the show I will be watching until you do what you do at FX.
This show is very funny. Alot of people I know did not know about the show. Better advertisement.
I loved this show. I thought it was really funny.
Please keep it running it is funny and refreshing. We love both Martin and Kelsey .
i really enjoyed the show…dont know why they stopped playing it …martin Lawrence and Kelsey grammer have a great chemistry together
This is great comedy would hate to see it end
My family loved this show. Please keep it on. It needs to have more advertising and put it on another night!
I think it had possibility to last I looked forward to it.We need more light 30 Min shows like that.