NBC has decided to yank their freshman sitcom Perfect Couples from the schedule after April 7th. It’ll be replaced by The Paul Reiser Show on Thursday nights. Does this mean that Perfect Couples is canceled and gone for good?
Perfect Couples revolves around three young couples. Dave (Kyle Bornheimer) and Julia (Christine Woods) are the “everyday couple,” who are messed up in all the “normal” ways. Vance (David Walton) and Amy (Mary Elizabeth Ellis) are the high-passion, high-drama couple. Rex (Hayes MacArthur) is a reformed party guy and Leigh (Olivia Munn) is a self-anointed relationship guru who considers it her duty to mold the other couples in their image.
The NBC sitcom has been struggling in the ratings from the beginning. The network gave it viewers a sneak peak in December and that generated a terrible 1.3 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 3.56 million viewers. A month later, the second episode brought a mediocre 2.1 rating and 4.15 million. The numbers quickly started falling and the latest episode hit a low of a 1.2 rating.
The whole season of Perfect Couples currently averages a 1.5 rating in the demo and just 3.27 million viewers. It’s the lowest-rated scripted series on the network by far and even The Cape has a better season average. Bornheimer has committed to a new FOX pilot while Walton has signed on for a new NBC one.
So, no, NBC has not cancelled Perfect Couples officially, there are many very strong indications that it won’t be back next season. NBC has no incentive to bring it back and even cast one of the sitcom’s actors in one of their new shows.
Right now, it looks like there will be four unaired episodes of Perfect Couples. They may or may not see the light of day at a later date.
What do you think? Are you sorry to see Perfect Couples go? Do you think that it still has a chance to return for a second season?
My wife and I love this show!!!!! I’m so upset with their decision to cancel it. I stumbled across it so boo you nbc for not promoting it properly. I will boycott nbc until they bring it back or sell it to another network a la two and a half men.
are you kidding me, this is one of the funniest shows ive ever watched. It was so well written and i cant believe it has been replaced for the paul reisner show? really ? NBC you should be ashamed
I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS! LOVE THIS SHOW!!!!
BRING IT BACK! BRING IT BACK! BRING IT BACK!
Really, I mean Really! This show was hilliarous, my wife and I just got into it
and it has been one of the reasons we watch NBC on thursday nights! As for the people
that called it a Friends rip off they have obviously not watched it. I haven’t been this upset
since fox cancelled Terminator.
When I first heard about Perfect Couples being cancelled I really thought it was a joke. To my dismay apparently it is not, it is a nightmare. I actually look forward to watching Perfect Couples every week and then laughing about it with my coworkers the next day. This is a sad sad day. To make things worse the Paul Riser show was atrocious. We couldn’t even sit through more than five minutes of it. Please rethink this decision.
seriously? cancelling perfect couples would be the STUPIDEST move NBC could make! Ive seen shows come and go but I REFUSE TO LET THIS ONE GO! ITS NBC’S FAULT NO ONE WATCHES, HOW COULD THEY WITHOUT ANY PROMOTION? YEAH NBC I SAID IT! I JUST WENT THERE! But seriously tho, please dont cancel it!
HOW CAN WE GET THIS SHOW BACK ???? LETS START A FACEBOOK PAGE N GET IT BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This show in between all of my favorite shows was great! Loved the characters and the plot! Pleeeeeeeeease don’t cancel this! You’ve created followers already!
It was meh. It was just the show after Community that I had muted until The Office came on. Don’t think it was anything special.
It was the only show I actually watched… the writing was beyond hilarious. So, so, so disappointed in NBC!
My girldfriend and I absolutely LOVED (oh my word, I just used the past tense!) this show!! I cannot believe this is happening!! You suck NBC! No wonder CBS rules the airwaves!! Why weren’t people watching this show? It was so well written! For Instance, the ivory gift box because “I know how much you hate elephants.” And let’s not forget when Vance got stuck with his “grandmother-in-law” and said “Great, it’s my wedding weekend and I don’t want to spend it lifting a small racist in and out of the bathtub!” We are all losers- those of us who… Read more »
Totally love this show. My husband and I looked foward to watching it every Thursday. These couples were spot on and cracked us up. Watching Paul Reiser right now and it soooooo sucks! Bring back Perfect Couples!!!
Cmon… this show was sooooo hilarious. I stumbled over it by mistake and got hooked. This show had me rollin on the floor. BRING IT BACK…. NOW!!!!!!
put this show next to “modern family” on ABC and watch the money pour in. there are too many old people watching NBC that “dont get” new comedy. they tried to air “perfect” to early at 730 pm. this is a 18-40 year olds telivision show. not the little kid and old man antiques road show watching time slot they threw it in. in short move this show to a better network or later in the evening and it will flurish.
I am crushed that this show is no longer on!! I look forward to it and laugh out loud every week, the writing is sharp and witty and the actors have a great chemistry. My husband and can relate to alot of the scenarios and it kills me that there are episodes that we might not ever see?! What a shame. ; (