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?
What??!!?? This was the best new sitcom on the air this season on any station. Horrible move NBC!!! Me and my fiancee relly enjoyed watching this show every thursday. Really wish it was given a chance.
BRING BACK PERFECT COUPLES!!! i love love loved this show and that Paul Reiser show was absolutely TERRIBLE last night. booooooooooooo nbc
My wife and I loved Perfect Couples, we have not missed an episode. It was one of the rare shows where all the characters had the opportunity to be hilarious. Please bring it back, it was well-written and fun to watch.
Perfect Couples is a great show! I rank it third in the lineup under Community and Office. We gave the Paul Reiser show a chance yesterday, and it was awful! I really hope they bring back Perfect Couples!
I love Perfect Couples!! I think the writting is AMAZING!! I want it back!
My wife and I LOVED Perfect Couples! Yet another idiotic decision by NBC. Does anyone have the address to NBC to protest the cancelling?
I love perfect couples, NBC just needs to
Get the word out better when they strike comic gold like they have with perfect couples. Brilliant writing, supreme acting. The dynamic of the show is genius.
I can’t believe they’re ousting Perfect Couples!!! Fantastic writing, great character acting… I’ve been a loyal NBC viewer since the days of Seinfeld & Friends, but this is STRIKE TWO, NBC!! Strike One was ******** over Conan O’Brien!
BRING IT BACK!!!
And yet another example of a good show ended before its time, what are we going to see next …most likely something completly unoriginal. Cancelling this show is a dumb as cancelling Then Unit and Putting on another NCIS spinoff…. wait there is an idea lets cancel all the new shows and put on nothing but spinoffs of other shows….we can stop anything original from ever happening
Pleeeeeaaaase don’t cancel Perfect Couples! It’s the funniest show I’ve seen in years! I am absolutely going to die if it’s done! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it!
I loved the show and am totally bummed to see it go. Perfect Couples was a spot on social commentary using 6 extreme personalities.
;-; noooooo don’t cancel perfect couples
Hey NBC…. If you’re not going to help a show by giving it some serious advertising, are you surprised it didn’t do well? Perfect couples is BRILLIANTLY written, and well acted. Outsourced is cliche and not in any way funny. Is there a quota you’re trying to fill? So Outsourced fills your minority quota, and Paul Reiser fills the has been geriatric portion? I get it. Idiots.
Hey NBC, way to give another great show a chance. If you’re not going to help the show advert
This show was insipid at best. It was the only unwatchable show in the shining NBC Thursday night’s line up. I am very glad it was canceled. I hope the waitress will do ok tho.