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?
Rock on Leigh and Rex!
http://www.nbc.com/perfect-couples/video/inside-leigh-and-rex/1269070/
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I LOVE this show, i’m mean its not 30 rock or modern family, but it has its own thing and I really like it especially Olivia Munn and the dude who plays her husband in the show, they are awesome! love the episode where they realize they can’t party like they used to…except for Leigh and Rex who can keep up and still make it to work. So TRUE when you hit your 30’s, LOL. Here it is: http://www.nbc.com/perfect-couples/video/ep-103-if-they-could-turn-back-time/1283465
I can’t believe how disappointed I am. After the terrible additions to nbc’s Thursday night line up last season( Outsourced.) NBC redeemed themselves with Perfect Couples. The Paul Reiser show was such a dud. It didn’t even warrant a giggle. NBC please don’t give up on Perfect Couples!
NBC are you really going to replace an incredibly good show with Paul Reiser?!?!?!?!? Thursday is a great line up and you are ******** it up!!!!!!! It’s like dumping ketchup on a filet mingon!!!!!!!!
I really hope NBC changes their mind!!!
Mad about you made me nauseas whenever I was in the same room it was playing. Had I committed to watching it on a regular basis I could have lost 20lbs!!! What I am getting as is it SUCKED!!!!!!! Perfect couples is a fantastic show, and to be replaced by Paul Reiser’s mad about you Part duex sounds like an incredibly LAME idea! On a brighter note I could use to lose a few pounds so his show could be my new diet plan!!
NBC if you have any brains at all DON’T cancel Perfect couples!!!!
It would be a shame to see this series get cancelled. There are so many crappy programs with poor writing that should be booted off the air way before Perfect couples. The Perfect couples is really clever!!!!!!! How does a show like “acourding to Jim” get to stay on several seasons and Perfect couples gets canceled the first one?!?!?! It doesn’t make sense!!!!
PLEASE, PLEASE BRING BACK PERFECT COUPLES!!!!! I have been watching this show from the beginning! Paul Reisinger sucks! Its a cruel “Curb your enthusiasm” rippoff! Please bring back my SHOW!!!!!
Idiots. NBC never gives things a chance. New Old Christine, gone.. that show was amazing.
Perfect Couples is a great show. How is PC cancelled, and OUTSOURCED stays? Outsourced is 100 times worse.. yeah, I still watch both of them.
Paul Reiser.. saw him. Liked his show the first time, when it was Mad About You. This time, eh, not so much. Not sure who approves these programming moves. I’m guessing a room full of monkeys with a dart board.
outsource blows!! i miss perfect couples
I love Perfect Couples too! So sad to see it go. It’s not “Real Life”?, Duh it’s a SITCOM!
Yes, I watched the “Paul Reiser Show” and thought it was not very funny! To replace “Perfect Couples” with Paul Reiser is just WRONG!!!!!!!1
I am SO sad to hear that NBC plans to cancel “Perfect Couples”!!!!!!!!1
My family and I have been watching every episode and feel it is one of the funniest shows on NBC! I think of other shows I’ve seen that they continue to air and “Perfect Couples” is so much better. The three couples in this series have great chemistry and we’d thoroughly enjoyed each episode.
NBC, please DO NOT cancel “Perfect Couples”!!!
I love Perfect Couples! I had no idea it was doing so bad in the ratings but I watch it every week. I watch the whole comedy block up until that dreadful Outsourced comes on. I gave Paul Reiser’s show a chance and its an okay show if you like Paul Reiser but its not really funny and I would have rather seen Perfect Couples. This is awful.
I’m sooo bummed. My husband and I totally fell in love with perfect couples. I hope we can see the unaired shows!
Perfect couples is the funniest show on TV right now.
This is a stupid decision.
I CANNOT believe Perfect Couples is being canceled. Has anyone from NBC even watched it? It is one of the funniest shows on! Far better than Community. I agreee with all of the previous posts. The writing is amazing, and the characters are all so wonderfully developed. The show makes me laugh out loud. It is NBCs fault for giving this hidden gem a ****** time slot and crappy commercials. I honestly have not devoutly followed a prime time show like this EVER. and now they are pulling the plug? VERY BAD MOVE. If anyone had the knowledge to sit… Read more »