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?
BRING ON SEASON TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would love to see this show coem back! My boyfriend and I thought it was hilarious! I think the problem with the ratings was not because it was a bad show, but because there was no publicity for it. We stumbled across it while we were home one night and died laughing. We then went back and watched the ones we missed on On Demand. Would be a shame not to have a season 2! There are some really stupid shows on out there. This one was actually funny!
BRING IT BACK!!! I freaking love that show. We don’t have cable but it should at least be on Hulu! It kills me to think it’s gone forever.
PLEASE BRING THIS SHOW BACK!!! IT WAS FUNNY AND I LOVED ALL OF THE CHARACTERS!!!! PLEASE NBC!! Go ahead and dump your other lame shows like Fear Factor, who watches that anymore???
PLEASE bring it back!.. I was hooked from the very first show!. I actually watched it on TV. It fit right in w/ the whole Thursday Night Comedy line up. I soooo want to see whats happens w/ all three couples!
Now that Paul Rieser Show was a big Thumbs down. and I am a HUUUGE FAN Of Mad about You.. I still watch the reruns!…. Anywho.. keep the PR Show on the Cutting Room floor.. and be sure to bring Perfect Couples righ ton back for the 2nd season!!!!
Give it a second chance. This show was hilarious! I loved every minute of it. It is amazing, there needs to be a second season!!!
Bring it back. This show is sooo funny!! My husband & I loved it!!!!
OMG!! FIRST ITS 100 QUESTIONS NOW ITS PERFECT COUPLES …LIKE WHAT THE HELL ..I LOVED PEREFCT COUPLES I DONT CARE WHAT ANYBODY SAY ….I LOVED 100 QUESTIONS TO BUT THEY WENT AHEAD AND CANCELLED BOTH OF MY FAVORITE SHOWS LIKE WHAT THE ****!!!
This show is awesome. I don’t understand what the heck is going on. I see many sitcoms that are horrible on TV. This one is good. I think it needs better marketing. My wife and I were very very skeptical of the show. After two episodes, we were hooked. Now, I go look at old episodes on the web.
Comedies are tough. I remember when Family Guy was cancelled. It got picked up by another network and now its a classic. Please bring this sitcom back. Perfect Couples is like Friends….except it’s funny.
Family Guy is still on Fox. Other networks just air reruns. Only Fox Has the new episodes.
I loved the show! Waiting for more, bring it back!!
Bring it back!! I loved this show!
Loved this show….I just don’t think anyone knew about it!! I told my friends about it and they were aleady watching shows on that night….I think it was a bad time slot. The show was great!! The different couples were hilarious…everyone can relate one of their own friend “couples” to one of these three! BRING IT BACK!!!
Bring it BACK for season 2! I found this show on HULU, if I knew it was on tv I would have totally watched.
Same here…i like the show. I did not hear about it. i started watching it on hulu and i would have totally watched it on tv
I’m going to join the chorus.. Keep churning out episodes but only play them
On Hulu plus. This show will come back with a passion.
Are they crazy? This show was great. Olivia munn is insanely hot and all the actors are hilarious. I’m really numbed about this and I really hope they reconsider. I’m already a huge fan and the show wasn’t on long enough to be discovered by everyone. It’s just because there aren’t any a-list actors in it but people will start to come around if it comes back.