The doors of Cloud 9 doors are closing during the 2020-21 television season. NBC has revealed that the Superstore TV show is ending and won’t have a seventh season.
A workplace comedy series, Superstore stars Ben Feldman, Mark McKinney, Lauren Ash, Colton Dunn, Nico Santos, Nichole Sakura, and Kaliko Kauahi. This sitcom revolves around the diverse and unique employees at a big-box megastore called Cloud 9. At the center is Jonah (Feldman), a passionate optimist always looking out for his co-workers. They include the sardonic Garrett (Dunn), the sweet and fun-loving Cheyenne (Sakura), and the perpetually dismissed Sandra (Kauahi). Back in the manager job is Glenn (McKinney), who once again finds himself butting heads with aggressive assistant manager Dina (Ash). Glenn is now assisted by Mateo (Santos), who’s pretty sure he would be running things by now if it weren’t for his undocumented status. From bright-eyed newbies to seen-it-all veterans to the clueless seasonal hires and the in-it-for-life managers, the crew tackles the day-to-day grind of rabid bargain hunters, riot-causing sales, and nap-worthy training sessions.
Airing on Thursday nights, the sixth season of Superstore averages a 0.53 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 2.42 million viewers. Compared to season five, that’s down by 27% in the demo and down by 15% in viewership.
Here’s the announcement from NBC:
MEDIA ALERT
· After 113 episodes, NBC’s critically acclaimed comedy “Superstore” will be concluding at the end of its current sixth season.
· Through its own comedic lens, the series has consistently examined many of the country’s most topical issues, including health care, immigration, unionization, the plight of the retail worker and many more.
· “Superstore,” which reached more than 37 million viewers last season, has consistently been one of NBC’s strongest comedies.
· Following the winter hiatus, “Superstore” returns to the NBC lineup on Thursday, Jan. 14 at 8:30 p.m. There are currently 11 more episodes to air this season, which will end in the spring.
· “‘Superstore’ has always been a signature NBC series that has never failed to make us laugh while also thoughtfully examining important issues people care deeply about,” said Lisa Katz, President, Scripted Content. “This has been an amazing group of writers, producers, actors and crew to work with and we are incredibly grateful for all their contributions. This show will forever hold its place among the top workplace comedies for which we have a cherished history.”
· “We are incredibly proud of this show and the stories we were able to tell within the walls of Cloud 9,” said Universal Television President Erin Underhill. “We want to thank Justin Spitzer, who created this show, current showrunners Jonathan Green and Gabe Miller, all the writers, cast and crew. Not only did they bring us a comedy full of heart and humor, but ‘Superstore’ also became one of the most socially impactful series on television.”
· “We’re grateful to Universal Television and NBC for letting us make 113 episodes of a show we’re so proud of, and for giving us the chance to work with such an incredibly talented group of actors, writers and crew,” said executive producers Justin Spitzer, Gabe Miller and Jonathan Green. “We’re thankful most of all to the viewers who’ve stuck with us for the past six years (or discovered us somewhere along the way). We’ll do our best to go out strong and give you the satisfying ending you deserve.”
· Executive producers Justin Spitzer, Gabe Miller and Jonathan Green last year renewed their overall deals with Universal Television. Spitzer is continuing with his relationship with NBC with his pilot “American Auto.” Executive producers David Bernad and Ruben Fleischer currently serve as EP’s on UTV’s “The Bold Type” on Freeform.
· “Superstore” is produced by Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, in association with Spitzer Holding Company, Miller Green Broadcasting and The District.
What do you think? Are you a fan of the Superstore TV show? Are you sorry that it’s ending? Would you have tuned in for season seven on NBC?
Please don,t cancel. the show is intelligent and famtastic. Didnt lose a thing without Amy.
I don’t understand. I have always been told that TV shows live and die by the ratings, Nielsen Ratings for Feb 12th indicate it’s the number 4 show. Will really miss this show.
It’s sad really. Anybody who’s worked retail knows people come and go so there should never have been a loss of characters, that retail represents the majority of what’s wrong with “corporate” America, and that there’s always some kind of drama. Wonderful times too, really – believe me. Having worked all over retail myself I feel more can be done… but I think it’s time it goes as there seems to be a loss for writing ideas and they’ve written themselves into a corner. It’s too bad, I will sincerely miss Cheyenne’s comments, she reminds me a lot of somebody… Read more »
Was a very funny show, then they started to get political, and took a lot of the shine off the show for me. Why can’t you just be a Comedy Show we can all just escape the pressures of daily life through…..
I assume this had a lot to do with its drop in viewers!!!!
Never missed an episode,so sorry to see it leave the small screen…It seems to me that more and more clean situation comedies are loosing ground to trashy,worthless “reality shows” appearing on our tv screens. “Superstore” actually resembles(at least to me) the real worldwide chain W…..T to some degree!? Just saying……..
This is one of the best shows I have seen in years. Since The Office, maybe. If you take it away, it’s a big mistake!
This is terrible news. It’s one of the best sitcoms on American television.
HUGE BUMMER. Certainly could/should be a 10 series run. Fools to announce.
Now even if they were to decide on a ‘change of heart’ they’ve lost core viewers.
Figures,always the best that go. Very sad about this.Watched every episode!
Just rip out my heart and eat it right in front me, NBC.
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Sign the petition to save Cloud Nine!
Thanks. I just signed it.
Finally.Couldn’t tolerate it.
Nooooo. Say it isn’t so… one of the best sitcoms on today..
Any chance POP might pick it up?
The show is fabulous. I’ve seen every episode. The characters are awesome and writing got better and better every season. The best part of all was Ben Feldman. He’s truly a remarkable actor.
I’m heart broken. This was by far the best family comedy on tv