Christopher Meloni had a long run on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit but his FOX sitcom didn’t last. Surviving Jack has been cancelled after one season.
Surviving Jack revolves around Dunlevy family. A no-nonsense father (Christopher Meloni) starts tough-love parenting his teenage kids (Connor Buckley and Claudia Lee) while his wife returns to college (Rachael Harris). Others in the cast include Kevin Hernandez and Tyler Foden.
The series was originally supposed to have 13 episodes this season but the network cut the order down to eight installments. That’s never a good sign.
Surviving Jack has been drawing poor ratings on Thursday nights, following American Idol. The six episodes that have aired so far have averaged a 1.1 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 4.35 million total viewers.
The series finale is scheduled for next Thursday, May 15th.
What do you think? Are you sorry that there won’t be a second season of Surviving Jack? If you ran the network, would you have cancelled this sitcom?
I loved Surviving Jack! It was always hard to remember when it was on. It was never advertised or promoted. And it was only 30 minutes long so missed in the TV Guide. It deserved to be promoted. All the actors were great. It was a great clean cut family show. There is more horrible shows on TV and they are continued. Don’t get me wrong I like the NCIS, Law and Order, Suits, etc shows. But this was a comedy and fun. You need to bring it back and promote it! And find a good time slot.
We loved SJ!!
Bad fox!!!
I agree with all the other comments. This was a refreshing and enjoyable new show.
This shows needs to continue. You keep all the reality shows and other garbage shows and when you have something good, it’s gone. I don’t understant the networks anymore.
Great show! Bad Fox!
Dumb decision to cancel this wildly funny show! So refreshing! New material! Laughed out loud every episode. Get rid of the guy that killed the series! I, too, just stumbled upon it by accident, told all my friends and every single one loved it. EIGHT EPISODES IS NOT ENOUGH. PUT IT IN PRIMETIME AND WATCH IT TAKE OFF! WE WANT IT BACK!!!
Totallt agree with Mom’s comment! I think all of us on here can agree. BAD DECISION FOX!!!!!!
One of the absolute BEST SITCOMS on tv! That’s not good FOX!!
RENEW THIS SHOW PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHY???????????? this was the best sitcom on tv. Chris Meloni was great. laughed uncontrollably. can’t believe Fox is cancelling this show. they don’t have many really good shows on Fox and this one was great… maybe another network will pick up and make a hit out of it.
Maybe its a generation thing, I found I could enjoy the evolving of Jack. It was so basic as he dealt with most of the situations as this is this and that is that. NO nonsense and no real gray area. That is what made so much so funny. The fathers point of you will not work on its on merit, no more than the mothers way. He (Jack) keeps finding this out and having to adjust as he can on the fly.
amazing tv series. I want it back!!!!!
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What the hell? This sitcom is awesome. It has a light atmosphere, Melony does a great job as a clueless father with some weird but useful tips.
what the hell is wrong with FOX? Bring Jack back.
I used to watch Go On with Mathew Perry and it got cancelled and now Surviving Jack. That’s bull ****!!!
Totally agree!! We use to love Go On too! We couldn’t believe they cancelled Surviving Jack! There wasn’t much advertising for it and stuck in at a random time slot. FOX needs to RENEW SURVIVING JACK!
My family also enjoyed this show and wished it had not been canceled
Why would u do that the show is grate but u ass holes took it off
Loved this series! Why do the good ones get cancelled? Stupid ones stay on!
I just found this show on demand. We watched all the episodes in 2 nights. My family loves it. We have been waiting for a new episode & now I see that it’s cancelled?? What is wrong with u network people? Can u no longer give a show a chance? 8 episodes is barely enough time for viewers to be aware that a show exists if they are not regular viewers of that network. Some of us like to use our brains & see a comedy or a mystery. We are SICK of reality. If u are not careful we… Read more »