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?
Soooo sad to see this show go….the characters were great, the actors had developed their characters so well, it was such a refreshing and funny show. It was far and away the best new sitcom I have seen in a long time. I truly don’t understand why Fox is letting this one get away. I am terribly disappointed in the network.
The show was a HIT.. FOX is stupid for canceling it.. Finally a show worth watching… There is SO much CRAP in TV theses days, and finally a good funny wholesome shoe comes along, and FOX cancels it.. WTF?!?!?
#bringjackback I love this show, it’s the best show that has aired on tv!!! It’s hallarious and entertaining, bring this show back!!!!!!
Wow! What an amazing show! I was so impressed by the writing. Even got my teenage kids watching it. Bummer it got cut, it was very entertaining. Better than most of the crap on television .
#BringBackJack … This show should never have been cancelled. It is the only really well done show currently airing and Fox should give it more time. If not, another network may pick this show up because it has a devoted fan base even though it only aired a short time.
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FOX- This show was not given a proper chance- other than the timeslot next to American Idol. Surviving Jack was as an original show as I’ve seen in many years. I am so disappointed that it was Not at least moved into another timeslot/day to see how it would do. Does anybody remember “Sienfeld”? Remember the ratings for the first season or two? They were not that great. But some at NBC had a feeling it would catch on. I am an avid watcher of great comedic shows. AND I AM TELLING YOU, AS THE WORD SPREADS ABOUT THIS SHOW—-… Read more »
That is an absolute shame. The show was the best new sitcom on the air. It certainly wasn’t given much of a chance for viewers to watch.
Just loved the show!
I can’t believe you guys cancelled this show. I really liked it. It was good to see Chris Meloni on TV again. Maybe some other network will pick it up and it will get the second chance it deserves.
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I am so very sorry you failed to renew this show. Every week I enjoy it more. It is one of the few shows that caus me to laugh out loud. Plz reconsider your decision . Jennifer
I can’t beleive that you will not renew this show, mabe the problem is with your network. You sould have moved this show to a better time slot. There isn’t a lot of shows that are as funny and fun to watch as this show is. Its no wonder that the ratings are low, mabe its your marketing of good entertainment that sucks.
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Dear FOX, What in the world is going on? If anything, try it in a lineup of other sitcoms like NEW GIRL or something & then I’ll be you’ll see a difference! Or maybe try some advertising, a better time slot w other shows. We stumbled upon it one night going through our guide and then it became one of our favorite shows on tv!!!! You as a network just kind of stuck.it out there in left field all by itself. RENEW THIS SHOW. IT’S SO FUNNY & Entertaining!!!!
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Fox is so stupid. One of the best shows I’ve seen in years. Maybe if you actually promoted the show correctly, there would be more viewers. This show will be on another network by next year. You kept on the spin off from Family Guy for whole long before canceling due to horrible ratings? You gave this show about 6 episodes. Can’t wait to see this show on another network next year. FOX, you suck.
I really enjoyed this show. It showed parents that really care about their kids. Hopefully they will bring it back,we need more shows like Surviving Jack