For the past two years, Septembers have been lucky months for the cast and crew of The Bill Engvall Show; their show has gotten renewed. This year, not so much. After three seasons, TBS has decided to pass on ordering another round of episodes.
The Bill Engvall Show follows the life of Bill Pearson (Engvall), a family counselor who sometimes has a hard time understanding his own family. He’s married to Susan (Nancy Travis) and together, they try to raise their three kids as best they can. The rest of the cast includes Jennifer Lawrence, Graham Patrick Martin, Skyler Gisondo, Tim Meadows, Brian Doyle-Murray, and Cynthia Watros.
The sitcom debuted in July of 2007. The premiere attracted 3.85 million viewers, making it the third most-watched sitcom telecast in ad-supported cable history. According to TBS, the 10 episode season was regular cable’s highest-rated sitcom for adults 25-54. A second season was ordered in September 2007.
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Season two kicked off in June of 2008 and the 10 episodes averaged 2.3 million viewers. TBS renewed Engvall for a third season in September 2008 and Michael Wright, a senior VP for TBS, said, “Their dedication to continually growing the show is evident in the work, and we look forward to a new season of even funnier episodes.”
Season three launched this past July 18th and concluded on September 5th. TBS moved the show to Saturdays and wasn’t crowing about the sitcom’s ratings this time around. They’ve now decided to cancel the program, siting a decline in ratings as the reason.
In an email, a TBS representative told AccessAtlanta, “TBS has cancelled The Bill Engvall Show after three seasons. We had a great experience working with Bill and the cast. Bill is a terrific comic, and we have tremendous respect for him. While the show didn’t attract the audience we need to renew it for another season, we’re proud of the work of everyone involved.”
What do you think? Should The Bill Engvall Show have been cancelled or renewed for a fourth year? Why do you think its ratings fell? The schedule change or something else?
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37 Comments on "The Bill Engvall Show: TBS Cancels Sitcom; No Season Four"
Who’s that stupid ass who moved the show to saturday??? He’s job should have stopped and not the show! It’s a great family show and it is funny. Really pity that as this show is really sticking in me….and i’m from Singapore!
Sigh…no more good and funny tv series these days to watch…All violence, CSI crap, and no good family tv show…
I don’t have any sort of paid television, just regular OTA (Over The Air) television but I am enjoying watching it online and should have been ordered. Too bad Fox or other network company didn’t pick it up. It seems that it would have mellowed out the controversial period Fox was going though right about that time yet it would also push the line that ABC, CBS and NBC would not cross. Today, seems like the three competing networks have gone way beyond that line.
i love that show they should make it season 4 but jennifer lawrene is 21 now it should be about she move out go to college and her dad and the family move with her
Very creative… I sometimes write scripts for current television shows, with the expectation of them not going anywhere, just for fun. You ought to do the same. Who knows, send it to some network, they may buy it from you. Not like Bill Engvall is doing anything other than tours.
I loved this show! it was humorous, very family oriented.. and just funny! BRING IT BACK!
Get a better sense of humor you predictable drones. Stop being so “safe” and learn what real comedy is.
i am so disappointed. every time i find a good show that i love on tv that is not a reality show…it gets cancelled
i think that the bill engval show was funny as hell and one of the only reason i tuned to tbs so their mistake i guess. too bad because that show was way better than all the tyler perry shows.
why would they cancel it?! My Boys sucks it’s on for like 6-8 weeks thn it’s gone for another year and it’s just another drama, they should being back Bill Engvall show 🙂
The Bill Engvall Show was a summertime highlight for my family and me. It was good, clean comedy that had a point and was a release each week. After a year off, it might be a good idea to bring it back. Please.
Bill Engvall’s show was really good. I enjoyed it and hate to see it canceled. Please bring it back. It was a clean show and funny, and it was nice to see parents not apologizing for loving their kids enough to parent them.
The reason for the drop in ratings was because the seasons were so short. People easily forgot about it for that reason.
Great show, they shouldn’t have cancelled. Much better than 99% of the crappola on TV today, funny, create combination of characters and always good for a laugh. I’d rather watch reruns of this show than any of the Reality shows currently on. Don’t know who is watching that junk to drive up their ratings but then no one has ever cited TV exec’s as being smart. Just look at MASH and other shows that proved them wrong, time and time again…..
The show was totally lame and deserved to be cancelled.
And, hey Richie, they advertised the hell out of it, which clearly showed that interest was waning. Every commercial break had Bill Engvall saying, “TBS…very funny.” Unfortunately, he wasn’t.
that show should not be cancelled it wasa great show it was funny and jennifer lawerence the girl who play bill kid she was my favorite actor on that show
I loved the Bill Engvall Show. Selling it to CMT would be a great idea. They are a good wholesome network. The Bill Engvall Show would have done great on the that network. I hope its just on hiatus for right now.