The party’s over for The Birthday Boys series on IFC. The cable channel has decided to cancel the sketch comedy series after two seasons.
An official statement says, “IFC was proud to be the home of The Birthday Boys and their unique and inventive comedy for two seasons. We thank these talented creators and wish them nothing but the best. We will miss the laughs, the farce and the pixilated male nudity.”
Members of the cast of The Birthday Boys had a sense of humor about the cancellation and said:
“We are surprised and saddened to hear that IFC had already chosen to cancel #TheBirthdayBoys series before our resignation as hosts. But we are relieved we conveniently announced our resignation as hosts minutes before IFC publicly announced their decision. We are smart.
Huge thanks to #TheBirthdayBoys fans for watching and huge thanks to IFC for 2 wonderful seasons! We’ll keep at it. Season 2 is slated to hit Netflix this year and the DVD will be packed with special features!”
The final episode, the show’s 20th installment, aired on December 19, 2014.
What do you think? Did you like The Birthday Boys TV show? Do you think that it should have been cancelled or renewed for a third season?
IFC really Sam Patched it with not picking up another season of The Birthday Boys. What did that damn Beaver take over thier network and their in the midst of a battle over being picked up for mulitple seasons. Seriously the funniest T.V. show ever. I dont think I even laughed that hard at anything thing ever till I watched the 2nd season of The Birthday Boys. Bob Odenkirk is my favorite comedian and when I found The Birthday Boys under his name on Netflix I was tired as hell and it was 3 AM and I ended up watching… Read more »
I definitely believe it should have been picked up for another season. The style of the show, not even how each episode followed a theme, was so unique and it had such hysterically universal appeal. I feel this is wholly unfair to Mr. Odenkirk and the entire cast and crew
I loved the show, please bring it back. I hope netflix would pick it up for season 3!
I liked the Birthday Boys. Not since Mr.Show has there been a sketch comedy show I have enjoyed watching like this. Wish they would bring it back. Or that it would just be a Netflix thing. I demand more!
cutting edge comedy, I watched every episode, why cancel ?
Ifc should of renew ” the whitest kids you know” for a 6th season regardless it’s been 4 years. By far the the best sketch comedy show in tv history along side “human giant” and of course Chappelle show. In that order.. 1. Wkuk 2. Human giant 3. Chappelle show. I think the birthday boys was ifc’ s way of filling there sketch comedy void. No offense to the birthday boys. It just didnt make me laugh like wkuk. Now madder how ridiculous a wkuk sketch can get…i swear the twists/punchlines were so smart and clever. To think kroll show… Read more »