To no surprise, FOX’s The Good Guys has been cancelled after one season and 20 episodes. The series stars Bradley Whitford and Colin Hanks as an unlikely team of Dallas detectives.
The Good Guys debuted last Spring to a disappointing 1.5 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 4.93 million total viewers. Over the summer months, the ratings seemed to drop each week, hitting a low of a 1.0 rating and 3.42 million viewers.
Despite the poor showing, FOX kept the series on the fall schedule. On Friday nights, the numbers continued to slide. Good Guys hit a series low on October 22nd with a 0.6 rating and just 2.31 million viewers. Episodes typically ranked in last place for the demo in the timeslot. Realistically, no one has been expecting a second season renewal.
The series was shot on location in Dallas. Janis Burklund, head of the Dallas Film Commission, says that her high-ranking contact at Fox Television Studios has confirmed the show’s cancellation. The network hasn’t officially cancelled it but the production studio won’t be making any more episodes. The local area hasn’t had much luck this season. FOX’s Lone Star was cancelled after just two episodes and the episode order for NBC’s Chase has been reduced.
Of The Good Guys, Burkland said, “We liked the show. And they had a great experience here. But the ratings weren’t good. I asked if there was any shot at cable, and he said there didn’t appear to be any shot at that either, and I think it would have done well on cable. It’s not the kind of show network viewers understand — it’s too quirky. It’s one of those shows where either you get it or you don’t. Where cable viewers are more apt to go sampling and try out different stuff, network viewers are looking for more traditional shows. And it had a horrible time slot.”
The TV show’s sets are still intact at a local Dallas studio but will likely be struck in January. The final episode of Good Guys, titled “Partners,” aired on December 10th.
Update: Hanks confirmed the cancellation via his Twitter account on 12/27/10.
What do you think? Are you sorry that Good Guys has been cancelled and won’t be back for season two?
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What a shame. Great show. Great acting and story lines. Clever writing. I was looking forward to season 2.
This show was the only good show on friday nights!!!! The time slot was a bad time, but still I watched it. Try putting it on earlier!!! Plus friday nights most of the younger people and some of us oldies go out but it does get DVR’d. Not many shows like this anymore. I don’t know why this show got cancelled and some show’s like “how I met your mother” is still on!!!! Well any way, your going to be missed “good guys”.
Loved this show! So sad it was canceled. 🙁
I am SO disappointed that the show has been cancelled!! My husband and I loved the show… There were parts of every show that got us to laughing so hard, we cried. That’s a hard thing to do now days with all the quality, or lack of it on other shows. Enough of reality shows!! Give us Dan and Jack and Foghat any day… PLEASE bring it back!!
you guys suck,,,,you cancelled family guy and futurama,,,at least you brought back family guy,,,and thankfully futurama ended up comedy central,,,may the good guys can go somwhere on cable. i am very disappointed in the people at fox…. the good guys was awesome…. it shows there target market was 18-49 year olds… i am 31 and i do not watch much tv on any friday…..wendsday or even the original monday slot would have hit thr target group much more……again fox sucks…..
My husband and I loved the show. We miss it. We can’t stop using the shows lines all the time.
My hubby and I were wondering when we were going to see the show again, and I just found out NOW by coming to this site that it was cancelled. It was a great, funny show and we loved it!!! The time slot was very bad – however, you always knew there was something worth watching on a friday night. We are very sad to hear that it was cancelled. Bring it back would ya? The world needs more quirky shows. I loved how it went back in time from the beginning of the episode to show you how they… Read more »
I can’t BELIEVE they cancelled this show!! It was awesome!! Very said to see it go.
The good guys was the beat show I loves it.maybe if you played it on a different night more people would have watched.
I think it sucks! The show was starting to roll! The writers were ceative! I feel the low rating were due to the lack of fox pushing the show! The corporate heads are so outta toch with mainstream America! Get with it guys! Was really hoping to see Tom Hanks make A guest debut, which he would. however Fox cancelled! Idiots!!! Gosh!!!!
I loved the show and am not ashamed to say so. The combo was great and funny. Please reconsider and give us more.
This show is awesome!! You should give it some more time to catch on.Stark is the man. I’m very dissapointed. Ray
BEST SHOW EVER STUPID IDIOTS: BRING IT BACK NOW I DEMAND IT: JUST BECAUSE THE AVERAGE VIEWER IS TOO STUPID:
Dan is the only detective that can pull off a pre-ambush ambush! Show was awesome please bring it back!
Good guys was outstanding. Great entertainment. Sure would like to see it come back on another (smarter) network. Hard to beleive that this show is cancelled over some of the other CRAP that goes on and on. Glee comes to mind, as well as Grays Anatomy. Not to mention all the horrible BS reality (NOT) shows.