CBS recently unveiled their newest Thursday night sitcom — The McCarthys. How is doing? Is it a comedy hit or a flop? Will it last or could it be cancelled soon?
The McCarthys revolves around sports-crazed Irish-American family from Boston. Athletically-challenged and gay son Ronny (Tyler Ritter) plans to finally move away to start his own life. Those plans are thrown into turmoil when his basketball coach dad (Jack McGee) offers him a job as assistant coach — much to the dismay of Ronny’s siblings. The sitcom also stars Laurie Metcalf, Jimmy Dunn, Joey McIntyre, and Kelen Coleman.
The series debuted on October 30th to a 1.7 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 8.08 million viewers. Last week’s dropped to a 1.5 in the demo and 6.67 million.
While those might be acceptable numbers for a sitcom on NBC, they are disappointing for one on CBS — particularly on Thursday nights. The show’s poor ratings are also likely hurting Elementary which airs at 10pm.
After two episodes, The McCarthys is averaging a 1.6 rating with 7.38 million viewers. For comparisons, The Crazy Ones was cancelled last season after averaging a 2.1 rating with 8.32 million.
Unless the ratings pick up fast, it’s certain that The McCarthys will be cancelled after a short season of 13 episodes. Today, the network ordered two additional scripts, a sign they aren’t giving up on the series yet.
If the ratings keep dropping, it seems likely that the network will pull the series and replace it with reruns for the immediate future — and eventually replace it with Mike & Molly or another sitcom.
What do you think? Do you like The McCarthys? Do you think it should be cancelled soon or given more time?
Please keep the McCarthys going they are a wonderful addition to our week. We love them and so do our friends.. Wholesome family tv. We need them
Please don’t cancel this show! Good writing, funny, the cast is great! A lot of shows take longer than one season for ratings to spike. Friends, my all time favorite tv show I didn’t even know about it till its 3rd season. Hope it survives.
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Keep it!!!! We love it! It’s a show that can be seen by all! Just needs more people to know about it!
Great Show Keep it coming Best I’v see in a long time
I love the show. Witty and funny
Barbara
Keep it. It’s a decent show. Need to be exposed a bit more.
I love it, keep it on!! My family could not wait till Thursday nights, to watch 2 half men & the McCarthy’s. Very funny show!
I have written a few of these comments, but I feel so strongly that this is a very worthwhile show and should stay on the air. KEEP THE MCCARTHYS GOING . GIVE THEM A BETTER TIME SLOT….PLEASE
My family loves The McCarthy’s. It is intelligently written and is actually funny without being crude. Not enough shows like this on television. Give people a chance to find it. Networks pull good shows too soon. The McCarthys will find their audience and it won’t take long if you keep showing it.
I completely agree with the last post I read on my E-mail. For heavens sake give them a chance….they have a great premise. It is so American. It is a show that the family can watch together without being afraid of offensive language and situations.
KEEP IT!
The Mc Carthy’s is so very funny. please don t cancel the show. I may be in the wrong demographic, but I do purchase many products, and many medications, and we always drive a car.
I love the show but its on the wrong night going against scandal and the blacklist Of course rating are going to drop
Don’t cancel!!! Hilarious and so well written!please keep it on the air.
Please keep the McCarthys on. We need a show that is funny and one that the family can watch together. So many possibilities that the writers have not even touched yet. Do not let this one go. Find them a better time if you want better rating.
I too LOVE the McCarthy’s. I’m tired of the Big Bang Theory and I am not a fan of Two & A Half Men, 2 Broke Girls, Mom or Mike and Molly and I really can’t understand why they are still on the air. I think The McCarthy’s is one of the better sitcoms that CBS has introduced in a while. I think the writing is great (very funny) and everyone on the show is good. What’s not to like? Please don’t cancel it. Give it another chance. Or maybe another station will get wise and pick it up.
My husband and I LOVED the McCarthy’s. We wondered why it wasn’t on TV last week. Then I checked the TV listings this morning to find it is not on again tonight. Then I found your website. We are VERY disappointed to see that it has been taken off the air. We REALLY enjoyed the show and always get many chuckles watching it. The cast is brilliant. I personally don’t like sports and this show is centered around a sports loving family, but nonetheless I LOVE it. Please don’t cancel our show. We love Big Bang Theory, but you can… Read more »
Eery Thursday night the McCarthys were on I invited friends for dinner, sand then we loved watching “The McCarthys”, together it is simply tat kind of show. Funny, friendly, and topical. Give it a chance. So nice not to cringe at language . KEEP THEM ON, give them a better time slot.
Great Show don’t cancel 🙂