CBS hasn’t cancelled The McCarthys but fans aren’t going to be able to find any new episodes on the schedule.
The McCarthys revolves around sports-crazed 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 sitcom debuted in late October and, despite mediocre ratings, the network has kept The McCarthys on the air. It’s the lowest-rated scripted series on the network in total viewership and also has the lowest demo rating of any CBS sitcom this season — including The Millers which was dropped mid-way through its second season.
The network didn’t give the show a full season but did order two additional installments, bringing the first season’s tally to 15 episodes. It remains to be seen if we will actually see all of them however.
CBS has aired 11 of the 15 episodes so far. They had been set to air two more installments, on February 5th and 12th. Now, the network has pulled them and plans to air reruns of The Big Bang Theory instead.
The following week, CBS will fill the 9:30pm timeslot with part of the Two and a Half Men series finale and after that Mom will shift there — to make room for the debut of the new version of The Odd Couple at 8:30pm.
The network hasn’t announced any plans to air the remaining four episodes of The McCarthys. Also, based on the ratings, it looks very unlikely that the series will be renewed for a second season.
What do you think? Do you like The McCarthys TV show on CBS? Would you watch the four remaining episodes? If you ran the network would you renew the sitcom for a second season?
Loved the show. Usually watched on demand due to bad time schedule but disappointed that CBS will not air final four episodes and not renewing!! Hope network reconsiders. My husband and mother also like the show.
I love this show. I miss it. Wish you would bring it back and give it a chance to find an audience.
I hope CBS doesn’t cancel the show. The McCarthy’s was quite funny. I really enjoyed watching it. The cast is great and was extremely funny. Give the show a chance. Finally there was a good show on and something to look forward to watching and BANG it’s not on anymore. Let the show go on!!!
I love the show, The McCarthy. It is so well written; the characters work so well together; the mom makes me laugh–well, all of them do, but I love the mom the most. Actually, all of the characters need each other to make the show as great as it is. The McCathys is the first sitcom in so many years of television that I watched, looked forward to, enjoyed–really enjoyed. I don’t remember seeing it advertised. My friends didn’t know it existed until I told them about it. I had hope the networks had finally figured out what viewers wanted:… Read more »
Please keep this show!! Why do you suffocate us with The Big Bang???? Do you really think that is what we want???
I love this show please keep it on the air! 🙂
I love the show! It was also a plus because it had a New Kid on The Block in it! Needs to come back ASAP not liking the new stuff on CBS at all!
Funny show with a talented cast and good writing. It’s amazing how crap like 2 1/2 morons gets stretched out ad nauseum and a genuinely funny show gets pulled before it barely gets out the door.
Big Bang Theory is a great show, but their story lines are getting thin and their reruns can be seen all over the air.
It’s bad decisions like this that cause people to look at alternatives to network TV.
This show is is an excellent sitcom and I am amazed that it was cancelled. The cast I believe worked great together and the dialog made me and my family LOL. With so many bad sitcom’s out there that revolve the entire show around sex, they are the shows that should be considered for cancellation. Maybe a little more and better quality advertising of the would have helped to get people to give it a chance.
I loved this show! Great Boston humor! Love Joey and Tyler. Don’t cancel it!!
What! No! Why? It had great laughs without resorting to ‘in your face’ sexuality, unlike most of the sit-com running right now. BRING IT BACK! PLEASE! Having McCarthy withdrawal symptoms 🙁
LOVED this show!! Looked forward to it every week. Why do you take this off and leave some of the other junk on?..
Loved the McCarthys!! It IS a truly funny show. I certainly hope CBS brings it back, as it was one of the very few shows I even watched on this network. Bring it back!!!!
I love this show the Mcarthy’s had me laughing. The characters are great. Tyler Ritter looks so much like his father even his smile and mannerisems. I am so sad if this show goes off the air. The Christmas episode was my favorite. I watched it twice on Demand.
Just because a show doesn’t get the viewers on the night it airs doesn’t mean people aren’t watching it. Between Hulu, on demand, and other ways to watch I hope they get a accurate numbers of viewers before a show is axed. So many great shows have been canceled in recent years!