After a four week run, FOX says the honeymoon is over for David E. Kelly’s The Wedding Bells series.
The Wedding Bells follows the Bell sisters, Annie (KaDee Strickland), Jane (Teri Polo) and Sammy Bell (Sarah Jones), who inherited “The Wedding Palace” following their parents’ divorce. The staff also includes Jane’s husband and company COO Russell Hawkins (Benjamin King), photographer David Conlon (Michael Landes), and wedding singer Ralph Snow (Chris Williams).
The series debuted on March 7th on FOX following American Idol. Over 12.4 million watched the initial episode. That sounds impressive until you realize that the comedy lost almost 16 million from Idol. Once Bells started in its new Friday night timeslot, viewership quickly fell even further. The most recent episode attracted only 4.5 million.
Production was shut down yesterday following the completion of the seventh episode. Four episodes have aired thus far and FOX maintains that the remaining three will see the light of day. The Wedding Bells remains on the schedule this week but was already scheduled to be pre-empted next week (for an airing of the movie White Chicks). It’s unlikely that the series will return.
A spokesperson for FOX said, “While we’ve been pleased with the show creatively, and David’s writing was first-rate, (Bells) just didn’t secure the ratings we’d hoped for.” Stay tuned! 
It is a failure of Fox to adequately market it and place the show in a better time slot. I DVR the program because it is not in prime viewing time. Does that count in your ratings?
The show is excellent – one of the best currently on television. The acting is great and the writing intelligent and witty.
To replace it with “White Chicks”? I’ll watch another channel, thank you.
I am absolutely devastated that the show is cancelled. It was my new tv show obsession next to Desperate Housewives! It seems hard to believe that it wasn’t doing very well on air. I would even settle for re-reuns if they had them. It’s so funny to see how I wasn’t alone in being the overstressed bride-to-be in this world of materialism and wedding craze! This show made Friday nights at home so entertaining while saving money for my own wedding and getting free comedical therapy! I even got lots of friends hooked on it! I hope that Fox will… Read more »
I can’t believe it’s been cancelled. When I tuned in on Friday night expecting to see the show, I was upset to see a stand in….especially “White Chicks”. I immediately turned it off.
I hope the station will reconsider the cancellation.
I have been a wedding planner for many years. A lot of what we see on the show does happen. While it may be exagerted for television, I can honestly say there is not one episode that didn’t bring back real life memories for me. It kills me that this show is ending. It’s a great end to a long day, and a wonderful start to my long weekend.
I can’t believe that the show is already over. I was looking forward to it every Friday night. How can we bring it back? Please don’t take it off the air completely. I loved it!
I am terribly disappointed to see that Wedding Bells has been cancelled! Please bring it back!!! I loved all the characters, and stories! I looked forward to it each week. When I used the “search” feature on my tv, I couldn’t find it, I then searched on the internet, only to find it had been cancelled. It was so good and had a new fresh idea for a story line. Shame on the network!!!
My husband and I looked forward on friday nights to watch The Wedding Bells.Its very rare that we both are in to a tv show. We both were very upset this friday night.Please fox put it back on the air.If you think it didnt work on friday nights put it on before idol.I know there are lot of ppl that like idol and we both watch it every week.
Bummer! This show is hysterical. Don’t CANCEL! I missed last week and was just searching to see if I could watch it online. DON’T CANCEL, DON’T CANCEL, DON’T CANCEL!!!
Please take the show back. It’s actually the only show I looked foward to seeing. You’re too cruel!
I was so disappointed in the cancelling of the show Wedding Bells. It was such a fun, clean show. My partner and I loved watching the show. Well I did, and he watched it with me. Anyways, please change it to another day or time slot.
Not to many good shows out there today.
“Bells” was a refreshing and highly entertaining show. I’ve never gotten so attached to a show so quickly. I miss all the characters already! It definitely deserved more of a chance.
Let’s see, fun idea, great writing, great acting, great set. SO, you cancel the show before it ever has a chance. Pity. Perhaps some other network will pick it up. I certainly hope so it’s too good to be canned!
I love The Wedding Bells.I am suprised why It got cancelled.
I was so waiting to see it this week but they showed something else. So waiting to see the remaining episods.
Screw this! FOX I’m over you! Every single time I get into a TV series, it disappears off the face of the earth! You Suck!
My husband and I, like many others are VERY disappointed as well that this refreshingly funny show has been canceled. We are truly disgusted with FOX!