Move over Outlaw, NBC has cancelled another new series. The spy dramedy Undercovers is ending its run after 13 episodes.
Undercovers revolves around a married pair of former spies who are pulled back into service after their close friend goes missing. The TV show features the talents of Boris Kodjoe, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mekia Cox, Carter MacIntyre, Gerald McRaney, and Ben Schwartz.
The series stumbled right out of the gate and attracted a disappointing 2.1 rating in the coveted 18-49 demographic and 8.7 million viewers. In week two, the demo fell by 24% to a 1.6 rating and the numbers essentially kept on falling. Last night’s episode hit a new demo low with a 1.3 rating and 5.913 million total viewers.
Though NBC ordered four additional scripts in mid-October, the studio suspected that that show’s been doomed for quite awhile. Today, the network made it official — Undercovers has been cancelled.
It remains to be seen if fans of the series will get to see all 13 installments. Seven episodes have aired so far and three more are scheduled for November 10th, November 17th, and December 1st. NBC has a Shrek holiday special scheduled for Thanksgiving eve (November 24th) and The Sing-Off will take over the timeslot on December 8th.
Three episodes of Undercovers will be left on the shelf at that point and the network will decide at a later date if or when they’ll air.
What do you think? Are you sorry to hear that Undercovers is coming to an end? Why do you think it didn’t catch on? How would you have fixed it?
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I am very disappointed by the cancellation of this show. I enjoyed this show very much. I thought the story lines made sense and the action was done excellently by all actors. Finally there was a show on public television that celebrated marriages in a time when marriages are failing left and right with no desires to work together. The Blooms portrayed the ideal marriage though not perfect.
I LIKE THE SHOW JUST NOT THE ACTRESS YOU SHOULD HAVE PUT NICHOLE HIS WIFE WITH THEY BOTHE ARE HOT AND HAVE GREAT TELEVISION CHEMISTRY TOGETHER…. I NEW WHEN I WATCHED SOUL FOOD THAT THOSE WOULD GET MARRIED IN REAL LIFE CAUSE THEY WERE SO REAL. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN…. BORIS GREAT JOB… I DON’T THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE PUT HIM AN UNKNOWN, SHE WAS A HORRIBLE ACTRESS…. LOVE THE SHOW POINTS THOUGH… I KNEW THEY WAS GOING TO CANCEL WHEN I SAW THERE BOSS ON ANOTHER SHOW, I KNEW THAT WAS THE END OF IT… BRINGG THE SHOW… Read more »
oh boy, I am really disappointed in NBC management this was a great show, but NBC is staying true to form any good show that viewers like are axed for example The King, Providence and the list goes on and on.
I loved this show the actors were great. Disappointing NBC
this was a pretty good show – all the characters worked well together.
Mrs. Bloom is just beautiful and talented. My fave in the whole show by far!
omg, I loved the Blooms. I cannot believe they are taking it off. I always wanted to see what kind of country they was going to. They always take the good shows off the aire. This sucks.
Loved the show and am very disappointed to seeit hasben cancelled.
I loved the show and looked forward to seeing it every week! I am soooo disappointed that another show I thought was really great has been lost.
The chemistry between the two main characters was great and I liked the suspense from all the issues they had to handle to solve their cases, and thought Gerald McRaney was really cool asa their stone faced advisor.
Maybe the issue is not the show but the audaience who only want to see sitcoms and reality shows, which I think are really lame!
I enjoyed Undercovers, I had a feeling it would not last and I see my gut response was correct. I hope it goes on DVD and that the last 3 episodes will be on it. The cast was great and interesting. Looking forward to seeing them all in new roles. I see the handler has already moved on. I hope the cast has access to these comments to know that they will be missed, anything negative should be taken for what it is, “mean-spirited”.
It never fails that NBC had to cancel ANOTHER show that was good,It’s getting ridiculous!! But instead they put shows on about Fat people sorry i’m Not trying to offend anyone but seriously do we really want to watch these stupid shows? I don’t and i never do so i guess it will be CBS that i will end up only watching but they have just as stupid shows about morans on a damn island somewhere good grief where have all the good shows gone to? That would be TNT at least they are loyal to their viewers
This show really was not very good. I can not say that I am sorry to see it go. It has great eye candy. I had no problem watching Gugu Mbatha-Raw as she’s stunning. I’m sure the female viewers feel the same about Boris. But at the end of the day there was no substance. No gripping plot. It was a very watered down version of “Alias.” Just one thing. Why must we bring race relations into a topic about a demise of a poor television show? I’m African-American, and I find that aspect of this discussion confusing. The show… Read more »
Loved the show – all the different countires and languages spoken made it like watching mini Bond movies.
I am disappointed.
I feel like the stunts and graphics weren’t real enough, it would help if Boris wasn’t so into himself, and if Gugu could work on her spy face/poker face when she’s on a mission, it feels like she’s always trying to have the sexy face when she doesn’t really have to try so hard to be sexy. Also the mission aren’t intense enough, make the stakes higher.
I am so sick and tired of yall industry people canceling black shows that are good, I am not usually the one who brings RACE in about things like this but this is ridiculous!! This was a very good and interesting show you guys are messing up if you cancel this show, I love hoygt I love all of the characters, MR. AND MRS. BLOOM I mean I just don’t understand why, I had a sick feeling in my stomach when other things started to appear in their time slot and I just looked on the internet to find out… Read more »
Sorry to see this show end. It was a good, interesting, easy watching and fun show to relax with. Would really like to see the show continued.
Mr Bloom is OK, but Mrs Bloom, I find her difficult to put her lips together.
She can never close her mouth, and she’s a bit fat and clumsy to be a spy.
I kept on watching the show just because of Hoyt. He’s funny n cute.