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We are reviewing all the cancelled shows and renewed shows of 2011. It´s tough for a new sitcom to stick. It´s very difficult to be able to make viewers laugh and engage altogether.
The story can be good, the cast can be solid, but there´s that It factor that meshes or not with the audiences, and ultimately, specially in Broadcast (namely the big five non cable) you need to deliver ratings to stay.
That´s why a show with good actors, with good storylines and somewhat a future in other networks gets the dream cut by NBC.
NBC virtually cancelled Perfect Couples (even though not officially) in its first run. Tthe long-delayed Paul Reiser Show will replace the low-rated Perfect Couples on Thursday at 8:30 beginning April 14.
So that´s right about now.
What will happen to the remaining episodes? Probably air up until that date.
Is NBC cancelling Perfect Couples for good? Not yet but if you ask me it´s 99% sure. (If you ask someone who knows more than me, it´s probably a little higher the chances for cancellation.
Tough luck for Kyle Bornheimer who saw his two last shows cancelled – Romantically Challenged and this one- , David Walton who got axed on 100 Questions and this one, and Christine Woods who was in Flash Forward and Perfect Couples, both freshman cancellations.
Some of them, namely Kyle and David have other pilots in store.
What do you think? NBC cancelling Perfect Couples is a good or bad move? Let me know in the comments section.
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I don’t even know how this show even got picked up to begin with. Watched 5 min of pilot. So dreadful. Really uncomfortable watching with other ppl. Olivia munn in UNWATCHABLE. wow.
I believe this is one of NBC best new shows it’s hysterically funny, and the writing is quite good with characters that are very well developed, whom have good intersecting plot lines that have a chance to actually go somewhere over the several seasons. Let’s face it it’s a hell of a lot better than Outsourced, which is just a one trick pony based on the punch line of a joke, and The Office, which is out to pasture at this point. Hopefully NBC will stick by this for at least another season, so it has a chance to get some legs (something they sadly never do anymore). Let’s not forget both Seinfeld and Cheers had dismal ratings in the beginning. This show seems like it just needs some time to develop, and hell Mary Elizabeth Ellis could carry the whole thing by herself for a year if she had too. That woman is a comic genius.
Also I would like to ad that one should never base their opinion of a show off the pilot. Pilots are often rough and rarely good, even with the best of shows. The entire crew and probably writing staff is probably changed by the time a show gets picked up, so one should always watch at least the first two episodes before forming an opinion on any show.
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