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TBS‘ experiment with hourlong comedies is officially over as the network has formally cancelled its lone representative in the genre, dramedy The Wedding Band. The fate of the show was sealed long before it launched last November in the eyebrow-raising Saturday 10 PM slot. The Wedding Band was a vestige of an old programming strategy, having been developed as part of TBS’ 2010 shift from half-hour to hourlong comedies, which produced two series, Franklin & Bash, which migrated to sibling TNT, and Wedding Band. Wedding Band was ordered to series in May 2011. Shortly thereafter, TBS abandoned the hourlong comedy strategy, returning to half-hour sitcoms with Men At Work and Sullivan & Son, which both launched before Wedding Band and have both been renewed for a second season. With off-network half-hour sitcom The Big Bang Theory firing on all cylinders, TBS’ original programming is focused entirely on half-hour comedies, rendering Wedding Band an odd fit. Thus the Saturday time slot during the holiday season.
With a strong lead-in from a The Big Bang Theory rerun, The Wedding Band, which received mostly favorable reviews, didn’t actually do that bad in its debut, drawing 1.845 million total viewers, 1.068 million adults 18-49 and 613,000 adults 18-34 in Live+same day. But it lost steam, finishing its run with an average of 1.4 million total viewers, 850,000 adults 18-49 and 379,000 adults 18-34 in Live+7. Wedding Band, from FremantleMedia and Mike Tollin Prods., centers on the bromance of four likable but occasionally reckless young men (Brian Austin Green, Harold Perrineau, Peter Cambor and Derek Miller) who can’t figure out their own lives.
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Such a shame. It was a really good show.
Feel the same way. I think it’s sad that a show gets dumped just because upper management decides it just wants 30-minute comedies. I looked forward to this show every week but like always, who cares what we the viewers want.
For real, I really liked this show, but who watches TV on a Saturday night anyway. Guess I am going back to my don’t watch any new shows until they at least get a second season, cause man I am sick of this crap. And who watches that Sullivan and sons crap? Cancel that garbage.
I agree with you.
I loved,loved,loved this show ….what is wrong with the programming geniuses that they cant keep good things going…the only problem is it was on late but I kind of liked that part.
It was hilarious. I wish they wouldn’t cancel it. I don’t watch anything else on TBS, so it’s a shame they’re losing this viewer
Despite the fact that this would obviously be cancelled, this news still makes me really sad. I liked this show a lot, and I know I’m not the only one.
Yeah…i actually tuned into it accidentally the first time, and it was the first episode. To my surprise, I enjoyed it.
Same thing happened w/the 2nd episode. Then I found myself actually SEEKING it out. It’s a surprisingly funny, fun show. Although Green’s not exactly a master of comedy, annnnd let’s not even talk about his singing, but that’s why they surrounded him w/a bunch of talented folks.
I’ll tell ya’ this, I tried several times to watch the misogynistic and obnoxious Men at Work and the trying-really-hard-to-be-offensive-but-completely-tame Sullivan and Sons, and I couldn’t watch either for more than a few minutes before sticking forks in my eyes and BBQ tongs into my ears and then killing myself.
Yeah…I’m dead. We have computers here. It’s awesome.
Wow. Wedding Band averaged a lot more viewers than GIRLS. Don’t let Lena Dunham’s mafia know.
I hope Girls gets cancelled. It is supposed to be a comedy… except there aren’t any funny parts!
Not enough just to not watch it, huh? Has to be cancelled?
It’s taking up space for better shows. Plus, I’m sick of hearing about it.
Must have been a shock to the brain trust at TBS when the positive reviews started rolling in and it was too late to to admit they had it all wrong by airing on Saturday nights, with almost no promotion. This was such a great show…too bad.
Zachary,
GIRLS is probably the best written show on tv right now. If you don’t think its funny, odds are you are old.
I’m 17. I watched it and just felt sorry for the main characters. They seemed so pathetic. And it’s supposed to be the anti-SITC? But they just kept on talking about how they wanted to be like the characters on Sex in the City. WTF?
Also, what is with the characters obsession with cupcakes? They are a stupid food. It’s like cake, only you don’t get as much. If she ate chips nonstop, I could understand. But nobody eats cupcakes that much. They are the most annoying food on the face of the planet.
Plus, I find that the show tends to enforce stereotypes. And I seriously didn’t care about the characters. They were just annoying.
Kid you don’t sound 17! What 17 year old reference Sex in the City? Or reads this deep into Deadline Hollywood? You’re probably 35.
No its not, but thanks for trying. God that show is terrible, whether you are old or young.
Not old and have watched the show several times. I don’t think it’s funny at all. I really enjoyed wedding band, now I’m just left hanging.
Just goes to show if you’re siphoned off to Saturday nights in primetime, cable or broadcast TV, you don’t stand a good chance at renewal as those are dumping grounds now for these kind of shows.
Only in the US will people find Saturdays a complete TV wasteland (save for any local and specialty programming from cable and network affiliate stations)
I feel like instead of cancelling it, they should try to revive it as a 1/2 hour single cam. The show was pretty funny, but maybe it was just not funny enough for an hour.
Not a bad idea. I thought it worked as a hour long comedy, which allowed for the songs. Still, I just want it back on the air. I’d take it however I could get it.
This is sad news indeed. I think this show was great and had some really good potential to be enjoyed by a lot more people if given the time. In fact I find myself seeking out new shows on cable/movie channels to get away from the emotional catastrophe that is going on with the major networks that are just ALL about competions of singing, finding love, or dancing.
I like that this is light hearted, as some of the other great shows that have been popping up are a little on the darker side. Wedding Band reminds me of the past great shows like Seinfeld or Friends where you are attached to the characters and just the story for that hour. i also find the music renditions refreshing, relevant and nostalgic. Hope they change thier mind on this one.
Ugh…Well what is there to be expected. All these networks want to stand out and be different yet they all act to same way.
Huge mistake and sad news…guess that feel good series with great secondary casts and fun scripts are not acceptable on tv anymore…but I do agree that if it was in half a hour format it would have worked better.
Well that sucks..It’s a very funny & fresh show.Different from all that other crap thats on. Give it another shot..
So, the upshot is that TBS never INTENDED to do anything with this series other than burn off the episodes already filmed. It was nothing but an exercise in hoodwinking the audience into watching, when the network knew the show already was DOA. Nice hoax, TBS. Remind me to ignore your other original programming
in future……
Too bad TBS gave up on The Wedding Band before even airing it. I tuned in because of the cast just hoping it would be worth watching but not expecting much could be done with the premise. Boy was I wrong! Instead of caricatures I found a bunch of fun loving musicians who took the job seriously and would do anything to insure the wedding was a success. It was always witty and funny if not downright hilarious and way more entertaining than most anything else on. It easily became a favorite show. All I can do is look for the actors on other shows and avoid TBS.
I liked the show. It was the first show that my wife and I both could watch and enjoy. It had hot women for me and wedding stuff for her. FAIL TBS…..
While it was no Firefly it was certainly better than a LOT of the other garbage that’s on TV these days. I guess its cancellation is another sign that we are approaching, or have arrived at peak stupid. I mean given that shows like Jersey Shore and Honey Boo Boo are still around what else am I supposed to conclude?
Why would they cancel the show?? Grr!! I got this show recorded every week just in case I missed any – something I’ve never done with other tv shows. Damn it.
Bummed the show is cancelled!!
Home with my husband and baby on a Saturday night great show and funny.
Damn…I actually loved this series and bummed to see it go. Watching the season finale…it was a strange episode and seemed like an “afterthought” almost. That’s the only episode I was iffy on. Very disappointed considering the cast members that made up the BAND itseld were not only funny but quite talented and relatable too.
Somehow shows like “Mike & Molly” or “Snooki & JWoww” get renewed but not this? {insert face-palm here please}. Only in America….
Definitely disappointing and now on to find a new Saturday nignt show.
I loved this show!!! I’m not happpy
This sucks.
The show was great and loved the cameos. Guess the final episode was a bit of statement.
I’m hoping that another network picks it up.
Hey TBS, does your rating system figure in all the folks that don’t actually watch TV in real time but DVR the show? We tuned into the very first show by accident and loved it so much it became a staple on our DVR list. Please sell the rights to the show to Amazon or Netflix and let them keep producing. We love the show and are pretty upset.
Wouldn’t that be FANTASTIC? Start the campaign….
I think the actors and actresses did a great job!So sad it’s cancelled.I loved Brian’s singing!
I was home sick surfing on demand when I found this show. Thought I’d waste an hour and ended up loving the cast and the premise. This is a great show. Everyone works so well together and are very talented. I didn’t even know it was on the air until the second to the last episode. Another network would be smart to pick this show up. I’m disappointed in TBS’s decision and will remember it if I ever consider watching any of their programming. TBS will be on my don’t bother it’ll get cancelled list along with the FOX network.
Really enjoyed the show and looked forward to watching it each week. Hope they change their minds.
Deja vu …. FOX did the same with FireFly… Look how that turned out! Keep faith.
Serious TBS… Just when your rounding the corner with some originality… Guess your only suited for re-runs. Conan watch out you might get fired again.