Deadline reports that NBC has ordered for more episodes of multi-camera comedy Guys With Kids, bringing its total to 17 episodes. Though the show has low ratings (last night's episode earned a 1.3 adults 18-49 rating), it has been saddled with a tough time period and consistently outperformed its Animal Practice lead-in. As some commentors have noted, it also repeats well. Maybe NBC will end up pairing it with the upcoming multi-camera version of Up All Night.
Glory be to God! I know this does not mean anything but the more of this show I can watch, the happier I am.
Very nice!! This show is growing on me!!
Great news, like the show a lot, though now it’s really looking bad for Save Me.
If NBC is planning to pair it with the 5 multi-camera episodes of Up All Night, then they’d need pull it at Christmas to have 5 episodes left. Presumably they would either parachute Save Me in at 8:30 on Wed, or double up the ramaining 8 episodes of Whitney.
Personally, I think this has been done to keep the show in production for a bit longer before they make a final decision. It’s a very small expanded order.
” it has been saddled with a tough time period”
No it hasn’t! Was this straight from a press release?
The marginal cost of extra episodes during a season is very low. Guys With Kids is not going to get a second season barring a miraculous recovery.
Such a nice show!
@Mr Mumble
Quite. It doesn’t have a good lead-in but it’s up against Survivor, X Factor and The Neighbors. None of those shows are exactly setting the world alight.
its kinda funny at times.
Wow, so how horrible is Save Me, then?
YES!!!!! I wonder if Guys With Kids and Whitney would have for higher ratings last nigh if it would’ve been more episodes it even a full season.
I still believe this could be a solid player for NBC (kind of like Rules of Engagment for CBS) if they really give it some exposure
By the time those episodes air it will be below 1.0
Whitney will be paired with itself, and cancelled after it’s 13 episode order. I think Comedy Wed will be over with after Christmas, with NBC putting its comedies elsewhere….
I still think this is Anthony Anderson’s “sequel” to “My Baby’s Daddy”.
God is Faithful I knew God would keep his promise, Awesome news, GWK will continue to grow, it has faithful viewers and I am one of them, awesome, awesome, awesome x 1000
I have a question. If a show is going to get canceled before hitting the 88 episodes, why doesn’t the studio just pay for the extra episodes out of their own pocket before getting a syndication deal? Like that, a cable channel would not only get the 88 syndicated episodes, but some of them will be never-before-seen. Surely, they could even get more money out of a syndicated deal like that.
@Feedback
That’s pretty much what happened with The Game and Cougar Town.
Guys with Kids, Whitney, and Chicago Fire should be guaranteed renewals.
Outside of those three, it’s either The Voice, The Voice lead-outs, and Thursday.
Wednesday is doing better than Thursday, and NBC needs to rebuild away from The Voice.
Is Save Me laugh-track or non-laugh-track?
@Justin121 – Save Me is single cam, so no laugh track.
You would think since that was the first show picked up that it would be decent… but all of these low-rated shows getting extra episode pickups doesn’t bode well for it.
@Justin121
It’s single camera, no laugh track