NBC Cancels "Grand Crew"

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"Grand Crew" Cancelled at NBC after 2 Seasons
by Katie Campione
June 9, 2023


"Grand Crew" has been canceled at NBC after two seasons.

The network revealed the news alongside the cancellation of "Young Rock" after three seasons.



Season 2 averaged about 1.2M viewers and a 0.18 rating among the 18-49 demographic, according to live + same-day Nielsen data. That’s a fairly significant dip from the 1.6M average audience and 0.3 rating that the first season drew for the network. The premiere episode was NBC’s top digital comedy launch on Peacock.

The second season premiered in March and its ten episode run ended in April.

https://deadline.com/2023/06/grand-c...ns-1235360661/

[king of comedy]

I really enjoyed that show. I'm going to miss it.

[70s show watcher]

Originally Posted by king of comedy

I really enjoyed that show. I'm going to miss it.

so am i

[TMC]

Grand Crew Should Get a Third Season

NBC recently canceled Grand Crew after two seasons, but Brian explains why the show merits a third season

Today, I explain why the Grand Crew really should be given another chance.

Knowledge Waits is a feature where I just share some bit of pop culture history that interests me that doesn’t quite fit into the other features.

As you may or may not have heard, NBC recently made some decisions on some of their “on the fence” shows, canceling the sitcom, Grand Crew, after two seasons.

The series, from Phil Augusta Jackson and Dan Goor (as part of an overall deal with Goor, who is most famous for co-creating Brooklyn Nine-Nine with Michael Scur), starred Echo Kellum, Justin Cunningham, Grasie Mercedes, Carl Tart, Aaron Jennings and Nicole Byer (Mercedes appeared to have left the series before the end of Season 2, however) was about a group of Black friends in Los Angeles who start hanging out at a wine bar (after they keep losing their favorite bars because hopeless romantic, Noah, played by Kellum, keeps falling in love with bartenders at their old bars, and when the relationship ends, they lose their hang-out spot).

The producers must have known that they were not in great shape for renewal, because the Season 2 finale was very much written as a SERIES finale, but one of those finales that could easily just be picked up again if the series was renewed. No one died or got married or whatever. It’s still a group of mostly single folk (plus one married couple, only the husband, played by Cunninghamd, is a regular cast member. His high-powered lawyer wife is often busy at work).

Now look, I’m not here to tell you that Grand Crew is the greatest show ever or anything like that, but what it IS is a fun, engaging show with a lot of likable characters. In other words, it is the PEFECT binging show. It is PRECISELY the type of show that will become a fan favorite when people start binging it.

Therefore, I think NBC really jumped the gun by canceling it after two seasons. With modern TV shows, you’re talking about such minor ratings for most of these shows, that there really isn’t a huge difference between canceling Grand Crew and renewing it. It’s not like a situation where every other show is being watched by twenty million people and this one is watched by five million. It’s a case of Night Court being watched by 3 million people live and Grand Crew watched by 1.2 million live, and that’s with Night Court being based on a hit sitcom of the past! So yes, don’t get me wrong, its numbers are bad, but EVERYONE’s numbers are bad, so you might as well stick with a show that has a chance to be a hit in streaming.

Most shows that have bad ratings are unlikely to be popular in streaming, but Grand Crew is one of the rare exceptions, I think, as it has precisely the type of show setup that does well in streaming. A relationship comedy with a likeable group of friends. I mean, you know, sound like any super famous sitcom that dominates streaming? Hint – it’s Friends. I’m talking about Friends.

I think NBC gave up a chance at having the next Friends-type series, and I think another network or streaming service would be smart to give Grand Crew another shot.