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Jordan · 05-26-2002, 10:50 AM

I was surprised to learn from the "20 Years of Must-See TV" Special NBC aired that "The Single Guy" was a top ten show and was doing really well when it was canceled. I don't know; just something I had to say...

Will and Grace Fanatic · 06-10-2002, 12:18 PM

I watched it to and the reason it was cancelled was it couldn't hold the auidence of the show it was after.

Chocoholic · 03-25-2003, 10:40 PM

I liked The Single Guy. I wish NBC had given it more of a chance.

James28 · 09-10-2007, 01:12 AM

Knowing that this was a Top 10 show throughout its only two-year run, NBC did not allow the short-lived show to go out without a proper series finale. They had Jonathan eliot married in Las Vegas, ending his single status.

JulieSomoski · 06-02-2008, 11:03 PM

I think I saw this show a few times when it aired on NBC, and from what I saw, it really wasn't that good, but it wasn't that bad. It probably got cancelled because it probably couldn't find an audience without a lead-in (it happens a lot today).

Looking back, this show reminds me a lot of "Rules of Engagement" airing on CBS today. Similar plots and everything.

TJL · 06-02-2008, 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by JulieSomoski

I think I saw this show a few times when it aired on NBC, and from what I saw, it really wasn't that good, but it wasn't that bad. It probably got cancelled because it probably couldn't find an audience without a lead-in (it happens a lot today).

Looking back, this show reminds me a lot of "Rules of Engagement" airing on CBS today. Similar plots and everything.

Plus, in the final season, they got rid of one of the married couples and Single Guy basically became a clone of Friends.
Jonathon Silverman's character was suddenly surrounded by new hip single young people who hung out in a diner/cafe.

It's bad enough when a rival network tries to copy a show, but when your own network does it, that's weak.

TMC · 01-24-2015, 05:32 AM

http://www.twcc.com/entertainment/ga...t_95sitcoms#/5

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The Single Guy

One of the many ‘90s TV shows designed to cash in on the success of the “young single people in the big city” programs that ruled the cultural landscape at the time, The Single Guy followed Weekend at Bernie’s Jonathan Silverman as a struggling New York writer whose neurotic nature keeps him from finding romantic fulfillment. Although the show coasted by for two seasons because it had the luck of being placed on the schedule between Friends and Seinfeld, the show had a massive plunge in ratings after it was moved to a less advantageous timeslot. In the final scene of the show’s series finale, Friends’ Ross Geller (David Schwimmer) pops by to make some casually homophobic jokes.

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James28 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 14, 2007 Posts: 3,975	Knowing that this was a Top 10 show throughout its only two-year run, NBC did not allow the short-lived show to go out without a proper series finale. They had Jonathan eliot married in Las Vegas, ending his single status.