Ratings Review: FRIENDS WITH BETTER LIVES (Season One)

It is tough for a late mid-season comedy to make it to the next fall's TV schedule, and FRIENDS WITH BETTER LIVES (#FWBL) is no different. Mediocre ratings for a CBS series rarely tolerated.

Filling the voice of the departing HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, #FWBL actually had a very similar look. Fitting since it followed the series finale of HIMYM. But once it was in it's regular 8:30 slot, behind 2 BROKE GIRLS, the ratings never took off.

CBS cancelled the series after eight episodes, but I do not believe it was for poor ratings. The ratings were not bad, considering the relative ratings of the rest of the CBS Monday night line up. But, CBS did make a good decision to drop #FWBL and help promote the first season series MOM, before it enters it's second season, this fall.

For the eight episodes, FRIENDS WITH BETTER LIVES averaged 5.63 million viewers and a 1.8 rating in Adults 18-49. It is unknown if CBS will ever air the remaining four episodes. but, at the very least, you should be able to catch them once the series hits Netflix and Amazon Prime.

FRIENDS WITH BETTER LIVES (Mondays at 8:30 p.m., on CBS)

Date	Viewers*	A18-49	L+3	L+7
03/31/14	7.63	2.6	9pm
04/07/14	preempted
04/14/14	5.69	1.8
04/21/14	5.41	1.7
04/28/14	6.11	1.9
05/05/14	4.92	1.6
05/12/14	4.81	1.6
05/19/14	5.13	1.6
05/26/14	5.30	1.4

* - in millions