Kevin Can Wait Cancelled at CBS After Polarizing Season 2 Shake-Up
Looks like Kevin will be joining Donna six feet under.
CBS has cancelled Kevin Can Wait after two seasons, TVLine has confirmed.
As well publicized, Kevin underwent a major overhaul in Season 2. Original cast member Erinn Hayes was let go and essentially replaced by Kevin James’ former King of Queens costar Leah Remini, who plays Kevin’s former police partner Vanessa Cellucci. Together, the two started a private security firm, with much of Season 2 doing everything it could to avoid making them a couple focused on their fledgling business.
Kevin Can Wait this season averaged a 1.2 demo rating along with 6.4 million weekly total viewers (in Live+Same Day numbers), down 25 and 16 percent from its freshman run and hitting series lows as recently as April 30. That said, it ranks a decent enough fourth among all CBS comedies, behind Big Bang Theory, Young Sheldon and Mom.
Word of Kevin‘s fate comes just hours after CBS axed fellow Monday night sitcom Superior Donuts.
The cancellation was first announced by executive producer Andy Fickman:
James and Remini later addressed the cancellation on Instagram:
Finally some news I can do the “happy dance” about!
Completely agree! He deserved to have his show canceled after what happened with his show wife!
Exactly my thoughts! I love Leah but that was some dirty business.
Agree the show should have been cancelled after what happened to Erinn Hayes, and also because it wasn’t funny–not when I watched it sporadically last season, and not in the promos I’d catch recently on CBS.
Completely agree! I refused to watch this season! I have be ed n rewarded with its cancellation.
Agree. What goes around comes around.
These overhauls don’t work. Once Upon a Time, Taken, Kevin Can Wait, all cancelled.
This is not surprising; the fact they didn’t axe nu-Joey along with it is. ;)
They say: “If it isn’t broke, don’t fix it. ” Season 1 was really good until they added Leah to the show. I did not like much of Season 2, did not watch all of it, & am not at all surprised that it got Cancelled.
The way they treated Erinn Hayes was awful, thinking the bigger name of Leah Remini would make it a better show. Shame on them!
It was broke. It wasn’t a success. They tried. I hated it. So i got out at the beginning of this season.
But it was broke.
I agree! I loved season 1
Why would anyone care if Kevin James decides to change actresses in his show? There was never good chemistry with James and Hayes, not from the outset. Leah and James are familiar to each other and work well together. The show was funny and so real to life, showing personality flaws that we all have on a daily basis. It would be great if Kevin James could have a new show with Leah on a different network-maybe Fox. This is a loss for CBS in my opinion and I think it was personal. Kevin James is a good man and that is something CBS would find hard to stomach.
I totally agree
They ruined it for me after the first season by trying to turn it into King of Queens 2. Absolutely nothing against Leah Remini, but they should have left Erinn Hayes as Donna alone. I am not familiar with her work at all, but enjoyed the dynamic she had with the other actors and to me, firing her they way they did, all I can say is I never watched again.
I feel exactly the same ; never watched KCW after what they did to Erinn Hayes. It was such a lack of respect… Plus, I was here to watch a family sitcom that would make me laugh ; so, starting a new season with the mother’s death, ugh . What a depressing idea :(
Your exactly right.
It was huge mistake bringing on Leah Remini! It wasn’t broken in the first place so why try to make it the King of Queens reunion. The whole security firm story line was just stupid.
They deserve this cancellation for getting rid of the wife and replacing her with Leah Remini. I like Leah but the show work with the very funny Erinn Hayes. By the way, I love “Man withe a Plan”
Season 1 was great. Season deserved to be cancelled. They didn’t need to add Leah!
They should have kept Erin & gotten rid of Kevin. His noises & weird pronunciations of simple words are not funny. Just irritating. They weren’t funny on Queens & they weren’t funny here. Kevin James needs to find another way to be funny. Or maybe, just be funny. Leah was okay, but not as the lead. Start a new show, ‘Erin Gets Revenge On Kevin’.
Hahahah kharma!
That’s what I say 😁😂😂
Never watched it but I think they deserved this after the way they treated Erin. I guess the public didn’t want King of Queens 2.0. Unfortunately the crew and some of the cast are the ones that suffer. James will be fine.
Simple solution. Bring back King of Queens.
Simple solution. Bring back King of Queens
Noooooo!!!
Karma. But how did Man With A Plan get renewed over this, if this had better ratings?
Maybe Man With A Plan costs less to air?
I read CBS fully owns MWP.
CBS owns MWAP, and are only a co-owner (with Sony) on KCW.
Thanks!
This show was always doomed. Season 1 was boring, him and new wife didn’t click, the children and the daughter’s boyfriend all should have been recast. Nothing was working for me and then season 2 they tried to fix it but it was already too late. Show never should have been made.
I really don’t think it was the shake up that killed the show. It was the writing. It just was never really good. It had a lot to live up to with The King of Queens and it really was never even half the show that was.
That being said I still like Kevin James. Hope he finds another show.
Kevin James comedy is old school, tired of it. I watched season 1 two times and didn’t like it. Adding Leah did not help it hurt the show. The family was basically was gone, too many dopey lines and dummy looks from Kevin. Again and again. I watched one film of his that I enjoyed, it was a western type movie where he played a semi serious part. No stupidness, he was actual good in it.. His other films, like Will Farrell movies you couldn’t pay me to see.
her that’s a no brained why it got cancelled because of Leah remini.
Huge King of Queens fan here, but whats done is done. The show wasn’t that funny before Leah came on board, but I still watched. I couldnt get used to the plastic surgery she had done on her lips.
So true. It was weird seeing her like that.
They really should have just brought back King of Queens. Maybe with everything being revived that will be a possibility someday. Kevin Can Wait just never really took off either season.
I didn’t watch the show but adding remini to the show killed it. I noticed alot of people commenting feel the same way. Haven’t been a fan of hers since she started that Scientology mess that nobody cares about
You mean bringing light to the awfulness of it?
Shhh, you’re making sense.
Yeah, what a terrible thing. Helping other people. Go be some silly no life whining complainer someplace else. It’s obvious that television effects your life on a very personal level. LOL Get a life
Finally some great news!!
How was man with a plan renewed but this was cancelled but MWAP had worse ratings and less episodes? Lol wtf
CBS owned MWAP but not KCW Read: make more money on MWAP &I think they’re pretty close in episode count
Should’ve cancelled KCW after S1 and done KoQ reboot instead.
I stopped watching KCW after the first 3 episodes in season 1 and realized it would be lucky to get renewed. The writing was lousy, the supporting cast was awful and the only one of Kevin’s old KoQ buddies brought in was his brother, Gary Valentine, the least funniest. Erinn Hayes’ role as the wife was very dull, but bringing in Remini wasn’t much of an upgrade. I still enjoy Kevin James, and hope he can rebound from this mess of a series.
It was a funny show in season 1 they screwed up by trying to bring Leah Remini in. They should have made King of Queens 2 maybe that would have worked
He got what he deserved.