The Cool Kids have lost their appeal at Fox: The network has cancelled its retirement community-set sitcom after just one season, TVLine has learned. Averaging a 0.85 demo rating, The Cool Kids ranked fifth among Fox comedies this season, behind The Simpsons, Last Man Standing, Bob’s Burgers and Family Guy. Excluding animated sitcoms, it only outranked the previously cancelled Rel. Co-created by It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia‘s Charlie Day (who had a brief cameo in the pilot), The Cool Kids starred industry vets David Alan Grier, Martin Mull, Vicki Lawrence and Leslie Jordan as a group of rowdy friends living in an assisted living facility. (TVLine readers gave the series premiere an average grade of “B.”) Its Season 1 finale — which will now have to serve as a series finale — airs tonight at 8:30/7:30c. TVLine’s Renewal Scorecard has been updated to The Cool Kids‘ demise. Meanwhile, Fox will hold its annual Upfront Presentation to advertisers, where its complete 2019-20 schedule and new programming announcements are revealed, on Monday, May 13 in New York. Popular on TVLine<doc-sep>Hank, Charlie, Margaret, and Sid are finished causing trouble at the Shady Meadows Retirement Community. The Cool Kids TV show has been cancelled so there won’t be a second season. Airing on the FOX television network, The Cool Kids stars David Alan Grier, Martin Mull, Vicki Lawrence, and Leslie Jordan. The TV show revolves around a loyal but motley crew who live at a retirement community and will break any rule to have fun. Though they may be older, this quartet is far from done with life. The self-proclaimed “cool kids” are determined to make the third act of their lives the craziest and most interesting one yet. The first season of The Cool Kids on FOX is averaging a 0.85 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 4.27 million viewers. Compared to the other FOX TV shows of the 2018-19 season, the sitcom is a middle-of-the-road performer. The series started out really strong but the ratings lost steam as the season progressed. https://twitter.com/vickilawrence/status/1126866045074014208 What do you think? Do you like The Cool Kids TV show on FOX? Would you have watched season two during the 2019-20 season?<doc-sep>Fox has canceled both the drama series “The Passage” and the comedy “The Cool Kids.” Both shows aired for just one season. The multi-camera comedy “The Cool Kids” hailed from executive producer Charlie Day and starred David Alan Grier, Leslie Jordan, Vicki Lawrence and Martin Mull as four friends who live in a retirement community. These self-proclaimed “cool kids” are determined to make the third act of their lives the craziest one yet. The series was part of a Friday night comedy block on Fox anchored by “Last Man Standing.” In addition to Day, Patrick Walsh and Nick Frenkel executive produce the series. “The Cool Kids” was produced by 20th Century Fox Television, in association with FX Productions and 3 Arts Entertainment. Based on Justin Cronin’s trilogy of novels, the first season of “The Passage” centered on Amy (Saniyya Sidney), a young girl who was chosen by the scientists behind the mysterious Project Noah to be injected with a virus that was meant to cure all disease but was instead turning humans into vampire-like creatures known as virals. The 10-episode first season told a linear story of Brad Wolgast (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) kidnapping Amy from foster care to deliver her to Project Noah, only to bond with her and end up fighting to save her from the organization’s clutches. The season finale jumped forward in time 100 years, when the world was overrun by virals. Adapted for television by Elizabeth Heldens, the first season of “The Passage” also starred Jamie McShane, Caroline Chikezie, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Brianne Howey, McKinley Belcher III, Henry Ian Cusick and Vincent Piazza. It was executive produced by Heldens, Matt Reeves, Ridley Scott, David W. Zucker, Adam Kassan and Jason Ensler. The series had a long path to the screen. It was originally picked up to pilot off-cycle at the network in 2017 and eyed for a fall 2018 launch. According to sources, the original pilot came in below expectations at the network, with Fox wishing to reshoot significant portions. Complicating matters was the fact that Marcos Siega, the pilot’s director, was not readily available to direct the reshoots due to other commitments. Jason Ensler then came on board to direct the reshoots, which took place in last March in Atlanta. On Thursday, Fox ordered six new shows to series for the 2019-2020 season. That brings the networks total new series orders to eight, including the two straight-to-series orders for the animated comedies “Duncanville” and “Bless the Harts.” Fox previously renewed the shows “Empire,” “9-1-1,” “The Resident,” “Family Guy,” “Last Man Standing,” “Bob’s Burgers,” and “The Simpsons.” Comedy “Rel” and drama “The Gifted” have already been canceled.<doc-sep>
Fox cancels The Passage and The Cool Kids after one season It’s becoming crunch time for networks to decide on whether to continue their fall lineups. After handing out renewals to a handful of its shows thus far, Fox has announced its drama The Passage and well-received Charlie Day-created sitcom The Cool Kids won’t be returning, according to Variety. RELATED: 20th Century Fox TV Signs Jon M. Chu to Major First-Look Deal Based on the novel trilogy of the same name from Justin Cronin, The Passage followed federal agent Brad Wolgast as he bonds with young Amy Bellafonte, a girl who he was supposed to kidnap and bring to the shady government science experiment Project Noah on a virus meant to cure all diseases but actually is turning people into vampire-like creatures. As he becomes her surrogate father figure, the two must escape the government and the brewing apocalypse. Starring Mark-Paul Goselaar (Pitch), Saniyya Sidney (American Horror Story: Roanoke) and Emmanuelle Chriqui (Super Troopers 2), the series earned mixed reviews from critics and audiences for its muddled plot and strong performances, but in its Monday night timeslot, its ratings were rather abysmal, averaging under 4 million viewers per episode. RELATED: Empire Season 6: The Hit Fox Series Gets Renewed Co-created by It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia‘s Charlie Day and Paul Fruchbom, The Cool Kids told the stories of three male senior citizens living in the Shady Meadows Retirement Community as their longtime routines are uprooted when a rebellious female resident joins the group. Starring David Alan Grier (In Living Color), Martin Mull (Arrested Development), Leslie Jordan (American Horror Story) and Vicki Lawrence (The Carol Burnett Show), the series proved to be a hit for critics and audiences who loved a fresh take on the sitcom genre with a set of uncommon characters. Despite averaging just over 5 million viewers in its dangerous Friday night timeslot, Fox has decided to pass on bringing the series back.