The fate ofGrosse Pointe Garden Societyhas finally been revealed at NBC. Hailing fromGood Girlsexecutive producers Jenna Bans and Bill Krebs, the crime dramedy debuted in February. Its story revolves around four members of a suburban garden club who must work together to cover up a murder, with their own dark secrets bubbling up to the surface in the process.
With a main cast led by Melissa Fumero (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), Aja Naomi King (How to Get Away with Murder), Ben Rappaport (Mr. Robot), and AnnaSophia Robb (The Carrie Diaries), there had beenquestions aboutGrosse Pointe Garden Societyseason 2because of the show’s lackluster ratings performance. There were also glimmers of hope, though, that are now officially extinguished.
Deadlineconfirms thatGrosse Pointe Garden Societyhas been cancelled at NBC, with the news coming more than a month after the dramedy’s May finale. There had been some optimism that the series could get moved to Peacock, where it has performed better, but that is not in the cards.
Why NBC Cancelled Grosse Pointe Garden Society
It Was Last In The Ratings
Grosse Pointe Garden Societywas NBC’s lowest-ranking scripted series, averaging just 1.77 million viewers after delayed viewership metrics were taken into consideration, coming behindthe also-cancelledSuits: LA. The dramedy performed better once it was moved to Friday nights, in a scheduling shift, albeit not enough to save it.
Grosse Pointe Garden Societyalso starred Matthew Davis, Alexander Hodge, Nancy Travis, and Felix Wolfe in main roles.
The reason the cancellation took longer than other NBC shows is thatGrosse Pointe Garden Societyshowed signs of building an audience on Peacock, NBCUniversal’s streaming service, which caused executives to consider moving the series there, like they had done withLaw & Order: Organized Crime. Ultimately, though, the reporting notes that the crime dramedydidn’t show enough upside to make the potential streaming move worthwhile.
The ending ofGrosse Pointe Garden Societyseason 1tied up all the major threads that it had introduced over the course of 13 episodes, but it did set up a potential new mystery that will now go unexplored.
Our Take On Grosse Pointe’s Cancellation
It may not have been a great show, butGrosse Pointe Garden Societyhad potential and a winning cast. The shame is that, with more time, perhaps another season, we could have seen what the premise could really grow into.
