The Cool Kids just aren’t cool enough for Fox anymore. The network has canceled the freshman comedy after only one season.
I’m a little surprised this didn’t get another season because it was airing on Friday nights and was actually performing decently on a night where everyone seems to only watch CBS. The Cool Kids premiered last fall to solid numbers. Its September debut (2.1 18-49 L+7 rating 10.2 million) was the most-watched Friday broadcast comedy debut in almost six years. The comedy also held onto a significant part of its Last Man Standing lead-in early on. Last October, Fox picked up the multi-cam series for nine additional episodes for a full-season order to 22 episodes. Since then, The Cool Kids has been fading, more recently pulling in a 0.6 demo rating in Live+same day and just over 3 million viewers. Not great but certainly ok enough for Friday night on Fox, in my opinion.
The Cool Kids revolved around three guy friends in a retirement community who are the top dogs until they’re blown out of the water by the newest member of the community, a female rebel whose ready to challenge their place. The series starred David Alan Grier, Martin Mull, Vicki Lawrence, and Leslie Jordan.
