The Carmichael Show Season 4 Cancellation Defended By NBC

NBC chief Robert Greenblatt has defended the decision to cancel The Carmichael Show Season 4, by lauding the fact that it even survived three seasons:

Greenblatt notes #CarmichaelShow getting to a third season was longest running comedy NBC has had recently. #TCA17

— Diane Gordon (@thesurfreport) August 3, 2017

Salke says NBC loved #TheCarmichaelShow and it was a "labor of love." They hoped it would grow. Hard decision to say goodbye. #TCA17

— Danielle Turchiano (@danielletbd) August 3, 2017

NBC says the Carmichael Show getting three seasons was the longest a sitcom has lasted in a while which is pretty sad tbh! #TCA17

— pilot (@pilotbacon) August 3, 2017

Greenblatt is now calling just getting The Carmichael Show to three seasons a win, which is… odd. #tca17

— Todd VanDerWerff (@tvoti) August 3, 2017

.@NBC hoped @CarmichaelShow would grow its audience. Cancellation "one of those difficult decisions that live with you for a while." #TCA17

— ONTVtoday (@yourtvlink) August 3, 2017

#NBC execs on #TheCarmichaelShow: Hoping show would really perform & grow. It was challenging situation. Difficult decision to cancel #TCA17

— TV Goodness (@tvgoodness) August 3, 2017

#TheCarmichaelShow had "stable audience & critical attention," but faced "challenging situation," decided "best to let the show end" #TCA17

— Matt Mitovich (@MattMitovich) August 3, 2017

Entertainment president Jennifer Salke suggested that while it was “difficult,” the decision to axe The Carmichael Show was for the “best,” per THR:

“I think the collective decision was maybe it’s best to let the show end,. I have to say personally for all of us it’s a really hard decision that wasn’t just made on one side of things. It was one of those difficult decisions that kind of live with you for awhile that you don’t feel great about it because you wish it had done better. … This was the situation we found ourselves in.”

She added:

We love the show. I mean creatively we’ve been very involved in the show, involved with that cast and Jerrod [Carmichael] and everyone involved with it from the start. It’s been sort of this labor of love,” Salke said. “Everybody was hoping the show would really perform and grow. I think we saw a great kind of stable audience sort of slowly building and a lot of critical attention. … But at the same time, it remained in a challenging situation.”

Are you still upset by The Carmichael Show‘s demise? Happy the show was axed?