Despite moving the show to Friday nights in the hopes of generating a few more eyeballs in an earlier time, NBC has decided against a second season of freshman drama “Grosse Pointe Garden Society.”
The news isn’t surprising as the series failed to gain traction on its new night, particularly as it was the only series left over from the 2024-2025 season to have its fate decided by the time the network unveiled its 2025-2026 primetime schedule.
According to Deadline, which first reported the cancellation news, executives had been exploring whether to move the heavily serialized series to Peacock in the hopes of it continuing but ultimately decided against it after going over the financials, citing data showing it would be “hard for the series to grow its audience” on the streaming service, the Friday move did lead to increased viewership on Peacock as potential viewers were able to watch the show over the weekend vs. the old Monday availability when it aired on Sundays after the also canceled “Suits: L.A.”
Cast options were set to expire on Monday, June 30, giving further reason for canceling the series.
In its report, Deadline noted that the show was “liked creatively and costs significantly less than a Peacock original drama but still, its move would’ve required financial resources from Peacock that had not been allocated and, with the audience projections not high enough, a pickup by the streamer did not materialize the way ‘Law & Order: Organized Crime’ was able to relocate from NBC to Peacock.”
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“Grosse Pointe Garden Society” follows four members of a suburban garden club who find their lives intertwined by scandal, mischief and a shared secret – a murder no one wants to talk about. As dark truths begin to rot their lives under the surface, they struggle to remain as perfect as the flowers blooming in their garden above.
The series starred Melissa Fumero (“One Life to Live,” Brooklyn Nine-Nine”), Aja Naomi King (“How to Get Away with Murder”), Ben Rappaport, AnnaSophia Robb, Matthew Davis, Alexander Hodge, Nancy Travis and Felix Wolfe.
“Oh, Birdie. You were one for the books. You felt like an amalgamation of every role I’ve ever played,” commented Fumero in an Instagram post that included a collage of photos documenting her experience in front of and behind the camera. “I’ll miss so many things about this job, but most of all, I will miss the incredible group of humans it brought together. I won’t miss the shoes. It’s really hard to make a show. Even harder to keep it on air. I’ll forever be proud of what we made. Thanks for watching.”
Fumero’s Instagram post has since received more than 45,000 likes, including those from some of her former “One Life to Live” co-stars, including Renee Elise Goldberry and Mark Lawson.
Produced by Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, “Gross Pointe Garden Society” was written and created by Jenna Bans and Bill Krebs, both of whom also served as co-showrunners and executive producers alongside Casey Kyber.