'Friends' star Matthew Perry's latest TV venture gets the axe

Source:Reuters Published: 2013-5-12 18:33:01

Matthew Perry Photo: CFP
Matthew Perry Photo: CFP

 

Actor Matthew Perry's latest TV show was canceled on Friday after one season, marking his third disappointing venture since Friends ended in 2004.

The comedy Go On, in which Perry played a sports radio host who joins a grief counseling group after the death of his wife, was one of a slew of low-rated NBC television shows that will not be renewed, the network said.

Perry, 43, has struggled to follow up his success as the hapless Chandler Bing in NBC's Friends.

Go On received favorable reviews and attracted an audience of more than 16 million when it made its debut in August 2012. But the season finale was watched by less than 3 million people.

Go On followed the dark and short-lived 2011 series Mr Sunshine, in which Perry starred as well as co-created, and the 2006-07 Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip that was canceled after one season.


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