"‘Found’ Canceled By NBC After 2 Seasons"/ "‘The Irrational’ Canceled By NBC After 2 Seasons"

May 9, 2025 "‘Found’ Canceled By NBC After 2 Seasons": Today I found this article by  Nellie Andreeva on Katie Campione Deadline:

EXCLUSIVE: Found will not be getting a third season at NBC. The series, starring Shanola Hampton, may be shopped by its lead studio Warner Bros. Television.

The news comes ahead of the Season 2 finale, which has been teased as a showdown of sorts between Gabi (Hampton) and Sir’s sister Lena (Danielle Savre). The episode, which will now serve as a series finale, airs on May 15.

Found was canceled today alongside fellow NBC sophomore drama The Irrational. Coming from different studios, 

Found from Warner Bros. TV 

and The Irrational from Universal Television, 

the two series had similar runs.

Held as strike contingency, both shows launched in fall 2023 amid a dearth of scripted originals on the broadcast networks. 

Taking advantage of the lesser competition and potent lead-ins, 

The Voice (Monday) for The Irrational and The Voice (Tuesday) for Found, the dramas started off well on NBC and Peacock. 

Found became NBC’s top launch on the streamer until then, 

with its premiere episodes drawing 10.5M viewers across platforms in the first week. 

By late November, both dramas had been renewed for a second season.

On a stacked 2024-25 broadcast schedule, Found – like The Irrational – has been registering steep year-to-year ratings declines, which factored in the cancellation decision. 

Found also faced a new story paradigm in Season 2 as one of the key elements of its premise changed with Sir (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) escaping from Gabi’s (Hampton) basement in the Season 1 finale.

Ultimately, Found became a casualty of NBC’s cutback on entertainment programming to accomodate the 180 primetime hours of basketball next season under NBCUniversal’s $2.5B a year deal with the NBA, 

which also claimed dramas 

The Irrational, 

Suits LA 

and comedies Night Court 

and Lopez vs Lopez 

— all canceled today.

Found follows public relations specialist Gabi Mosely (Hampton), who was once herself one of the more than 300,000 missing people of color in the U.S., and her crisis management team who now make sure there is always someone looking out for the forgotten missing people.

Gosselaar, Kelli Williams, Brett Dalton, Gabrielle Walsh, Arlen Escarpeta and Karan Oberoi also starred.

The series came from creator/showrunner Nkechi Okoro Carroll, who exec produced alongside Sonay Hoffman, Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Leigh London Redman and Lindsay Dunn. Berlanti Productions and Rock My Soul Productions produced in association with Warner Bros. Television and Universal Television.

https://deadline.com/2025/05/found-cancled-nbc-shanola-hampton-1236386965/#comments

"‘The Irrational’ Canceled By NBC After 2 Seasons": Today I found this article by Nellie Andreeva on Deadline:

EXCLUSIVE: NBC has opted not to renew sophomore drama series The Irrational for a third season.

The news is not entirely surprising. After a promising freshman run, the crime drama starring Jesse L. Martin fell off significantly in the ratings during its second season with comparable lead-ins, The Voice on Monday in Season 1 and The Voice on Tuesday in Season 2.

The TV landscape was different in the two seasons though. 

Launching as strike contingency in fall 2023 amid a dearth of scripted originals on the broadcast networks because of the writers work stoppage, The Irrational took advantage of the lesser competition and a potent lead-in to start off well on NBC as well as Peacock. The series’ premiere tallied 12.1M viewers across all NBCU platforms in its first 15 days. By late November, the series had earned a Season 2 renewal.

Facing a fully stacked playing field in Season 2, The Irrational found it difficult to keep up with its initial performance, posting significant year-to-year declines.

Likely because of that, with so many NBC series on the bubble this season and renewal decisions coming down to the wire as the network has to make room for about 180 hours of expensive primetime NBA programming next season, The Irrational’s fate was pretty much sealed weeks ago.

Still, it was a tough call as Martin is a beloved star at NBC where he previously starred on Law & Order.

Canceled alongside The Irrational today were NBC’s drama Suits LA and Found and comedies Night Court and Lopez vs Lopez.

The Irrational, based on Dan Ariely’s book Predictably Irrational, follows world-renowned professor of behavioral science Alec Mercer (Martin), 

as he lends his unique expertise on an array of high-stakes cases involving 

governments, 

law enforcement 

and corporations. 

His insight and unconventional approach to understanding human behavior lead him and the team on a series of intense, unexpected journeys to solve illogical puzzles and perplexing mysteries.

The cast of the series, which ended its Season 2 run in March, also includes Maahra Hill, Travina Springer, Molly Kunz, and Arash DeMaxi.

Arika Lisanne Mittman served as showrunner and exec produced alongside Mark Goffman, Sam Baum and David Frankel. Universal Television, part of Universal Studio Group, was the studio.

https://deadline.com/2025/05/the-irrational-canceled-nbc-jesse-l-martin-1236390821/#comments

My opinion: 

Found: This show was average.  I liked it for the mystery of finding missing people.

The Irrational: This show was average.  I liked it for the characters solving mysteries. 

I had low expectations and predicted these shows were going to get cancelled because the ratings decreased a lot in the 2nd season.

I feel neutral about these shows getting cancelled.

Both shows didn't "jump the shark" meaning it went bad.

I go on Google "lowest rated shows on network ________ and the year _______"

like "lowest rated shows on network NBC 2024-2025" and it leads to TV Series Finale.com:

https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/nbc-2024-25-tv-season-ratings/

I'm writing a blog post where I'm going to analyze these shows more.