Call Me Kat Cancelled After 3 Seasons — Read Fox’s Statement
Kat’s Cat Café has served its last ca-purr-cino.
Fox has cancelled Call Me Kat after three seasons, TVLine has learned. The news comes less than 24 hours after the Mayim Bialik sitcom aired its last original episode, which earned a TVLine reader grade of “A-.”
“We are very proud of Call Me Kat,” a Fox rep said in a statement to TVLine. “But, unfortunately, the audience response to it was not as strong as we had hoped. We are thankful for our partnership with Warner Bros. Television, That’s Wonderful Productions, Sad Clown Productions, BBC Studios, Mayim Bialik, Jim Parsons and the entire cast and crew for their work and dedication to Call Me Kat.”
Season to date, Call Me Kat is averaging 2.23 million total viewers and a 0.4 demo rating (with Live+7 playback), down 24 and 33 percent from its Season 2 numbers. Out of the eight comedies that Fox has aired this TV season, it ranks No. 3 in audience and ties for No. 4 in the demo.
The multi-cam, which first premiered in January 2021, was a loose remake of the beloved British comedy Miranda, and counted original series star Miranda Hart among its executive producers (along with Bialik’s former TV hubby, Jim Parsons). In the wake of her father’s death, Kat decided to ditch her successful career as a math professor and use her life savings to open a cat café in Louisville, Ky., much to the chagrin of her disapproving mother Sheila (played by Swoosie Kurtz).
Rounding out the cast were Cheyenne Jackson (as Kat’s on-again/off-again boyfriend Max), Kyla Pratt (as Kat’s trusty employee-turned-business partner Randi), Julian Gant (as Middle C owner/Randi’s fiancé Carter) and the late Leslie Jordan (as bubbly café baker Phil).
The show was dealt a devastating blow early in Season 3 when Jordan died in a car accident after suffering a sudden cardiac dysfunction. But rather than kill off Phil, his character lived on off screen; the Jan. 5 episode revealed that Phil married his boyfriend Jalen and moved to Tahiti, having fallen in love with the island during a romantic getaway.
Ahead of Thursday’s finale, Jackson acknowledged the series’ uncertain fate on Instagram. “Whatever the future brings, these past three years of making 50+ episodes of [Call Me Kat] are something I’ll never forget, and I will cherish the memories I’ve made and the friendships I’ve gained,” he wrote. “Thank you to the most incredible producers, the fantastic crew, thank you to our talented writers, our hair and [makeup], wardrobe, catering, post production, and to every single person who helped tell these sometimes silly, sometimes poignant stories. We’re not curing cancer here, we’re just trying to bring some joy and we want to thank you for being along for the ride. Hopefully we’ll see you for Season 4, and if not, happy trails to you.”
Call Me Kat had cycled through its fair share of showrunners since its January 2021 debut. Original series boss Darlene Hunt left after Season 1 and was replaced by Alissa Neubauer. Ahead of Season 3, Neubauer was succeeded by Maria Ferrari (who previously worked with Bialik on The Big Bang Theory) and Jim Patterson. The cancellation caps its run at 53 episodes.
TVLine’s Renewal Scorecard has been updated to reflect Call Me Kat‘s demise. Are you sorry to see it go?
very dissapointed, this was a really fun show.
I agree. I am totally sad.
Yeah I know. Same thing here.
such fun….
Yeah I am so very sad that I am crying.
I love this show so much it made me laugh so hard on a weekly basis. I never thought it would’ve been canceled already. I wish another network would pick it up. So sad 😞
Yes I wish someone else would pick it up. Great show
Praying someone else picks it up!
The show honestly felt lost without Leslie Jordan. He was the glue that held the show together.
This show lost its way after Leslie’s final episodes. It just wasn’t the same without him. And I got tired of the Kat/Max storyline.
I have to agree with you. Leslie Jordan did make that show awesome. It’s like he made them all a bit better when they had scenes together.
It was a cute show but not amazing, and just not good enough without Leslie.
Cute show but definitely missing something without Leslie Jordan.
That really sucks. They’ll keep a crap show like Farmer Wants a Wife and cancel this show. Whatever. How lame. Going to miss this show. It was good for laughs which is what I need lately.
They always keep the reality crap cheaper tp make.
Hating on other shows doesn’t make you any better asshole
Reality shows are crap though. And they can”t really be called a show when no talent is needed to be in it. Just garbage persibaliries.
besides they may have to because of the writer’s strike
It probably won’t go on that long, but maybe.
Huh I don’t even watch farmer wants a wife anyway. Dull show in my opinion.
Farmer Wants A Wife has had ONE season!
After watching the show without Leslie Jordan it wasn’t the same, and I had a feeling the show was going to get canceled
The show had run its course. Watched it from the beginning and it seems to have run out of story mid-way thru this season.
I will miss it. Very sorry to see it go.
Literally just finished watching the season finale and said I hope this gets renewed. Cute show with great actors. I will miss Kat
This should have been renewed not cancelled thx a lot you stupid fox
The show was funny at first. But, so much sexual references and agendas became tiresome and not funny. Tried too hard.
Somebody snatch up Kyla for another show quick!
Yes, she is great! Just saw her in last week’s Fantasy Island episode as the jilted bride’s imaginary friend. And she was in the old Doctor Doolittle movies with Eddie Murphy.
well she still has Proud Family Louder and Prouder
That was canceled also
Agreed. She was the funniest cast member or at least had the best stuff written for her!
The one show i kept a straight face to lol
So sad to hear this. LOVED this entertaining show! Such a funny and talented cast! Will miss them. Thx alot Fox. So sad.
Last night’s 0.1 did that.
Call me Cat does not deserve to be canceled! It is an amazing show, all smiles, all love. Real life, real world things get pretty bad. This show is a light that brightens my day. Please don’t take it away!
If Fox cancelled their #1 rated program, they most definitely should’ve cancelled their lowest rated.
They cancelled 911 because they didn’t own it and it was too expensive to make. So they foot the bill to make it, but when it goes into syndication they make nothing from it.
9-1-1 is going to be on ABC though
I actually enjoyed this show and it’s too bad it’s been cancelled.
I agree with you 💯
I’m really disappointed. I love the show!
Sad to learn that Call Me Kat wasn’t renewed. Terrific cast and good writing. It was fun to watch. I will miss it.
I enjoy watching Call Me Kat with all the amazing actors/actresses and was hoping it could continue for a few years. Please let it continue!! :'(
I hope another network comes in to save the show. It’s sad to see good quality comedy programs be Cancelled.
I will miss Call Me Kat but after Leslie’s death each episode finale was always marked with a little bit of sadness. They were a stellar cast and I love Mayim and will look forward to her next project. Perhaps a Big Bang reboot about where they are now?!…
I think it did more than it can considering todays tv show standards. Still made it 50+ episodes which I’d say is an accomplishment
This makes me very sad
I tuned in during the second season! There were laughable moments, cringy moments and heartfelt moments… I knew they weren’t going to renew it and I believe a big part of that was because of the passing of Leslie Jordan (RIP!). I did enjoy the finale! I wish the cast and crew the best of luck in their future endeavours! Thank you for 2 (3) Incredibles seasons. Much love. :)
It lost something when Leslie Jordan died, it just didn’t have the same heart to it anymore.
Agreed. I’m not surprised by the cancellation.