NBC has officially canceled "Welcome to Sweden." Greg Poehler, the creator and star broke the sad news on his Instagram account and said the cancelation was "due to some craptastically low ratings in the U.S."
The series, which returned to the NBC lineup on July 19, lasted just two weeks into its second season. In its final airing last Sunday, it averaged a mere 0.2 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 1.1 million viewers, placing 19th in its timeslot, according to Variety.
"Welcome to Sweden" was an international production with both American and Swedish talent. Poehler executively produced the series along with his famous funny sister Amy Poehler, Carrie Stein and Fredrik Arefalk. The show was just one of several original scripted series broadcast on NBC last summer, as originals become more commonplace during the typically lower-rated season, reported the Hollywood Reporter.
"I am eternally grateful to all of our fans. When you make a show - and write, produce, obsess and and act in it - all you want us for someone, somewhere, to tell you they appreciate it," Poehler wrote on Instagram. "There have been so many of you in both Sweden and the US that have done so, and every compliment has made me immeasurably happy. So, thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!! I'm sitting here crying, but mostly because I'll prob never work with Josephine, Christopher, Lena, Per and Claes Mansson again. They are among the best people I've ever met and I am so so happy and grateful that they let me act with them."
"Hollywood Game Night" will replace "Welcome to Sweden" in the 8 o'clock hour this Sunday, and NFL preseason action will take over NBC's primetime schedule on two Sundays in August.
