- NBC cancels American Auto after two seasons
- Show averaged 2.3 million viewers with a 0.3 demo rating in its second season
- Star Ana Gasteyer tweets about the cancellation and expresses gratitude for the opportunity
NBC has decided to cancel the workplace comedy American Auto after two seasons. The show’s second season saw a decline in viewership, with an average of 2.3 million total viewers and a 0.3 demo rating. This result places it in third place among the five sitcoms aired by NBC in the current TV season.
Ana Gasteyer, one of the show’s stars, tweeted about the cancellation, stating that she loved the opportunity and feels fortunate to have worked with the creative team, writers, crew, and ensemble. The sitcom, created by Justin Spitzer, was set in the corporate headquarters of Detroit-based Payne Motors and followed the story of the company’s former pharmaceutical CEO, Katherine Hastings, played by Gasteyer.
NBC recently ordered a new mockumentary-style comedy series, St. Denis Medical, created by Spitzer and starring Wendi McLendon-Covey and David Alan Grier. The series finale of American Auto aired on April 18, seeing Katherine and her team securing their jobs with the successful sales of the Pika car. The show’s cancellation has been added to TVLine’s Renewal Scorecard.