Any Given Wednesday with Bill Simmons is an American talk show hosted by Bill Simmons. The series premiered on June 22, 2016, on HBO.[1][2] On November 4, 2016, HBO announced it had canceled the series.[3]
Any Given Wednesday with Bill Simmons | |
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Created by | Bill Simmons |
Presented by | Bill Simmons |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 17 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Stuart Miller Eric Weinberger Kim Gamble |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | HBO |
Release | June 22 November 9, 2016 | –
No. | Guest(s) | Original air date | US viewers (millions) |
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1 | June 22, 2016 | 0.260[4] | |
2 | June 29, 2016 | 0.362[5] | |
3 | July 6, 2016 | 0.276[6] | |
4 | July 13, 2016 | 0.191[7] | |
5 | July 27, 2016 | 0.163[8] | |
6 | August 3, 2016 | 0.247[9] | |
7 | August 10, 2016 | 0.220[10] | |
8 | August 17, 2016 | 0.204[11] | |
9 | September 7, 2016 | 0.217[12] | |
10 | September 14, 2016 | 0.148[13] | |
11 | September 21, 2016 | 0.159[14] | |
12 | September 28, 2016 | 0.144[15] | |
13 | October 5, 2016 | 0.267[16] | |
14 | October 19, 2016 | 0.115[17] | |
15 | October 26, 2016 | 0.082[18] | |
16 | November 2, 2016 | N/A | |
17 | November 9, 2016 | 0.167[19] |
According to Nielsen live-plus-same-day data, through its first fifteen weeks, Any Given Wednesday averaged 203,667 live viewers per episode.[20] HBO announced that the show averaged a total of 2.4 million weekly views across all platforms during that same time period.[21]
Any Given Wednesday was met with negative to mixed reviews.[22][23][24] Review aggregation website Metacritic gives the show a 51 out of 100, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[25] As of September 2016, it held a 50% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[26] Bill Simmons was quoted as saying "We loved making that show, but unfortunately it never resonated with audiences like we hoped. And that's on me."[27]
On November 4, 2016, the series was canceled by HBO. The final episode aired on November 9, 2016.[3] Bill Simmons also issued a statement regarding the cancellation acknowledging the failure of the series.[27]