‘Baby Daddy’ Canceled: Freeform’s Long-Running Comedy Ends At Episode 100 

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‘Baby Daddy’ Canceled: Freeform’s Long-Running Comedy Ends At Episode 100

, the cable network’s longest-running and highest-rated comedy, will call it quits after its May 22 finale. Now a series finale, the installment — written as both a season and series ender — is the show’s 100th episode.

'Black-ish' Spinoff Starring Yara Shahidi Eyes Series Order At Freeform

When Freeform (formerly ABC Family) renewed its No. 1 series for a sixth season last June, the Disney-owned network touted strong Season 5 ratings and growth in key target demos.

followed young New Yorker Ben (Jean-Luc Bilodeau) whose life was upended when an ex-girlfriend dropped a baby daughter at his doorstep. Series also starred Tahj Mowry, Derek Theler, Melissa Peterman and Chelsea Kane as Ben’s friends and family who join together to raise the little girl.

The sitcom won the 2017 People’s Choice Award for Favorite Cable TV Comedy.

Earlier this week, Deadline’s Nellie Andreeva broke news that Freeform is in talks for a series order of the

spinoff starring Yara Shahidi. The college-set comedy, focusing on Shahidi’s Zoey Johnson, originated as the recently aired planted spinoff of the ABC sitcom.

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after LAST MAN STANDING, now this? America will kill everything that is warm and family friendly on the television

Baby Daddy was a fun show, but not at all family friendly. A very recent plot involved Ben convincing Danny to proposition Tucker’s girlfriend to prove she was a prostitute. Most plots are very adult and include sex, felony and even drugs. Sure, in a comedic setting, but most certainly not something you’d watch alongside your children.

I had a feeling a cancellation was coming, but I’m still disappointed. I’m gonna miss this series.

Please don’t cancel Baby Daddy!!! You need to renew it!!! There are very few family sitcoms!!! Cancel the new spin-off!!!

Why?!?!? It has been years since I finally enjoyed an actual sitcom!! No!!!!!!!!! I’m heartbroken.

This show gets me through my depression and anxiety. Please don’t do this to me. I’ll pay for another season. I don’t care this is my favorite show! #heartbrokenfan #bringbackbabydaddy

This is truly bull! I love this show and have been watching it since season 1. The fact that it’s being canceled is crazy. I don’t like this at all. Forget the spin off! Baby daddy is the only show I watch.

So funny that most of the commenters here are calling this a family show. It’s full of jokes about self-pleasuring and one-night stands! Just saying. Anyway, I’ve watched since the first episode and while I’m sorry to see it go, it hasn’t been very funny all season. Something has been missing. So perhaps it’s a good decision. I hope Melissa Peterman and Tahj Mowry work together again. They had great chemistry.

Absolutely ridiculous!! The best show is getting cancelled for a spinoff of a much less popular show? Oh yeah, makes total sense!!

Blackish is NOT less popular than Baby Daddys it gets better ratings and has been nominated for Golden Globes. I hate it’s being canned too but Baby Daddy is not more popular

I love Baby Daddy! I always look forward to it! I would understand if the show was doing horribly but it wasn’t! So disappointed in the network!

Noooooooooo!!!! Please say it isn’t so! This show has been soooo funny since season 1, episode 1. And the chemistry between all the cast is so amazing. Just another sign that TV networks no longer care about their viewers, and they wonder why we are leaving them in droves. This is Freeforms first move like TVLand did toward cancelling all well rating Multi-Cams and moving to low rating single-cams.

That is just sad. Baby Daddy is funny & now it’s being let go? Don’t get me wrong. Black-ish is good, but why not keep the highest rated comedy show, which in case you haven’t noticed… is relatable to people.

Is it just me or has ABC network lost their sense of humor or what

IDK how relatable it is but being the highest rated comedy out of only 2 when both are in the bottom half of the ratings overall isn’t much to brag about.

Why cancel Baby Daddy. Keep Baby Daddy and cancel Young and Hungry.

Freeform has zero direction and has no idea what they wanna be. Clowns!

This sucks. This is the first comedy show that I actually enjoy and look forward to at the end of the day. Please bring it back.

That’s just wrong first you cancel last man standing and now baby daddy! I hope your ratings go down even more and that’s bullshit that you a making a stupid spinoff of blackish that’s just plain ridiculous I know I won’t be watching anything from abc or freeform anymore

Between this and cancelling Last Man Standing, there’s no reason to watch anything put out by ABC or their substation Freeform.

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