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No Season 2 for the workplace comedy.
March 27, 2026
It is being reported that DMV has been cancelled by CBS after one season. The news comes with six episodes remaining in the comedy's freshman run. The series finale is scheduled to air on May 11.
The show got off to a decent start last fall, but ratings did taper off over the course of the season, leaving it as one of the network's lowest rated scripted originals.
Based on the short story by award-winning author Katherine Heiny, the half-hour series is set at a busy DMV office, where a crew of lovable misfits tackle bureaucracy, bad attitudes, and busted printers — all with minimum wage and maximum sarcasm.
Comments (49)
04/17/26 at 03:32pm
@Truth funny you call me a troll and yet you post under fake name. You’re not that clever.
This is the last time I’ll post about this: I don’t think EVERY new show deserves two or more seasons to find their audience and garner better ratings. But this show had some funny episodes, characters, and storylines. The network could have taken it off the air after announcing its cancellation, but they are allowing the remaining episodes to premiere. So unless they had nothing else to fill its time slot, they may have some hope this show can make a late comeback to warrant a renewal. Stranger things have happened.
I’m not starting a campaign to keep it on the air. I was just showing support for a show I thought had potential if given another season. If it doesn’t happen, fine, we move on. This need to make my opinion sound foolish says more about you than me.
This is the last time I’ll post about this: I don’t think EVERY new show deserves two or more seasons to find their audience and garner better ratings. But this show had some funny episodes, characters, and storylines. The network could have taken it off the air after announcing its cancellation, but they are allowing the remaining episodes to premiere. So unless they had nothing else to fill its time slot, they may have some hope this show can make a late comeback to warrant a renewal. Stranger things have happened.
I’m not starting a campaign to keep it on the air. I was just showing support for a show I thought had potential if given another season. If it doesn’t happen, fine, we move on. This need to make my opinion sound foolish says more about you than me.
04/15/26 at 11:19pm
How stupid is this CBS run by completely incompetent fools
04/15/26 at 05:30pm
Cheers and Seinfeld were not successes coming out of the gate. Hill Street Blues was also low rated. DMV needs one more season. There is something in this show which makes me laugh every episode. I watch less and less CBS because every show seems similar. NCIS, FBI, Boston Blue, etc. Ghosts will probably be gone next year. P.S. All the good shows are on Paramount+. 1883, 1923, Mayor of Kingstown.
04/14/26 at 03:35am
@kevin
Don’t feed the troll. You tried to explain that this show was a failure. You tried to explain that it had more than enough episodes to find its footing. They just want to make you mad. Don’t feed them.
Don’t feed the troll. You tried to explain that this show was a failure. You tried to explain that it had more than enough episodes to find its footing. They just want to make you mad. Don’t feed them.
04/13/26 at 08:04pm
Apparently thinking any show that had one decent season could get one (not 5, not 10) additional season to prove it can be a hit is wrong because it wouldn’t be fair to all of the scripts and shows that didn’t make it to air. Right.
04/13/26 at 10:15am
@Gary
Gary sit down your making a fool of yourself. Kevin's point is obvious. only 0.4% of the shows that get pitched made it to air. That is the definition of a chance. Your having a +1 fallacy. Why not give it +1 episode to see if it finds its footing. Why not give it +1 season to see if it finds it footing. When is enough enough? Should they wait until they have a 0% rating to finally admit it was never going to work.
Gary sit down your making a fool of yourself. Kevin's point is obvious. only 0.4% of the shows that get pitched made it to air. That is the definition of a chance. Your having a +1 fallacy. Why not give it +1 episode to see if it finds its footing. Why not give it +1 season to see if it finds it footing. When is enough enough? Should they wait until they have a 0% rating to finally admit it was never going to work.
04/13/26 at 07:34am
NO Kevin, that was not my point at all. How did you go from getting one more season to running for two decades like SVU and Grey’s Anatomy?
I think you’re just arguing for the sake of arguing. Not every show needs double-digit seasons to be considered a success. Yes, DMV did better than the hundreds of show ideas pitched every season. Did better than the dozens of shows that only made it to pilot. And did better than the few shows that got pulled before their full season was aired. So what’s wrong with giving it another season to find its mark?
Opinions vary, I get it, you didn’t like the show. I thought it had some decent humor and what I feel was potential. You don’t have to agree, but stop trying to argue they don’t deserve another chance simply because they were fortunate enough to get one season aired.
I think you’re just arguing for the sake of arguing. Not every show needs double-digit seasons to be considered a success. Yes, DMV did better than the hundreds of show ideas pitched every season. Did better than the dozens of shows that only made it to pilot. And did better than the few shows that got pulled before their full season was aired. So what’s wrong with giving it another season to find its mark?
Opinions vary, I get it, you didn’t like the show. I thought it had some decent humor and what I feel was potential. You don’t have to agree, but stop trying to argue they don’t deserve another chance simply because they were fortunate enough to get one season aired.
04/12/26 at 01:54pm
NO Gary....
Your point is that a show should never be canceled and we should only have show like Grey's Anatomy, Law and Order, or the Simpsons.
Do you know how many shows get pitched a year? How can CBS show that many shows if they are still "giving a chance" to the shows already on the air? At what point is enough chance enough.
Given 11 episodes, which DMV was, the Office and Always Sunny were popular. DMV was not. You have to realize that a down ward trend might turn around, but 3 shows out of 600 (on CBS alone) is not a reason to think that it will. Would you as a network executive be willing to fill up a time slot and spend millions for 0.5% "chance" for it to turn around?
Your talking about a show that was chosen out of 500 show pitched that year.
Your talking about a show that was chosen out of 500 show pitched that year to be one of only 3 to make a pilot.
Your honestly trying to convince people that because a show that that did something 99.4% of all CBS pitches didn't do as not getting a chance, even though it "actually on the air and had all of their episodes premiered, but failed to make a mark" because CBS didn't give it a second season to fail even more.
Honestly ask yourself if you truly think this show didn't get a "chance" or your just made it got cancelled. I would say that it was given a huge chance if CBS only took 2 shows of the 500 it was pitched.
Your point is that a show should never be canceled and we should only have show like Grey's Anatomy, Law and Order, or the Simpsons.
Do you know how many shows get pitched a year? How can CBS show that many shows if they are still "giving a chance" to the shows already on the air? At what point is enough chance enough.
Given 11 episodes, which DMV was, the Office and Always Sunny were popular. DMV was not. You have to realize that a down ward trend might turn around, but 3 shows out of 600 (on CBS alone) is not a reason to think that it will. Would you as a network executive be willing to fill up a time slot and spend millions for 0.5% "chance" for it to turn around?
Your talking about a show that was chosen out of 500 show pitched that year.
Your talking about a show that was chosen out of 500 show pitched that year to be one of only 3 to make a pilot.
Your honestly trying to convince people that because a show that that did something 99.4% of all CBS pitches didn't do as not getting a chance, even though it "actually on the air and had all of their episodes premiered, but failed to make a mark" because CBS didn't give it a second season to fail even more.
Honestly ask yourself if you truly think this show didn't get a "chance" or your just made it got cancelled. I would say that it was given a huge chance if CBS only took 2 shows of the 500 it was pitched.
04/10/26 at 04:58pm
@Paul what bs am I spewing, bro? Ted Danson even said the show was nearly cancelled after season 1 because of the ratings. You can look it up on Google.
04/09/26 at 09:50pm
Oh Gary posting fake bs again yo try to make your point. Have you every heard of google bro?
Cheers season 1 (1982–1983) famously struggled, ranking 77th out of 100 shows and nearly getting cancelled. Despite critical acclaim, Nielsen ratings were very low, with individual episode ratings often between 7.0 and 8.5. It was saved by NBC executives and grew to become a ratings blockbuster in later seasons.
Cheers season 1 (1982–1983) famously struggled, ranking 77th out of 100 shows and nearly getting cancelled. Despite critical acclaim, Nielsen ratings were very low, with individual episode ratings often between 7.0 and 8.5. It was saved by NBC executives and grew to become a ratings blockbuster in later seasons.
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