Coupling U.S. was canceled after four episodes on NBC in 2003 after it failed to perform in the ratings. Adding insult to injury, BBC America ran ads saying that they would air episodes of the British version directly after the new adaptation, so viewers could compare and contrast.
Newsweek panned the show, saying that it gave "sex, comedy, and television a bad name," but the most damning review of all came from NBC President Jeff Zucker himself: "It just sucked."
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