The first sitcom collaboration between a U.S. and Canadian broadcaster, Working the Engels is the second cancellation of NBC’s very strong summer, which has seen renewals for freshmen series The Night Shift, Undateable, and Welcome to Sweden. Though that type of momentum can only help NBC going into the fall, the network still has to make a decision on drama Taxi Brooklyn and if that, too, gets cancelled, it’ll be interesting to see how the network’s fall ratings look. Could a stumble at the end of the summer possibly cause NBC to be slow out of the gate come fall?

Created by Jamie and Katie Ford (Miss Congeniality), Working the Engels told the story of Jenna Engel (Kacey Rohl), who returns home after learning of her father’s passing and who begins working at his law firm in order to support the rest of her family. The series, which has also been pulled and cancelled in Canada, also starred Andrea Martin (SCTV), Azure Skye (Red Dragon), and Benjamin Arthur (Less Than Kind).

Will you miss Working the Engels? Do you think the show’s (relative) failure will hurt NBC’s momentum heading into the fall? What type of comedy should NBC pursue for the summer of 2015?

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Among the acquired content NBC is bringing onto its schedule is Taxi Brooklyn, a police procedural starring Chyler Leigh as a driven NYPD detective and Jacky Ido as a streetwise taxi driver; Welcome to Sweden, a half-hour comedy starring Greg Poehler as a man who moves with his wife to her home country of Sweden so that she can accept a job offer; and Working the Engels, a family comedy about a tight knit clan that must band together when their patriarch dies. Also new to NBC this summer is Food Fighters, a reality series hosted by Adam Richman that finds amateur cooks putting their signature dishes to the test against five professional chefs. A dinner party of judges decides whose dishes are the best and the more professional cooks an amateur cook knocks out, the more money they win.

You can get a look at NBC’s full summer lineup below.

What do you think about NBC’s summer schedule? Do you think summer 2013 entry Siberia will return to the network at some point? Which new scripted series are you most looking forward to?

Thursday, May 22nd
9:00 Last Comic Standing

Monday, May 26th
9:00 American Ninja Warrior

Tuesday, May 27th
8:00 America’s Got Talent
10:00 The Night Shift

Thursday, May 29th
9:00 Undateable (Back-to-back episodes weekly)

Friday, May 30th
10:00 Crossbones

Wednesday, June 25th
10:00 Taxi Brooklyn

Thursday, July 10th
9:00 Welcome to Sweden
9:30 Working the Engels

Tuesday, July 22nd
8:00 Food Fighters

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