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According to IMDb’s StudioBrief:

NBC Returns ‘Coupling’ to the Brits
Launched with a fanfare of publicity trumpeting its resolve to push back the boundaries of sexual expression on television, the new NBC comedy Coupling was officially silenced on Monday. Before its debut, network executives had expressed hope that it would replace the departing Friends in the affection of the U.S. audience, but it drew dismal ratings on Thursday night, ordinarily NBC’s highest-rated night of the week. The original British version of Coupling has been running on the BBC for four years and remains a big hit. In an interview with today’s (Tuesday) New York Post, Coupling producer Sue Vertue suggested that NBC’s overly exuberant publicity may have been at least partly to blame for the early cancellation. “I don’t think you can say it’s a show ‘everyone is talking about’ before anyone has seen it,” she said. NBC did not indicate Monday how it intends to replace the show following the November sweeps. Currently it is filling the time by airing “supersized” versions of Friends, Will & Grace and Scrubs on Thursdays.

Now that that’s over and done with, I can get to watching the real thing.