CBS is axing its workplace comedy, DMV, after just one season on the network. The series, which premiered October 13, 2025, features SNL alumni Tim Meadows and Molly Kearney, along with Harriet Dyer and Tony Cavalero. Cancellation news was released to Deadline on March 27, and many fans of the series are expressing disappointment with the network pulling the plug so soon.
“Shame it was actually entertaining, we enjoyed it,” one commenter wrote in the /livefromnewyork subreddit, in reference to the cancellation news.
“It was a fun show. This is disappointing,” said another.
“Anything that has Tim Meadows in it doesn’t deserve to be canceled. Plain and simple,” a fan chimed in.
The CBS comedy follows a group of underpaid employees who are drudging through the day-to-day monotony of working at the DMV. Season one explores workplace dramas, romances, and unexpected friendships.
According to showrunner Dana Klein, the series paints DMV employees in a more empathetic light than typical stereotypes portray. “When you go in there, the average person is wanting to get in and out as quickly as possible,” Klein told The Wrap on October 14, in reference to the usual DMV experience. “But the employees, they’re just trying to do their job and do it well and earn a living.”
She continued: “They’re caught between both the customer side of it- where probably people are not in the best moods — and then their own bosses and the bureaucracy and all the rules that they have to follow.”
Despite gaining a small but dedicated fanbase, a Deadline report from March 27 says DMV was ranked as one of the lowest rated programs on the network in 2025-2026.
The series finale for the workplace comedy is set to air May 11 at 8:30 PM ET on CBS, and is available for streaming on Paramount+ the following day.
