The sitcom, which stars Jerry Trainor (Nickelodeon's "iCarly" and "T.U.F.F. Puppy") and Buddy Handleson (Disney Channel's "Shake It Up"), was originally planned to be broadcast in Nickelodeon USA's nighttime programming block, Nick at Nite (stylized as nick@nite), and be paired with "See Dad Run", but was moved to be part of Nick USA's programming just before the series premiered on Saturday 16th February 2013.
After the show was moved around Nickelodeon USA's schedule a couple of times, Nick USA removed the show from their schedules 14 episodes into the show's 20-episode order. Nickelodeon had indicated the networks plan was to relaunch the series in September 2013 around other originals and even ordered backup scripts, but the network ultimately decided to cancel the series. It is currently unknown whether the six remaining episodes will air.
"Wendell & Vinnie" also recently started to air internationally, making its international debut on Nickelodeon UK and Ireland in June 2013. To celebrate the British & Irish launch of the show, Nick UK & Eire commissioned a study about the differences in maturity between genders, finding that men finally grow up at the age of 43 – a full 11 years after women 'mature':
Nickelodeon’s ‘Wendell & Vinnie’ CancelledNick@Nite's comedy series "Wendell & Vinnie" is a multi-camera scripted half-hour sitcom that follows 30-year-old Vinnie Bassett (Trainor) living the life of a carefree bachelor, when he suddenly becomes the legal guardian of his precocious, wise-beyond-his-years nephew, Wendell (Buddy Handleson, "Shake It Up") forming a hysterical odd-couple family dynamic. Nicole Sullivan ("Rita Rocks", "MadTV", "The King of Queens", "The Penguins of Madagascar") also stars as Vinnie's older unlucky-in-love sister, Wilma, with Haley Strode ("Gangster Squad") as Vinnie's newly divorced neighbor and love interest, Taryn.
EXCLUSIVE: I have learned that Nickelodeon is not moving forward with freshman comedy series Wendell & Vinnie. The sitcom starring Jerry Trainor premiered in February. It was originally going to be paired with Nick at Nite’s See Dad Run on Sunday nights but was launched on Saturday instead. It then was moved around the schedule a couple of times and, 14 episodes into the show’s 20-episode order, Wendell & Vinnie was pulled. Nickelodeon had indicated its plan was to relaunch the series in September around other originals and it even ordered backup scripts, but the network ultimately decided to cancel the series. It is unclear whether the six remaining episodes will air.
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