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Greg Poehler who stars on the sitcom announces the cancellation via Instagram, citing 'craptastically low ratings' as the reason.

• Jul 29, 2015

AceShowbiz - NBC has pulled the plug on "Welcome to Sweden" from executive producer Amy Poehler and starring her brother Greg Poehler. Two weeks into the second season, the network decided not to order a third season of the sitcom.

Greg, who also created the series, announced the cancellation in a lengthy, humorous message on Instagram. "Holy s**t. What a ride! Due to some craptastically low ratings in the US, WTS is officially done. I am eternally grateful to all of our fans," he began writing.

"I'm sitting here crying, but mostly because I'll prob never work with Josephine, Christopher, Lena, Per and Claes again," he added, praising his co-stars Josephine Bornebusch, Christopher Wagelin, Lena Olin, Per Svensson and Claes Mansson. "They are among the best people I've ever met and I am so so happy and grateful that they let me act with them."

He went on reminding viewers that they can watch the remainder of the episodes on which Paul Simon, Jack Black, Neve Campbell and Aubrey Plaza are set to guest star. "So please PLEASE watch them. I think they are great," he said, before concluding it, "Toward the end, I finally figured out what I was doing. Worry not. The best is yet to come. For me and for you."

Holy shit. What a ride! Due to some craptastically low ratings in the US, WTS is officially done. I am eternally grateful to all of our fans. When you make a show - and write, produce, obsess and and act in it - all you want us for someone, somewhere, to tell you they appreciate it. There have been so many of you in both Sweden and the US that have done so, and every compliment has made me immeasurably happy. So, thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!! I'm sitting here crying, but mostly because I'll prob never work with Josephine, Christopher, Lena, Per and Claes again. They are among the best people I've ever met and I am so so happy and grateful that they let me act with them. Regardless, what an incredible journey! I could write for days about it. But I am so grateful to the cast, crew and directors for making Swedish tv history. I love you all! Among our accomplishments (aka "Things you would never read in a Swedish newspaper"): -- 6 million viewers per ep worldwide (most by a Swedish show... last year? any year? ever??) -- First ever Swedish show shown (as is) on American TV (subtitles and all) (I think first ever EUROPEAN show on any of the major US broadcast networks) -- Winner Best Comedy (world) at BANFF; Winner Best Intl Comedy (Monte Carlo) -- both firsts for a Swedish show -- First nominations for Swedes at Monte Carlo Intl TV Festival - Bornebusch (Best Actress) and me, if I count as a Swede (Best Actor) --Countless memories that will last a lifetime THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYONE! I sincerely love you all. Tears of joy.... The best thing is we live in an age where you can see the remainder of the eps on NBC and Hulu and Amazon and elsewhere (Paul Simon and Jack Black and Neve Campbell and Aubrey Plaza await). So please PLEASE watch them. I think they are great. Toward the end, I finally figured out what I was doing. Worry not. The best is yet to come. For me and for you.

A photo posted by Greg Poehler (@gpoles22) on Jul 28, 2015 at 2:10pm PDT

"Welcome to Sweden" centers on Bruce Evans (Greg), an American accountant who quits his job to move with his girlfriend to her native country of Sweden. Amy recurs as herself on the comedy series, which was filmed in Sweden.