of an odd theme. Extended hiatus and cancellation Normally, Best Week Ever would leave for a summer break during July and August and return in September. New York magazine reported that Best Week Ever was on an extended hiatus until January 2010 and that it would return in the fall with Paul F. Tompkins hosting. However, the staffers feared that the show would never come back. The last episode aired June 12, 2009, with Dan Moschella named as having had the Best Week Ever. In January 2010, the show's website, BestWeekEver.tv announced the show's cancellation. Reboot and second cancellation On August 3, 2012, VH1 announced the return of Best Week Ever. New weekly episodes began January 18, 2013. However, on April 23, 2014, VH1 again canceled the series a second time. Criticism In its recounting of the events of the past week, Best Week Ever had been seen as a sign of the short attention span of millions of Americans. In a 2005 interview on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams said: "We have such short attention spans. Heck, VH1 has a show about last week". In an article on the Pipe Dream website about VH1's decade-retrospective shows, writer Jeanette Duffy noted that "VH1 has moved on from exploiting entire decades to making us reminisce over events that happened just days ago in the Best Week Ever", jokingly suggesting that cable networks might eventually produce the "Best Five Minutes Ever''". References External links 2000s American comedy television series 2010s American comedy television series 2004 American television series debuts 2009 American television series endings 2013 American television series debuts English-language television shows Entertainment news shows in the United States VH1 original programming American television series revived after cancellation 2014 American television series endings