(‘Best Time Ever’ Screenshot courtesy of YouTube)

Neil Patrick Harris’s variety show “Best Time Ever” has been cancelled by NBC.

The hour-long show featured taped segments of Harris pranking everyday people, celebrity guest appearances and other stunts. The show was based on the U.K. series “Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway.” NBC green lit the show in an effort to ignite its live programming.

According to Variety, the live show proved too expensive for the network and too tiring for Harris.

Audience reception was decent with Nielsen’s live-plus-7 ratings reporting a 1.7 rating in adults 18-49 during its eight-episode run.

NBC’s president of late-night and alternative programming Paul Telegdy says that he doesn’t regret taking a chance on the show.

“People rewarded us for taking the risk of trying something different,” Telegdy says. “It was an incredibly complicated and sophisticated form of television to put on a live show on a weekly basis. We’re proud of Neil for giving it his all and we have steely resolve to work together on something new.”

Harris and NBC will continue to work on a new project together due to NBC’s deal with Harris’s Prediction Productions. Whether the project will be scripted or unscripted has yet to be confirmed.