Some fans worried that The 100 TV show had been cancelled but The CW had just held season four back until midseason. Is this a bad sign or, just a matter of finding room for The 100 on the schedule? How will it do in the ratings? Will this series be back for a fifth season? Will it ever get a full season of 22 episodes? Stay tuned.
The 100 follows a group of young people who are sent back to Earth nearly 100 years after a nuclear Armageddon destroyed civilization. The The CW cast includes Eliza Taylor, Paige Turco, Bob Morley, Marie Avgeropoulos, Devon Bostick, Lindsey Morgan, Christopher Larkin, Richard Harmon, Zach McGowan, Isaiah Washington and Henry Ian Cusick.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings (particularly the 18-49 demo), the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available — usually the next day, around 11:30am EST/8:30am PST. Refresh to see the latest.
5/25 update: You can see the rest of the latest night’s ratings.
3/9 update: The CW has renewed The 100 for season five. Details here.
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For comparisons: The third season of The 100 TV show averaged a 0.48 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 1.33 million total viewers.
Note: These are the Live + Same Day Ratings which include “live” viewing plus delayed DVR viewing, up until 3am local time that same night. Ratings marked with an “*” are the fast affiliate ratings and will be updated with the Live+SD numbers when they are made available. Typically, networks get paid for C+3 ratings which includes DVR viewing within three days of the original airing when commercials are watched. Those numbers are rarely released to the press.
What do you think? Do you like The 100 TV series on The CW? Do you think it should be cancelled or renewed for a fifth season?
I really don’t understand this thing… Especially the “demo” part… I mean, last week (Friday, I think…) it was 0,4, and now it’s 0,37… What does it mean ? And how is it possible that the numbers change ? Sorry if it’s a stupid question… 🙂
We use the unrounded numbers when we can get them (usually a few days later).
4×4 should have under 0,4 demo seeing ratings are down again this week ?
The 100 season 4 is the lowest rated season in the history of the show. It has become a wait and see, just how low the numbers will drop. Just like most shows on the CW Network The 100 will most likely get renewed for a season 5 because the network and sponsors do not care about ratings. It is fine with them if only a few people are watching a show.
I agree on the 100 likely getting a season 5 because ratings don’t really matter, but I hope this fall will teach a lesson to the people in the industry about respecting the characters and the audience more, if they want to avoid bad press and low ratings. I will say though, that the CW renewed a lot of its shows because of the netflix deal. Meaning that after 4 seasons, Netflix pays more $ per episode. That’s why Reign and the Originals are getting a 4th season, despite horrible ratings. The Vampire diaries got an 8th and final season… Read more »
Agree I dont know how go after S5 seeing it’s so poor in ratings now? Got lowest ever this week
Ship wars aside, I love The 100 a lot. It’s an amazing show, unpredictable, fast-paced (slow burn for Bellarke but it’s ok), and it has such a great cast. I love how all these characters have grown throughout the show. I’m hoping for a fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth and more and more seasons to come!
How they have grown? You mean like how Raven is cracking up, how Octavia is turning into a cold vicious assassin, how they made Jasper suicidal (very badly handled too) and Clarke grieving yet again and Bellamy still hanging around like a bad smell, completely uncaring for the trauma he inflicted and the feelings of anyone but his own? Yeah ‘great show’ alright. Just ask the ratings. Thankfully at least the Flash is still the strongest and Riverdale gaining traction by the week. Can’t wait until the miserables are left scratching their head as to their next ‘ship show’. I… Read more »
I take it you don’t watch the show? Because Bellamy isn’t “completely uncaring for the trauma he inflicted”. It’s quite obvious how tormented he is over his actions in S3. “Grown” as in development. Though a lot of their journeys have been rough, most characters have shown great development-which doesn’t always have to be positive; negative character development is real and valid. Bellamy went from being a complete jerk who only cared about himself to a leader who fiercely protects his own people. Kane showed similar growth. Initially emotionally detached and ruthless, he’s know a seeker of peace, taking into… Read more »
I agree that I went of Clarke a bit because I did feel like she used Lexa and did so with others in the past. But one thing is, she now sees the grounders as her responsibility too I think. And I never liked Raven, she was always very 2 Dimensional. I don’t actually really like any of them anymore. But I don’t think justice was done for Bellamy’s actions at all. Having a bit of a cry and feeling sorry for himself isn’t good enough considering no other character got off that lightly. But he is not even truly… Read more »
Eh, I hold a different view as you regarding Clarke. I don’t think she sees the grounders as her responsibility. I think she HAS to consider them because if she doesn’t, her people will die. Season 2, for example, Clarke allied with the grounders. Her intent wasn’t to save them, it was to save HER people. But she couldn’t save hers without saving the grounders as well. So she most definitely helps the grounders but she doesn’t do it because she sees them as her people or responsibility. Right now she wants to find a plan to save everyone because… Read more »
Hi, non shipper here. The quality has nosedived since season 2 and ratings show this. I’ve been hanging on hoping that this shipper bull**** gets pushed away and they focus more on good plots but alas, still no go. I stopped watching as of last week and it seems a majority feel the same way. They use recycled storylines over and over and try way to hard to appease whatever ship that gets them buzz. I wish they didn’t reduce Lexa to a stupid love interest cause she was an amazing character. Her downfall was that the showrunner didn’t see… Read more »
I agree that the quality has gone down since season 2. By comparison, though, Season 4 is an improvement from Season 3 (the series’ lowest point). Season 3 destroyed the characterization of a lot of characters, among them Lexa. I also found it unfortunate the route they took with her. Though I never loved her (she was a little too cold and stereotypical for me), I did enjoy her character in Season 2. She was strong, cunning, ruthless, and thought with her head rather than her heart. But in Season 3, she was stripped of all that simply to pair… Read more »
Well you obviously have been biased in your viewing because even Jason released a statement saying the affect of Lexa will be long lasting on Clarke and it was vice versa. He said Clarke will begin to embrace her tribialiaty basically and join the two people together. The sky people became Lexa’s in the end too if you remember. And Lexa’s became Clarke’s. Even with Aden, she was so upset. So of course she considers a need to protect them too out of her want because of Lexa. But you don’t seem to appreciate Lexa which explains your wish to… Read more »
Dude, you’re the only biased one here. I’m not here for ships. I don’t care. I care about the story, the narrative. I admit when it sucks and can support my reasoning. You, on the other hand, are not being objective. You’re COMPLETELY biased because Lexa died. Lexa was not the main of the show. That is the truth whether you want to accept it or not. Jason was trying to quell the anger by pandering and he still continues to do so to this day. He knows he fuckd up big time and is doing damage control in whatever… Read more »
Lexa and Clarke had both lost lives. They both had to make difficult choices and both ultimately wanted peace. Clarke did view those people as her own in the end once differences between them were settled. She uses people though, that is true. But not just grounders, sky people and anyone. But she respected Niylah. She cared for Aden. And she loved Lexa. She even started to dress tribal. No question about it she wanted to be one with them and her people. That is why Clexa was so perfect. But killing Lexa was made pointless. But I think Clarke… Read more »
Ps, you want to talk about actual betrayal? Let’s talk Bellamy and his habit of sleeping with anyone and everyone, his betrayal of Clarke and sister and Lincoln Indra and Lexa too in s3, his sadistic will to torture and kill out of want AND his non punishment for it, the only character that really walked away scott free. Lexa had to honor her laws but she hated it and in the end when she tried to change it for Clarke, it killed her. Bellamy only honored his own desires. That is the difference. And Lexa changed Clarke’s view of… Read more »
His sexual endeavors are irrelevant. He wasn’t committed to anyone. Finn, on the other hand, did commit betrayal when he slept with Clarke despite having a girlfriend back home. He never betrayed Clarke, Lincoln, or his sister. He sided with Pike’s cause but he was still loyal to the others (which is why when he realized Lincoln would be killed, he decided to turn against Pike; turning in Pike WAS betrayal). He had no loyalty towards Lexa, so he did not betray her. She’s the one who betrayed him, along with Clarke and the others. Lexa DELIBERATELY stabbed them in… Read more »
BBQ, Lexa was punished EVERY SINGLE TIME. With Gustus who she had to kill for her mistake. With Costia and her beheading. Punished by being killed after sleeping with Clarke. Clarke begged her not to retaliate for what Bellamy did. Lexa listened to her and paid the price with her life. When was Bellamy ever really punished and genuinely sorry, hmmm? Have you even been watching the same show as everyone else?? And his “sexual endeavours are irrelevant”??like hell they are! You think it’s okay for him to control women through sex, sleep around and with two women at the… Read more »
Nope. Gustus and Costia are irrelevant. They are not punishments for her betrayal of Mt. Weather. Those are unrelated. Her death wasn’t a punishment for her betrayal of MW, either. Her death was an accident as the bullet was meant for Clarke. Lexa was never punished for backstabbing Clarke. She had no redemption arc either. Tell me, when did lexa apologize for betraying Clarke? Never. When did she express guilt? Never. Rather she encouraged Clarke to hate herself because she couldn’t accept the blame. Bellamy was punished most notably by his sister, who beat him. His punishment was the alienation… Read more »
The dude is emotionally unstable. There is a difference.
Good show, should be renewed.
This show doesn’t even deserve one more season, it has gone so bad. And yes people, they made Clarke stupid again this season. Just put it out of its misery already, cancel it.
Can you elaborate on how it’s gone so bad? What makes season 4 so unworthy of another Season?
Lexa is friggin Amazing. And I refuse to say was, she is. What a loss to not just the show, not just to Alycia but to the whole entire world that we don’t see her anymore. Such a huge utter desperate disgraceful loss. That ending between Clarke and Lexa didn’t even do her justification, it didn’t let her just have even one episode because friggin Bellamy is always sniffing around wanting his bit of attention. Disgraceful. That poor girl’s death on the show was wasteful and was used as a plot device to boost Bellamy and his already much too… Read more »
I’m seeing a lot of comments bringing up what Bellamy did last season. This comment might just be too long for my taste but oh well. Also, people shouldn’t dismiss this show because of s3. Let’s compare Pike and Bellamy to that of Clarke and Lexa’s relationship in season 2 and even part of season 3. Finn killed a bunch of grounders in the name of Clarke because he didn’t talk about how the whole war with the grounders had caused him to freak out and stress out. Overall the guy had started to suffer from PTSD and he lost… Read more »
Alycia Debnam Carey was the best and most talented thing that happened to this show, Lexa has an international fanbase. Even people who never heard of the 100 still knew Lexa because she was practically the face of it. Lexa was raised with swords in her hand instead of dolls, a personal trainer instead of parents. She hated a lot of grounder law but she believed that by following it, she was doing the right thing. Also she didn’t really have a choice, if the Commander disobeyed she would have been killed, as you actually saw nearly happened and did… Read more »
I’m sorry but um, did you actually read what I wrote? I not once compared Bellamy to Lexa because there isn’t much to compare. You know they have two things in common 1) being loyal to their people and 2) Clarke. That’s it and Lexa did not die because of Bellamy “DID NOT deserve to die for someone so pathetic as Bellamy”. Better yet, she died because of Clarke, who too isn’t innocent in the whole manipulating front. I clearly said that my comment isn’t about ships. I said I was comparing two relationships between two people who had lost… Read more »
No bone in this whatsoever just here for the ratings and to see how low they’ll go but, I have to disagree with you on the Bellamy being some what responsible for Lexa’s death(I’ve taken my shipper goggles off for this lol).Lexa died because she reversed blood must not have blood(Titus pretty much says the fact he’s going to kill Clarke is so Lexa would return to this custom). The reason she had to reverse it was because of Bellamy’s actions. Bellamy slaughtered the army knowing full well that it was mostly Trikru warriors and that the ones that blew… Read more »
I meant blood must have blood.
I know Bellamy’s actions are not excusable because none of their actions really are. Bellamy should pay the price for his action and I’ve said it way too many times and this will be the last time I will say it; Bellamy was manipulated. He believed what he was doing was right for his people at that time. I do believe he did act out and he knew exactly what he was going to do to the Triku army. I do not excuse his actions because I am not naive. I just believe he was being manipulated. The actor who… Read more »
The thing is Bellamy knew that killing those grounders was wrong but he did it any way. He was not manipulated at all in my opinion because he was present when the ice nation admitted that they were to blame for mount weather. If he hadn’t been there and Pike had twisted that event to get him on his side then I would most definitely agree with you on the manipulation. He didn’t believe that the grounders, all grounders deserved to live because he saw them as beneath them and that’s not manipulation that’s xenophobia. And the fact that he… Read more »
You make a lot of valid points and I read your comment above about my “bias” opinion and let me say this clear, my actual favorite character might not even be alive and the second best to that is Raven and I hate that they haven’t given her a happy moment yet. I don’t deny that the writing is poorly but I believe in the sense of making the viewer witness what the characters are doing and feeling, they do a good job. The story telling obviously needs a hand. I’ve said it so many times and I said it… Read more »
I think you are on pointe with everything you said Gustav. Slavery, sexuality, discrimination, suicide, NONE of those things are ok and for Jason to just casually paint them in and portray the aggravators as the heroes for it is pretty sick. Lexa was like the one leader who stood against all those things and they silenced her for it. And you are right, the only way to make little of Bellamy’s actions is to make Clarke ok with it. And for her to be ok with it is the ultimate slap in the face to Lexa who died because… Read more »
Unfortunately that is unlikely to ever happen again. This is what is left of the show and it sucks to say the least. At the end of the day, Bellamy’s own dark feelings made him gravitate towards Pike. He didn’t have to do what he said but he wasn’t blackmailed or anything. But Bellamy’s own deeply rooted feelings made him want to follow Pike. So no you can’t really use Pike as an excuse for Bellamy’s own actions which he was fully aware of. And I do not think he is a good lead character alongside Clarke. When Lexa and… Read more »
I wrote a very very lengthy reply to you but looks like it was deleted for some reason even though I didn’t break any of the rules. I’ll have to remember what I wrote and reply again but I definitely will like to read you view(honestly unbiased coz I’m starting to kinda doubt that)on some of my views on your comments above.
You’re forgetting something very relevant: everything before Season 3. I’m not trying to be a B-I-T-C-H but… I really hate it when people attribute the massacre solely to the explosion of Mt. Weather and Gina because that’s not it. It was a culmination of things. Since the day the 100 landed on Earth, the grounders (specifically Trikru) began to attack DEFENSELESS teens. They speared Jasper, used him as bate. When Octavia goes missing and Bell and the search party go on their rescue mission, more are killed. They torture Murphy and then send him back to Camp to contaminate and… Read more »
You make a lot of good points in regards to having to take all of the previous seasons actions into account when talking about the massacre. I used it to reply to the poster’s point about Bellamy not being in some way responsible for Lexa’s death. Her death is a direct consequence of or very connected to that massacre. But we also have to look at it from the grounders point of view. The show is told in the sky people’s p.o.v. The grounders had just started living in this peaceful state. The coalition was fresh and then the sky… Read more »
Yeah exactly, and let’s not forget the Sky peoples ancestors left theirs to die on earth while they saved themselves. Why should they let themselves be colonized by a group of obnoxious teens with powerful weapons running around chanting about how it is their land now. Oh and guess who also started that, Bellamy. As much as all the characters did wrong to survive, with Bellamy it was different. There was no need, just him unleashing his inner demons that have plagued him since childhood. Octavia will always be his number 1 though, no question about that. As for this… Read more »
Whoa, whoa… you can’t blame the current generation based on what their ancestors did. They had no choice in the matter. They weren’t even born. Also… why make it sound so negative? We don’t know how they were chosen. Perhaps it was simply a matter of who was important (engineers, doctors, etc.) and who was nearby to board the space stations. I don’t imagine there was malicious intent in them going to space other than preserving the human race with hopes of reconstructing Earth in the future. Actually, no. Bellamy did do what he did to survive. When he encouraged/forced… Read more »
People who messed up on social media like you? Just asking because you do a great job offending others I can see. Like, Bellamy with the wristbands has always been looking after number 1. If the others succeeded, especially with Clarke and Wells amongst them, they would have been cleared or just receive a slap on the wrist. The only reason they were arrested and some executed over petty crimes was because in space where resources were so scarce, it was very serious and examples had to be made. But Bellamy wouldn’t have got off the hook for his crime… Read more »
While I do agree the massacre (which was proposed and led by Pike, NOT Bellamy; so if you want to blame someone, blame Pike) did contribute to Lexa’s downfall, her death was more a result of her actions. This might get a bit convoluted, so I apologize in advance. The major mistake Lexa made was bowing out of the MW battle. Though I understand her strategy (she needed MW to remain a threat in order for the coalition remain stable), her decision was the wrong choice for her people. We’ve come to know the grounders are staunch believers of Blood… Read more »
Since you have kind of been forcing your opinion of this, I would like to give my say on what my problem is for one because I just don’t think people like you understand or care. For a while I had gone through some very personal crap. I was confused about myself, I was lonely, I had nobody to talk to. It wasn’t a nice place and not even I really understand what was wrong but I just tried to carry on. I watched the 100 just casually at first in season 1 and I enjoyed it but wasn’t quite… Read more »
I’m sorry for what you’re going through. I do not understand in any way or shape what you yourself feel because I haven’t been in your shoes and I do have empathy for those who found a connection to Lexa. I really do. I’m a very blunt person, so please do not take this as a personal attack of any way or shape or form because I do not know you, and all though I sincerely am sorry for what struggles you are going through; my post wasn’t about the romantic element in the show. It was about the characters… Read more »
Stop right there. Jason Rothenberg NEVER said Bellarke is endgame.
He said he is going to make Clarke move on which means 98% chance it will be Bellamy. The Bellarkers having been pleading him for it and he needs ratings. Either way though, I’m done with it, they ruined Clarke and all the good characters. Octavia psycho, Raven, a needy mess, Jasper suicidal!! And like how dark is that in itself to portray that kind of thing all with everything else. This show is wacked and is so bad for mental health representation. No wonder it has become a regular thing that they keep having to put help lines at… Read more »
Oh one last thing if we’re calling out people based on the people they sleep with, Clarke slept with three and aren’t people always getting mad because of double standards? You know my post was really about the double standards. Also Clarke tortured Lincoln and so did Bellamy and Raven and Murphy wasn’t tortured by Bellamy. He was tortured by the people he later on killed in season 1 and all Clarke, who was the one with the idea, and Bellamy did was banish him and then he was tortured by grounders. And final thing I wasn’t slamming or slandering… Read more »
Bellarke isn’t going to happen. What makes people think it will? We’ve never seen a hint of sexual tension between them.
It saddens me to see you get downvoted because you speak nothing but the truth. You’re looking at the show objectively, considering only what is canon, and making valid, logical claims. It’s a shame people are so deluded that they can’t handle or accept it. Like, ship whoever you want but don’t ignore the narrative. Don’t pretend your beloved character is a saint and everyone else is trash. Don’t pretend the show was always **** (the worst season by far has been Season 3, even critics think so) just because things didn’t go the way you’d like. Be objective, peeps.… Read more »
Thank you. I like the simple way you phrased it and I should’ve just said that instead of my long comment lol.
This reply is making me think you might not be as neutral as you first said. I was willing to take off my shipper goggles. Please take yours off too and let’s discuss the show like you said. Sara above makes a really good point about poster Cala maybe you might wanna give her reply a read. A really objective no bs read.
What I meant with my reply was simple “Don’t pretend your beloved character is a saint and everyone else is trash” because once again we talk about if you can’t blur the line for one, then don’t blur the line for another one because they are you favorite character. I was looking at it objectively and not in a bias way or looking at ships. Maybe I didn’t word myself correctly sorry about that.
No seriously, this will be my very last reply to this comment section. I gotta get to writing lol.
Well geez if your book is anything as controversial as the people you have been supporting in a supposed ‘neutral’ state, no thanks for the plug, I won’t be reading it.
Don’t buy it. It’s a terrible book. It’s poorly written and totally based off on my bias opinion on a TV show! The only copy that will ever be made, because it will only be one(1, uno) will probably beg somebody to set it on fire because it is a horrible book! In all seriousness, don’t buy any book by the author name “I have nothing else to do” if you ever see a book by said writer, burn it. Put it out of its misery. Those pages could have been used for a way better book. I’m not even… Read more »
Sara’s view is biased. Let’s face it. I could be as objective and mature as possible and I would still be viewed like a demon because I don’t believe Lexa was the show (which she wasn’t). I’ll admit I’ve lost my cool (because it is frustrating to see people disregard the narrative and the talents of the creators and actors) and have said immature things, however, that’s not true off all my comments. Saying anything that does not put Lexa on a pedestal, though, seems to ruffle feathers among Cls, especially those here who are intent on downvoting any positive… Read more »
That’s only your opinion that season 4 is better. And that is rich. YOU are biased because you ship Bellarke. And I for one think you owe that girl an apology. You weren’t just rude to her when she was actually trying to open up a bit. You tore her apart. Lucky for you, you didn’t have to go through the things that some people here have. This isn’t about putting Lexa on a pedestal for the heck of it. This is about the show consistently destroying characters and handling sensitive situations like Lexa’s shockingly badly and at the end… Read more »
Seems like only comments ass-liking Lexa get up votes. Clexa was a fine relationship, personally don’t see what the fuss was about but ok, some people loved it. Couldn’t care whether Bellarke happens or not.
You know why? Because the show is far more than who Clarke has in her bed at any one time. Good God people get over it.
The show has lost its reputation and any chance it had to stay stable. Sorry but it’s dead. Move on. You know they are going to keep it crappy.
The fuss was that it was an f/f pairing. I do wonder if Clexa fans would be as devoted had Lexa been a man (I personally think not).
I would have loved Lexa just as much even if she wasn’t gay (a man?). But the fact she was made her even more special for so many because she was such a rare gem on tv. And to “Who freaking cares”, this show used to be about more than who Clarke has in her bed but Jason and even Eliza have made it so that is ALL that this show is about anymore. Which is sad.
Uh, would you still like Bellamy if he was a girl then? I wouldn’t, he/she would still be an ass.
Honestly I for one didn’t downvote the other person because at least they are making an effort but I have no problem downvoting you because your attitude right the way through the comments over a topic that has quite clearly had an actual impact on some people has been ****** to say the least. You just seem like a typical merciless Bellarker through and through and I’m not tolerating this. Bellamy has done awful things, is a bad role model in the show and it would be wrong for ANYONE in the show to be rewarded for their actions the… Read more »
I only bothered to read the first sentence. I don’t have the time nor the desire to read a rant that’s going to be full of baseless assumptions and ad hominems (which I’m assuming is what you wrote based on the tone of the first sentence). I will say this, however: respect is earned, not given… and the (majority of) Clexas here have not earned it. I can be civil but my efforts are met with hatred and insults (’cause if you don’t like CL, you’re automatically homophobic). When the psychotic Clexas learn how to have a proper discussion based… Read more »
WTF!!! Cala READ HER BLOODY COMMENT. She didn’t use any ad hominems she was actually just explaining her situation but I guess you being judgemental, a name caller and she didn’t call you a homophobe either, you did that to yourself?! If you only read the first line and start to bully her before you even hear her out, it shows what a worthless person you really are. And I do hope for the good of the last morsels of this shows reputation, that your ship sinks so that your backbone is removed. You are seriously out of line.
“You just seem like a typical merciless Bellarker”. That wasn’t a necessary comment to make if all she was planning on doing was explaining her situation. Never said she called me a homophobe, love. But that’s the general consensus in the Cl fandom (the negative side of the fandom, I’m aware there are actual decent fans out there). And see… that’s why I don’t take any of you seriously. I wasn’t “bullying” her. I just flat out said I wasn’t going to read a rant that started off on a negative note. I then went on to defend myself by… Read more »
Damn girl whatever about others, you are actually the salt mines of this entire thread. You do come across that way though. I have heard Bellarkers that sound like you and I have heard even worse. And when they say stuff like Adam and Eve getting back together, does seem like some Bellarkers are shipping for a pro straight narrative alright. And that’s “the negative side” of the Bellarke fandom. And there is a lot of Bellarke shippers with trashy viewpoints. Even Eliza was getting angry about it at one stage. She didn’t support the ship and she was open… Read more »
For me it is simple. Clexa was natural, was genius and most of all, was real love. To do what they did to themthe was a huge mockery and slap in the face. Lexa DID get a raw deal. And NOBODY now or in the ‘future’ of the show can EVER replace her. The show should have ended in season 3, that will always be the true ending for so many. But all the good characters apart from Clarke are already dead! So truthfully, season 4 has been crap so far. And it is very simple. No Lexa, no show,… Read more »
Speaking objectively, not taking at all into account any ships, Season 4 has proven to be stronger than Season 3 was. In the first few episodes of the previous season, there was a huge drop in viewership because, frankly, the show was lacking. There were too many story lines, characters were acting OOC or simply sidelined. Time was wasted on plot points that did not matter (e.g. there was so much hype around Nia only for her to die in the episode following her introduction; episode 1 was simply irrelevant, to be honest). The writing had dropped in quality and… Read more »
Season 4 has seen a bigger drop in ratings though and quite frankly I disagree. You talk about no silly side character stuff, Briller anyone? They were a complete marketing device. And I have honestly found that it is still unrealistic and cringey, I have no idea why you would say it is the strongest season yet, I have only heard that line from Bellarkers. Season 3 was lower because everyone pretty much knew they were going to off Lexa after Alycia’s Fear deal was settled. But the way they did it was even more pathetic and again, an awful… Read more »
That’s not accurate. The biggest drop in ratings was Season 1, followed by Season 3. Thus far, Season 4 is remaining somewhat stable (though that may potentially change in the future). I mean, we could make that same comment about Clexa being a marketing device. But let’s not focus on the romantic relationships (which were underdeveloped). Right off the top of my head, I remember two episodes that were severely lacking. The first being episode one and the other being episode 13 (the whole Emerson fiasco). Episode one was painfully slow, introducing us to characters and filling us in on… Read more »
If Lexa was introduced as a “marketing device”, that makes this show sink even lower than low. Certainly I don’t think anyone can question that Nathan and Bryan are the most obvious marketing device this show has seen. Put in 2 gay guys and give them a bigger role and all of a sudden this show is magically not liable for its poor LGBT representation?! The answer to that is N.O. Trying to mask the evidence is not solving the problem. The damage is done. I don’t think the show is redeemable in its current situation and I don’t think… Read more »
I didn’t feel Lexa’s introduction was a marketing device in Season 2. I did read they wanted to explore non-heteronormative and ended up choosing the Commander (who was originally meant to be a kid) to do so. I do think it was marketing for Season 3. They hyped up the relationship and, from what I recall, promoted it. Personally, I thought their feelings in season 2 were genuine (it was created before being given any feedback). But Season 3 felt like pandering. They brushed aside all the problematic aspects of it to make it canon and that never sat well… Read more »
Seriously though, how can shows like the Flash that weren’t even half as good as the 100 to begin with still be hanging in there over shows like this? Completely insane.
I don’t watch the Flash but it is the top rated show on the CW Network so it is doing something right. As for The 100. Many people lost interest in the show during and after season 3. With the plot holes, the senseless deaths of Lexa, Lincoln and Sinclair and the killing of all those grounders and Bellamy getting off scott free. I hear he has continued to kill grounders in season 4. The people who have decided to continue watching are realizing the show has not gotten any better and are deciding to stop watching each week as… Read more »
Well that’s true. But if Bellamy started taking a very large back seat or was exiled permanently, I would watch it and enjoy if more. Also though with still fingers and toes crossed that it might make it a bit more open ended for a surprise Lexa comeback. But you are right, that current storyline with Bellamy and the grounders and ‘Bellarke’ is driving people away even more. Ps, who did he kill, I haven’t watched? Seriously though, I do think shows like The Flash are still hugely overrated.
Hey, so I agree with most of what you said. It is certain the show has gone downhill last season and they are trying to make up for it this season, but even if the last episode was actually back on the tracks of good morally grey (like we had in s2), the fact that Bellamy did get off scott free for killing the grounders is what is plumbing the show. It is just too easy to write it off as “something he will have to live with”. No, that excuse doesn’t apply when you go massacre people in their… Read more »
Are you serious? That sounds pretty crap, I wasn’t missing much. I feel like Lexa was more gutsy than Bellamy, she had class and control. He is on the other hand just looking to get into Clarke’s bed and has been since season 1. Honestly this has become as soppy as High School Musical or something. As for Bellamy not being punished, completely and utterly RIDICULOUS. Poor Lexa got a raw deal, Bellamy and Clarke essentially killed her, she should have retaliated. I was screaming at the television DON’T YOU DARE LISTEN TO CLARKE! Clarke slept with her, weakened her,… Read more »
“He is on the other hand just looking to get into Clarke’s bed” That’s not canon for Bellamy but it is canon for Lexa. It’s why Lexa did everything for Clarke in S3: she wanted to get inside her pants… and she succeeded.
That’s not true. Sex didn’t matter to Lexa, she genuinely loved Clarke and wanted to keep her safe. She would never have pushed her into it because she wanted it. If you remember, it was actually Clarke that started ripping Lexa’s clothes off, Clarke was the one who initiated it if you will. But when Lexa loves people, she takes it seriously, especially after her last girlfriend was beheaded, she wouldn’t let anything happen to Clarke. But she respected Clarke and respected her body too. Bellamy is the one in case your memory is foggy, that had a reputation of… Read more »
Damn they really wanna hit the bottom of the barrel with those ratings huh? I saw the half hours and they went below 1M (http://www.spottedratings.com/2017/02/spotted-ratings-wednesday-2817.html#comment-3146353631) viewers in the second half. That’s just not good enough. The demo was also dangerously close to 0.3 which I’m guessing will be the demo they stabilize at this season(they could go lower) which is sad but last season with the COL stuff and the blatant xenophobia displayed by the sky people might have turned a lot of viewers off. I mean, they aren’t facing any consequence whatsoever for what they did to those sleeping… Read more »
Yeah maybe if Bellamy and more Sky People died it would help the show. Bellamy always feels sorry for himself. Remember that time Murphy tried to get his own back by torturing Bellamy and everyone was like oh poor Bellamy. He asked for it!!! And killing the massive grounder army there to protect him, he did the same. Blood must have blood I say. And the xenophobia towards the grounders is unreal. As a viewer they have made it so that we can love the grounders but then we are not allowed to be their fans over the ‘adventure squad’… Read more »
I think that’s the show’s biggest problem. The audience isn’t rooting for the sky people who are supposed to be the “heroes” but rather rooting for the “villains” (grounders) because they’ve made the sky people’s actions so irredeemable imo. Who wants to root for a guy that murders 300 sleeping people and then turns around and goes to a village to murder women, old people and children left defenseless because he murdered the people who would have protected them because his people want to plant corn? When this issue would or was gonna be solved by the sky people being… Read more »
Totally, the Sky people are the real villains, their ancestors left the others to die after all and then one day they just come back thinking they can steal their land and colonize them, with Bellamy and his posse in season 1 shouting about how it is their land now?!! Yeah I’m sure the grounders were thrilled when they reported this to Lexa. I would love to have seen an entire grounder perspective of this show, just out of curiosity. At first I rooted for the Sky People but I hate most of them now and prefer the grounders. I… Read more »
It is definitely not the same, we all know that. But after Alycia moved to that atrocious spin off Fear the Walking Dead, I have come to realise that actually, there are still way poorer quality shows out there. So I would gladly watch The 100 over the like of that any day even with its flaws (although hopefully Jason will listen to fans).
Actually there are a lot of really good shows out there to pick from. So he should really step it up. Here are a “few” you might like. Stranger Things, Sense8, Sons of Anarchy, Black Mirror, Bloodline, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Better Call Saul, The Walking Dead, Last Man On Earth, The Mick, The Path, Orange is the New Black, 11-22-63, Mad Men, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Breaking Bad, Superstore, The Goldbergs, The Killing, Damages, The Fall, Shameless, Underground, Jessica Jones, Orphan Black, The People vs OJ Simpson, American Crime, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Black Sails, The Missing, Wrecked,… Read more »
I watched Black Mirror, didn’t like it and didn’t like the way there is no proper characters to follow. Westworld is ok. GOT is dying. TWD is running out of steam (and as I say don’t even go there with the spin off, plain awful), The people vs OJ, Mad men, BB etc. are all political not dystopian or to my taste at all, Always Sunny in Philadelphia is a comedy, again not my scene, A Series of Unfortunate Events been there done that, my new fandom? Don’t think so. American Horror story dying and again no characters to follow/… Read more »
Seriously? Fear the Walking Dead isn’t even competition, it’s a crappy spin off and lets face it, anything would be better than that. Let’s talk actual competition like Stranger Things, Riverdale, all the bullets The 100 actually has to consider when upping its game.
I’ve watch The 100 since the day one premiere. I never really cared for the city of light storyline. In my opinion that was the downfall of this show. The story between the Grounders and Skaikru was a way more interesting story. They should have just stuck with that. Besides the fact they killed off two fan favorites last season which didn’t help their ratings. Last season was all over the place with plot holes, bad writing and characters behaving illogically. Sadly the season premiere doesn’t look like it will get any better in the future. Which is too bad… Read more »
Me too and it makes me sad because I want it to continue on, I want it to be back to the good ol season 2 version of the 100 when it was at its peak, when the story and characters where pure golden, when it was the grounders and the sky people and no artificial City of Light crap. I agree with you 1000% I was literally feeling like banging my head against the table, when they killed the grounders that we rooted for including Lexa of course who was idolized, it was just the final straw. I hand… Read more »
Killing Lexa is not a “mistake” that needs to be undone. Would I have preferred an assassination? Of course. The stray bullet was lame but her death was not a mistake nor will it be the end of the show.
Bella and Edward 2.0?
Killing Lexa was the biggest mistake this show ever made. Can you read those numbers up there? Yeah that is known as plummeting ratings honey. And it will keep happening because of no Lexa and Bella and Edwardo 2.0
The numbers aren’t alarming, sweety. Go look at the ratings for Season 3. Within the first 2-3 episodes, the ratings truly plummeted… despite your precious and horribly written (C)Lexa being promoted.
She’s dead. She’s not important to the story. She’s not the story. Get. Over. It.
Oh but that’s where you are wrong. This is actually one of the lowest starting points The 100 has ever been at. Season 3 though, a lot of people heard Lexa was going to die before the show even started and they didn’t want to stick around. Season 3B with no Lexa, the ratings hit the pits and still are. I mean you are just in denial because you want your precious Bellarke but apart from theyoutube butthurt Bellarkes at this now failing show, EVERYONE at least knew of or loved Lexa. I was actually shopping the other day and… Read more »
This show needs Lexa back. It has become so much more miss than hit without her since season 3B. Jason uses Nathan and Bryan as a ploy to keep the media off his back about not being LGBT friendy when they are a) not even lesbians so they do not represent and b) they are mere minor characters that came out of the blue and were suddenly given a big part in the show just because they are gay. Shows how messed up this has become. And Clarke doesn’t represent anymore either seeing as they are going to just put… Read more »
What the heck? Clarke doesn’t count? Do you not know what the “B” in LGBT stands for? Whether she’s with a man or a woman, she will always be bisexual and thus will ALWAYS be LGBT rep. It may not the rep you want to see, but it’s rep regardless and it’s VERY important (because biphobia is rampant, just look at yourself). The show does not need Lexa back, not narratively speaking. The show is not about Lexa. It’s not about Clarke and Lexa. It’s about Clarke and Bellamy working together alongside their fellow delinquents (and Raven) to save themselves… Read more »
She served her purpose?! And “served her purpose” what, Clarke’s sex toy and the saviour of Bellamy and his crappy people?! Seriously get real. They are making Clarke get with Bellamy. It is erased. Lexa and everything Clarke stood for in that sense is over. The show is over. You must be paranoid as hell that Bellarke won’t happen because it will end or that he will become Finn the second and blood must have blood. But you know, that’s not the majority of viewers problem. Even neutral viewers I have spoken to with no ship preferences think the 100… Read more »
The show has never been about romance. I’m a neutral viewer, and also a writers and if I had been writing The 100 and made it to the point of whether Lexa would help the story plot and the development of the story I would have kept her but if all she would have been doing was the exact opposite and been nothing but background noise to appease people; I would be a lazy writer. In story telling terms, Lexa had served her purpose. She wasn’t needed anymore because keeping her alive wouldn’t have helped the development of the story.… Read more »
They can’t redeem themselves because of the disgusting controversial reputation they made for themselves. And you know what, I think you sound biased! That neutral viewer excuse you use is pathetic. You say quote “this show isn’t about romance” and that Lexa served her (quite unrealistic) purpose so that proves it. If you ask me, they actually had obviously put in a rushed effort as to HOW they could let Alycia leave the show AND serve a purpose in doing so. Making Lexa part A.I was a desperate story cop out, it didn’t fit naturally with the plot of her… Read more »
Wow the government should hire you. You would help in a lot of cases to bring people to justice since you can read minds and all. Um, first 50 shades of gray, never read the books, from the movie trailers I believe that book is nothing but lazy writing but it’s an erotic so guess what? It’s going to be full of lazy writing. I honestly had no idea about The Book coming after the TV show The 100. Thanks for that. I had read it in a blog post that was talking about all the characters in the show.… Read more »
I have nothing else to do, I feel like you are the only sane person here lol. What’s with all the attacking going on? I don’t watch the show to see who Clarke has in her bed – Lexa was fine, Bellamy would be fine. I don’t care, the show is about way more than just one girl’s romance. How is that so hard for y’all to understand? I know you’re upset your favourite character died, but jeez, let someone have their opinion that the show can live without them. Because if anything, this season is way better than the… Read more »
Well then you are going to really hate it because it is not going to stop being about who Clarke has in her bed. The ratings tell a story of their own. I don’t wish badly on the show if it would only stop ruining itself.
Sorry I wish I could tell you why all the attacks but I’m afraid I’m a brainless brian.
Also ja, season 1 was by far the best.
Oh and by the way, Clexa wasn’t ‘forced’ and Lexs wasn’t taking her down a dark path, Clarke was trying to show her a better one. But look at all the good that did, Lexa going soft for Clarke and saving Bellamy’s ass got her killed!! And need I remind you all the bad things Bellamy did in comparison, the actual way he forces himself on Clarke, do you really dare go there with me? Neural viewer my ass, you are biased af and have unconsciously revealed who you root for. Clexa was the most natural thing about this show… Read more »
Noone cares about this show anymore. It should end this season
It shouldn’t end anytime soon at all, it is still a great show with great potential and I could tell you shows that are way more deserving of cancellation instead. It just needs to repair itself and if the fans keep their voices heard in the matter, we have to get what we want because ratings depend on it. And what we want is Lexa!
I care… it’s good as it is. Get over yourselves and give it a chance or just stfu with the whining already and go watch something else. It’s not doing you any harm.
You care um, “Who freaking cares”?? Isn’t that supposed to be rhetorical?
Oh and it has done a lot of people harm. That’s why people stopped watching.
The 100 season 4 premiere was the lowest rated at 1.21 of any of the first 3 season premieres. So many people have simply lost interest in the show and decided to no longer watch.
Comparing the season premieres you’re right.
But comparing the season finale of S3 and the S4 premiere, there isn’t that much of a drop because everyone who just tuned in for S3 already dropped the show by the end of the season, which takes us back to the S3 numbers. A bit lower indeed, but that’s a pretty normal loss over the seasons like for most TV shows. I wouldn’t worry about it that much.
Edit: … which takes us back to more normal average numbers.
Well, technically, before 3.07, the show had stabilized around 1.4-1.5M viewers. At the end of the season, it had deeped in between 1.1 and 1.2M (Taking into consideration the finale numbers were inflated because it was the finale and Lexa was back). Now, at its premiere, which is always the most viewed episode of a season, the show is at a 1.2. It’s almost certain it will go down and the only question is where it will stabilize. So, no, the show isn’t back at normal ratings. We need to wait 2-3 episodes before seeing where it stabilizes before saying… Read more »
The thing is that it is so predictable, Bellamy and Clarke are gonna be forced to hook up and live the perfect happy ever after and after everything that has just happened that is in such bad taste. And not to mention Twilight level corny anyway. The problem is Jason has basically told us his plan. And not many of us want to stick around and watch it. This show could have been great but it messed up bigtime.
I would be quite concerned actually. Lets face it, The 100 ratings were never fantastic to begin with but it cannot realistically keep going at the rate it is losing viewers. The reality of it is they should not have made Lexa’s departure permanent considering that she was likely the second character whose death on the show would impact it so badly. The 100 is one show that couldn’t afford to do that, it needed to start building up its ratings not tearing them down. Even people I have spoken to who never saw the show only know who Lexa… Read more »
I wasn’t talking about Lexa.
But if you want to talk about her: Post Lexa we’re almost back to pre Lexa ratings. And that’s nothing to worry about. Not yet. That’s all I said.
Or maybe I should specyfy: Post Clexa and pre Clexa.
Miria, you are aware that after season 1 the show nearly got cancelled and the only thing that saved it was a large donation from an avid fan? Season 2 made it through just fine with healthy ratings but I largely believe that was down to the introduction of Lexa. And just so you know, a lot of straight people thought she was awesome too. For me she was bigger than Katniss Everdeen even and THAT is saying something for me. I honestly don’t think if it even reaches its season 1 ratings that it will be good enough. There… Read more »
Bellarke and Briller I find to be Jason’s way of mocking Lexa even more and it is DIGUSTING. At this stage I think it was ready to just end at season 3, it is getting more crap by the day. Never thought I’d say this but if it got cancelled tomorrow, I think I would be relieved. As a Lexa fan, she will always be number 1 and if they cancelled it I would much rather see a spin off with her instead, I think it would be a million times more popular.
Only Lexa wouldn’t be in it – because THE ACTRESS LEFT THE SHOW. She wasn’t fired…
And what is Briller…?
Briller is the two gay guys/ LGBT marketing device on the show. Yeah but Jason was stupid not to sign her to a contract. He failed to see how big Lexa would become and gave her no job security. But true, Alycia must be embarrassed because she didn’t see it coming either. Like hardly anyone watches FTWD too and the ratings for that are constantly dropping too and it is criticized a lot in reviews. It wasn’t huge like Alycia and everyone else thought it would be. It lost 6 or 7million viewers since starting out. And I certainly don’t… Read more »
Season premiere was really good, but it aired opposite Syfy’s #1 show The Magicians, splitting the sci-fi/fantasy audience. Still, it performed better than Vampire Diaires and the just-renewed Jane the Virgin and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.
Yeah it performed better than those shows but JtV and CEG have been renewed already so their ratings have no bearing on renewal for next season unlike the 100. Plus TVD is ending so same thing really. The 100 needs better ratings if it is to survive the cut seeing as it might come down to it and The Originals for cancellation at this point. That is if the CW follows their old pattern of cancelling 4-5 shows which, let’s face it they need to do if they plan on adding new shows next season. TVD, Reign, Frequency and NT… Read more »
I thought Reign was cancelled, at least it was pretty close to it last time I heard. I can’t believe that show is still hanging on by the skin of its teeth, wow. Jason is so stubborn that initially, I didn’t think he would let The 100 be cancelled so soon but I hear he is dedicating some of his time to his new creation Searchers with the DC Comics guy Greg Berlanti. So if that show does well, Jason might not even be too bothered about what happens to The 100 since he has something to fall back on.… Read more »
Like SyFy shows could be considered competition lol
Can’t say I expected better with how all over the place the last season was. Looks like this season won’t do any better ratings and plot wise. Good luck to them though but is this a case of how low can you go? What has been their series low to date? 0.38 or was it lower?
998,000 viewers is