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.
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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.
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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?
PART 3 : What do we know about Alicia Clark ? She had dreams, she had a boyfriend, she had a father. It wasn’t easy with her mother and brother. But she loved her dad. When she was very young, she had to grow up real fast. Because her brother was trouble. And her parents couldn’t handle it. So, she decided to be the perfect daughter. She didn’t want to be more trouble for them. She had good grades at school. She had good friends and a good project for her future life. Maybe that was enough…. Then, her father… Read more »
No she’s not. She is just a filler for a failing zombie spin off. She is just a wannabe Buffy the Vampire Slayer. You don’t think her brother had it hard?! She treated her brother like absolute sh*t! If she gets pregnant or something out of her negligence and selfishness, it’s karma because of how disrespectful she is to her own mother. Most teenagers have a life like that believe it or not. And many have more respect for themselves than that. She was literally put on Fear to make her eye candy. Anyway, I knew I would always be… Read more »
“Anyway, I knew I would always be the last one standing when it came to Lexa.” Wow…. You just…. Wow… “I want a strong woman representation with her at the centre of it. You just want a character that went through a hard time and got through it to give you hope.” I want a warrior. A fighter. A girl who don’t give up. Not a stupid teenager who has sex when she doesn’t feel good and who has issues with her mom (Yes, apparently, that’s also something she does.) I don’t know how much time I have to say… Read more »
Great but then why did you say “we had to disagree on something”, WHY do you not let me call Alicia an attention seeker?? If you agree with me, why did you say you didn’t?
Lexa is impossible to find, Alicia Clark is easy to find.
Tony I want to believe you but this whole paragraph ^^^^ a detailed paragraph you wrote in defence of Alicia Clark is double standards. I don’t think you understand at all. In fact I know you don’t understand because Alicia Clark IS NOT an accurate or positive portrayal of young teens, even ones that came from a broken home (I would know). So yeah I found your comment a bit offensive even if you didn’t mean it to be. Because you are getting your idea from a Hollywood z list actress in a poorly written role and saying because she… Read more »
Jeez… What happened…. ? Oo’ Big news n°1 : I’m NOT defending her…. I INVENTED a story to turn this show into something better (and failed MISERABLY, apparently…). All this sh*t with what’s going on in Alicia’s head, it’s just me. The show NEVER told me that it was what is in her mind, or if it’s what she’s feeling. You know why ? Because the show is BAD. Just like the Flopdred. It’s the people who watch it who have to do the writer’s job ! An example : the thing that Lexa has on her forehead : I… Read more »
Well from what I saw, you took actually legit scenes from the show and you even said yourself, you liked her in those scenes, you even said the weed scene was “adorable”. I just fail to see how you thought I or anyone else would think you were inventing it to try and make it look better. Because it seemed to me you feel sorry for Alicia and her story because as you said, “I feel sad for her because I understand her” That’s what offends me. Because you clearly don’t understand because that’s not reality. And I’m not trying… Read more »
Okay, you know what ? I give up. When I said that we “had to disagree on something, because I started to feel like you were a clone of me” I wasn’t saying that we had to start a f*cking war to prove it. –‘ Yes, I took legit scenes from the show. I already told you : I watched season 1 and 2, and a part of season 3. So, I know some of the things that happened. “you liked her in those scenes” No, I did not. “you even said the weed scene was “adorable” ” And I… Read more »
Well I don’t like Alycia Debnam Carey at all either. She’s very shallow as an actress and I have heard of some of the really not nice things she has said and done too and I just don’t agree with her, I won’t ever watch the actress or show any kind of support for her. I only like Lexa. You confuse me because you do this. You are always turning it into something that’s not Lexa. I don’t want to see Alicia Clark in a good way, I want to see her killed off. The only one I want to… Read more »
Well if you agree with me why are you bringing Alycia Effing Carey into this, why are you being so difficult and confusing? Alycia is NOT Lexa. When you are saying things like you “invented” this Alicia, YOU sound like a Blarke inventing things. Why would you do it if you hate Alicia? Why not do it to Lexa?
Hold up a second. You say; “Because I’m on your f*cking side, I agree with everything you say!” Tony you said you disagreed with me and that’s how I’m not your clone. I’m not going crazy here, you keep changing what you’re saying. Can I just ask for some clarity here. Why would you say you disagree and agree with me at the same time? You are either in agreement about Alicia or you’re not so explain why you disagreed with me saying she is an attention seeker then. And how does that make me a Blarke when you keep… Read more »
In other words Tony, Fear the Walking Dead is using these characters to normalize and make little of these serious real life situations for a more entertaining version and I don’t support that.
PART 2 : The contest of this scene is so intense that I had the impression I was back in TheLOO, at the times it was good…. What Alicia is feeling at that moment is so powerful. Do you remember Lexa’s scene in 304 ? When she comes to say thank you after the dual ? Do you remember Lexa’s scene in 307 ? When Clarke comes to say goodbye ? DO you know what is beautiful in these scenes ? Lexa’s eyes. All -and I mean it : ALL- of Lexa’s feelings are in her eyes. Not in her… Read more »
Well since you say that that actually makes Lexa’s scene less impactful and it makes me feel worse. Clearly that scene with Clarke and Lexa wasn’t special. Alycia is a trained actress and can get emotional whenever required. The love between Clexa was a sham and I resent that ADC made me fall for it. She can have her zombie show. In the end, very few will be watching. And Lexa was never real in any shape or form now.
Wow… I don’t know if it’s you who didn’t understand anything or if it’s me who say it really bad (possible : not English…) but we have a problem, here…. Alicia IS NOT Lexa ! And she’ll NEVER be Lexa ! The End. I don’t know what you read or what you understand, but it’s 1) possible that I wasn’t clear with what I said and 2) MY opinion. You don’t have to change your point of view about Lexa because of me ! I still think that it’s the first one because you came to ALL the wrong conclusions… Read more »
Not “dual” == DUEL
PART 1 : Okay, really long…. –‘ NO. I don’t like Alicia Clark. Reason n°1 = she killed Lexa. Reason n°2 = she’s boring. Reason n°3 = not a big fan of zombies, even though I love Walking Dead. The thing is, I LOVE Walking Dead’s CHARACTERS more than the zombies. So, I like Rick, Daryl, Glenn, Carol, Maggie, NEGAN !!!! and the others… But still, I don’t like zombies…. So, if zombies are only in the back of the show, if they’re just… “wallpaper”…. behind the protagonists, well I’m happy ^^ Back to Alicia : I don’t like her,… Read more »
Rothenberg is back on Twitter. Go tell him how much you missed him 😉 And love him ^^ PS : Lexa deserved better, never forget.
Hey Tony, haha no way, he thinks the coast is clear now huh? Wow, he will get a rude awakening. Until this show dies, he won’t be out of the danger zone. I checked out lexaspinoff.com by the way. I love the idea but was depressed by the lack of activity. They don’t even provide a comment page on there for the community. :'( Hey did you see Fear the Walking Dead is heading in a really bad direction too, it finally hit the 1 million mark! I just want both shows gone, no Lexa then no shows that killed… Read more »
You don’t mess with Clexa’s fandom and expect to be out of trouble one year later… The only moment where we’ll leave JRoth alone is when Blood will have Blood : cancellation.
Lexa’s spinoff is what it is : a beautiful dream…. 🙁
I don’t care about Fear… Apparently, it’s back since two weeks : I didn’t watch any episode since the hiatus… This show is bad. And you’re right : both shows need to go….
Thanks for the song ! 😉
Yeah exactly. And even at that some might always linger as a reminder. But totally, until this disgrace ends, the Clexa crew won’t let him forget his mistake that easily. You know what Tony, you just never know what the future will hold and just what people will do when money is put on the table. It might be a dream but you never know, we are moving in the right direction at least. I don’t watch it, I refuse. It’s awful and Alicia Clark is degrading beyond belief. But I check the ratings now and again. It went from… Read more »
That’s why I love this fandom : they support me… The last time I was so sad about a character’s death was in Arrow, when Sara Lance (a bisexual, OF -F*CKING- COURSE !) took three arrows in the stomach and died, at the beginning of season 3… I LOVED that character. I loved her with Oliver, I loved her with Nyssa, I loved her fighting skills…. And when she died, I went on the Internet to see if other people were like me… NO ONE cared…. Maybe I didn’t search very well but I felt so alone… So, after a… Read more »
* laughing like an idiot and speaking to her bed….
I have to say Tony, I don’t really understand. If you like Alicia Clark, you seem like you are able to move on from Lexa. I don’t know why you would want to change Lexa to be her when you can just have Alicia Clark?
If you mean it in the sense that you wanted Lexa to be allowed to be more human, I understand that. Like when she cried when Clarke kissed her and heck, I’ve even wished to see Clarke and Lexa eating an ice cream together on a bench and just talking about normal stuff. But hey, I still love the fact my Lexa is a fighter, I wish she could have been both. I guess what confuses me is your choice to use Alicia Clark and her smoking weed and all as the basis for who you want Lexa to be.… Read more »
Oh that sucks about Arrow. See that’s a positive sign for you because you found Lexa and you loved them both to great lenghths. I have never been this passionate or this damaged and hurt by any fictional character before Lexa. And I’m not over her and I don’t want to be because I would rather she never have existed than think it will be left like this with such a sh*tty ending. I have to disagree with you about Alicia Clark. She is actually everything I don’t want Lexa to be which makes me feel sick watching it and… Read more »
Alex – Oh… Okay… I mean, we HAD to disagree on something, right ? I was starting to think you were a clone of me…
So you actually like Alicia Clark? You don’t see her as the equivalent of Clarke after Lexa’s death?
Let’s sing ! (music = Jingle Bells) “I’m going to talk About a Tv show. It was pretty good And I thought it was so cool ! But then a bad writer Who was a real monster Decided it was cool and fun to kill my commander ! The Flopdred, The Flopdred, What the hell happened ? Killed Lexa and killed Lincoln, and also the Nightbloods Hey ! The Flopdred, The Flopdred, What the hell happened ? Bad Sci-Fi and bad story, and f*cking Bellamy !” I REALLY need to sleep… Oo’ Oh ! And by the way : I… Read more »
Who disliked ? Come on ! It’s a good song ! 😀
I like the F*cking Bellamy part, sounds like a good time LMAO You should make your own record! 😉
Alex, you’re so cute ! ^^ You seriously took the time to answer ALL this sh*t with the writer on Archive of our Own ??? You didn’t have to ! That was just me screaming in a pillow…. well… WITHOUT a pillow… ^^ That didn’t need answers… But I appreciate, really ! To give you an answer, no, this person wasn’t criticizing another fanfiction ===> they were criticizing the idea of a Lexa’s Spin-off . There is a site ( lexaspinoff.com ) that explains ALL the potential story behind this project. And THAT was what the author was criticizing 🙂… Read more »
No worries Tony, I had planned to reply all along but I didn’t get a chance to properly read it all. I’m glad you posted it though and made us aware because you made some very valid points. And wait, there’s an actual website that talks about a Lexa spin off?? I never knew that!!! Where do you hear about all these things? That’s so cool though, I’m definitely going to check it out now. And I agree, why would he write about reasons why a Lexa spin off shouldn’t happen on a Clexa fan fiction page which is one… Read more »
Oh and did you hear the news, a Xena reboot by NBC is officially off the cards. I hope hope HOPE this isn’t over though because I for one am in support of a revival of deceased Xena WITH the original characters and actors reappearing and maybe alongside some next generation actors, similar to but not exactly the same as The Force Awakens. Every show has it’s Blorkes though Tony and they did in the form of Xena and Ares fans. There was one guy I saw today lashing out in comments about Xena and Gabby having a “secret lesbian… Read more »
I’m bored… And I miss my little raccoon… 🙁
F*ck you, Jason…
I second this. When I had a pet that recently died, my neighbor sent me a card with a racoon on the cover expressing their sympathies. A, my pet wasn’t a raccoon and B, they don’t know what Lexa or The 100 is, never mind what that symbol means for me. So that felt like an accidental double blow. Of course I just said thank you but the card didn’t make me feel better.
That’s cute…. but really sad… 🙁
Tony you won’t believe this but Blorkers online have been complaining about The Valiant already. It’s been compared to other CW shows with strong females like Supergirl and iZombie but the Blorkers piped up saying The 100 wasn’t mentioned and that show already has strong female leads. Lmao they are deluded.
A lot of people were writing nasty comments too saying (in my less rude translation) this is going to be another historically inaccurate feminist show with of lesbians and killing.
I sure hope so!
They’re all so pathetic… –‘
“this is going to be another historically inaccurate feminist show with of lesbians and killing.” ===> don’t see the problem 😉
Maybe for them because they’re just homophobes. But yeah, I see no problem either. 🙂
In relation to what you were saying about that fanfic you read Tony, Archive of our own is one I never tried before, I mainly see them on Wattpad, that’s why some are kinda awful.. I’m kind of glad by the sound of it. And also, for him to post something like that and say don’t read if it will make you respond with an angry comment…that’s a little naive of him to say that when everyone can see it. Tony nobody can prove anything because none of us knows anything for certain about that. That man who wrote than… Read more »
Tony I was wondering have you heard of this new series coming out called The Valiant? The downside is, it’s gonna be on the CW…ew. The good news is, it sounds like it draws parallels with the Livia character in Xena. It’s supposed to be set in the Roman era, it’s about all-female gladiators. And a young woman who is kidnapped by Julius Caesar is forced to fight for her life and train as a warrior in gladiatorial battles. Not saying it will be good or that there will ever be another Lexa. But since we both liked Xena too,… Read more »
No, I didn’t know…
Not good ===> CW…
Really good ===> strong girls, gladiators (I LOVE arenas… I can’t help it… I’m writing a Fanfiction where Clarke and Lexa visit the twelve clans. When they go to Sangeda, there is an arena…. Because ! ^^)
Like you said : “One to keep an eye out for anyway.” 😉
Thanks !
I know, that’s the one negative about it, the network it is being made on. I actually saw it online recently and it is based on a book by Lesley Livingston I think her name is. It’s actually even more interesting because the woman who gets kidnapped and brought to Rome was a Celtic Princess (Sounds Xena-esque) running away from an arranged marriage back home but she was in the wrong place at the wrong time and becomes enslaved. Then she is forced to become a warrior and fight for fame, fortune and her freedom. I haven’t even read the… Read more »
Haha so I hear they recast Maddie because the other actress wanted out. It’s official, you literally need to have the imagination of a 5 year old to accept this show’s credibility. They deserve cancellation, nobody will be watching only straight, anti-gay white supremacists anyway. Not a target audience to be proud of.
That news KILLED me !!! 😀 I imagine the actress who arrived in the show, last year, then who saw the mess that was (with the fans and the reputation) And I see her… slowly… exit this sh*t with a scared face…. ^^ Rothenberg can be PROUD !
The official reason is : the actress had another project… Yeah… Right… A twelve years old who has SO MUCH work that she HAS TO leave… ^^ Good story…
I’m dead… I’m LITERALLY dead… Cancel this sh*t… We need this like… yesterday ?
Lol, I KNEW they would ruin Maddie though. The one tiny morsel of dignity it had blown. I have to say, how they ruined her was more creative than I imagined. I thought they might kill her brutally because Clarke isn’t allowed to be happy or to be a grounder or have any reminder of Lexa. Then I thought they were gonna make Maddie go rogue and be a Sky lover, ew. All of those things are still possible too of course. But trying to fool the audience by replacing her with a “slightly” younger actor, yeah that was a… Read more »
What is crazy is that I already hate Maddie… I know : weird… But I can’t help it : she called Grounders “Monsters”… That’s the only thing I need to know about this character… So, no matter who the actress is, I HATE the character and what she means… –‘ With only this trailer and what JRoth did say about her (“She will see the Sky rats as the heroes of her stories”) I KNOW that she will only be an educated Grounder who sees her own people as monsters (thanks to those bullsh*t Clarke told her…) and who sees… Read more »
Wait wait wait….she called the grounders “monsters”?? Was that in season 3? But she IS a grounder. Omg she sounds like an idiot, Clarke must be brainwashing her. This is such a disgusting show. Yeah I did hear that alright, that she sees the sky rats as the “heroes”. The 100 feels like watching people who obsess over and are loyal to nazis. It essentially promotes that, the Shy Rats are nazis in this being made to look normal and “heroic” by Jason’s propaganda. WTF WARRIORS THAT WENT INTO SPACE?? KILL CLARKE GRIFFIN. KILL THIS SHOW. Ok I hate Maddie… Read more »
Have you not seen the trailer of season 5 ??? OMG ! That’s pure sh*t, believe me ! They showed it to the audience at the last convention. It’s basically a “Previously on the 100” and it’s Maddie who tell the story… “Once upon a time, there was a castle on the sky. The people who lived there were scared of the ground below. But the castle was dying… so they decided to send the “bad children” (KEEP THAT IN MIND) to the scary place, to see if they could survive. In the beginning, there were a hundred of them…”… Read more »
They turn season 1, one of my favorites, into a f*cking “Heroes” VS “Monsters” Season 1 was good because there were NO heroes ! EVERY decision that the 100 took, had an impact on the Grounders ! Anya explained that to us ! You sent missiles to get help from space BUT these missiles destroyed a village ! Jasper was scared of the grounders so he panicked when he saw one of them in the trees, preparing his shot. But what Jasper didn’t know is that a bow has to be prepared to shoot ! It’s not like a gun… Read more »
Jason and The Sky Rats and the Blorkers were always the monsters in this show.
And it’s unfortunate but I get why people think the actors are monsters now too. Guilty through association.
“they could take “Blood must have blood”” ===> I meant : Blood must NOT have blood
……………………………………………………………………………………..WHAT. No I didn’t see it, I didn’t watch ANY of that dumb comic con footage. Yuck…I feel sick now. Clarke is a cow. No..that’s insulting to cows. But you get the picture. UGHH why would she brainwash that child with that UNTRUE story! And Jason mocking Lexa AGAIN and giving those homophobic aholes their fanservice AGAIN. Degrading Lexa like that and having Clarke degrade the girl she slept with and the girl who died for her all for STRAIGHT FANSERVICE…BS BS BS BS!!! I will not watch anything be it trailer or otherwise because my memory of Lexa will… Read more »
Tony you are lucky to have a real warrior in your presence by likewise, I know she is lucky to have you. You come across as someone who’s heart is in the right place and you are in a difficult position, I can tell. I don’t believe that needless suffering to innocent people is God’s will, I think that is something else that causes bad things. You draw strength from people like Lexa and now you don’t know where to draw it from next. I’m feeling the same way. But I think the survival instinct gives you strength anyway. Some… Read more »
ADC was a very good actress as Lexa but imo, her talent stopped there. Every other role she played is nearly a carbon copy of eachother that anyone could play. The popular teenager with the cute boyfriend and something wants her dead in a typical cheesy horror movie type thing. That’s lame. She had one good role and everyone else just likes her because she’s pretty, not for the acting. It’s harsh but true and I think she would take what she can get no matter the reason. She’s making money either way and she’s not emotionally invested in her… Read more »
I understand how you feel Tony. I do feel like they ruined her plot sequence completely. I try not to think about THAT moment in what was almost a beautiful episode. Did they honestly think the last episode of her flinging her sword around was redemptive? They ruined it. That was dumb and they ruined one of the best characters of this era ever in the blink of an eye. And they did it to make way for both Bellamy and Alicia Clark, two completely useless characters. Alicia particularly I find to be so 2D. The reason I said I… Read more »
Another proof : “So I beg any who are adamant about this ‘The Grounders’ thing to back off. You will be doing a great injustice to a very well developed, not so much story, but world.” ===== The world Rothenberg created ? “Well developed” ??? Yeah… Either you’re a Blarke or a Clexa who is still a fan of this show… Wanna know how to develop a world ? Simple === Yeah ! We have the actor of Roan as a regular ! We’re going to to show you Azgeda, a possible capitol, a new culture ! And we have… Read more »
PART 1 (yeah, that will be long…) My God… –‘ I have a problem with people… A serious. F*cking. Problem. I was on Archive of Our Own, looking for Clexa fanfictions (because I LOVE that…) and I just saw an “author” (I don’t even know if that’s the correct word…) who made a writing about Lexa’s spinoff…. I shouldn’t have read it…. I don’t know what I expected : the author started his thing with this message : “Just my thoughts on this spin off idea that i have only recently become aware of. If you are adamantly for this… Read more »
PART 2 In the synopsis of the spin-off, they talk about Lexa who go the village far far away, with only NightBlood people living there (that would explain why they survived PraimFaya). The author doesn’t agree because “NightBlood was created by Becca so how come a village that far away could have NightBloods ?” I don’t know, maybe it’s the same explanation than Luna or Ontari ? A lot of Natblidas who refused to go to Polis and who made their own village ? You can imagine anything you want ! It’s called “World extending” –‘ In the spinoff, Lexa… Read more »
PART 3 Favorite part… –‘ “And finally, though it pains me to say it, people die. Gay, straight or other, they die. Especially when living in such a hostile world. I was as devastated as everyone else, please believe me when I say that. Entertainment, whether it be tv, books, movies, or any other media, can cause us to form the same kind of deep feeling’s and attachments as real life situations. The cancellation or end of a favourite tv show, for example, can cause the same level of distress as the break up of a long-term relationship.” No, no,… Read more »
PART 4 “Now I want to see more of Lexa as much as any other ‘The 100’ fan.” THAT is when I understood… Like… Crystal clear… This person is NOT a Clexa’s fan… Because Clexa’s fans are just that : CLEXA’s fans… Not “The LOO” fans. And NOBODY who cares about Lexa or what she means to people, would could themselves “The LOO fan”. The author ends the writing with “I do, however, believe that a Lexa spin off is an excellent idea. I fell in love with the Commander and would love to watch more of her. But I… Read more »
*And NOBODY who cares about Lexa or what she means to people, would CALL themselves “The LOO fan”. === sorry… correction of a mistake…
Your anger is completely justified Tony, I agree that this person sounds very disingenuous. Yeah I’m desperate to see Lexa again but I feel the same as you, who would want to watch a prequel spin off when we know that it ends badly! That’s like teasing us, make us fall in love with her more and take her away for good all over again. I want a bigger deal for Lexa but not in that way. I can’t see Alycia Debnam Carey seeing much of a point in that either. And plus, who wants to see her get her… Read more »
Yeah exactly. And that person was wrong because actually, not everyone CAN die in The 100 and that is PURELY because it’s a tv show and that certain characters clearly are not expendable despite what they say. And you are right, I don’t believe that those people are genuine AT ALL. I think what they are trying to do is soften hearts and minds so as to save their beloved crappy show and their ship that they obsess over. Lexa dying was the biggest mistake this show made because guess what, she wasn’t expendable. She was actually the best thing… Read more »
Tony I’m confused, was the “author” critisizing his own fanfic or somebody elses? Also, I can’t answer that question about the science behind how someone’s brain can remember things after an encounter with death. BUT as we have seen in the show, Lexa’s consciousness knew exactly who Clarke even afterward. Now whether that author believed it to be scientifically legit is a bit ridiculous considering not much about this show is legit. However that microchip seemed to be an attempt at imagining a form of radical technology that hasn’t been invented. Look technically none of these people are real and… Read more »
Look, if I’m trying to make sense of it in my own head, I would have wrote that story differently.
Have you heard of flatlining? It has been featured in tv shows like Supernatural.
Flatlining is when your heart briefly stops so that you actually are clinically dead. In Supernatural, one of the characters was able to pass into the spirit world briefly by doing this.
Something like that would make more sense plotwise for what Clarke went through. However as she was in that world for much longer than a minute, she would be dead so it wouldn’t work.