The ratings may be low but The CW isn’t breaking up with Crazy-Ex-Girlfriend. The Friday night TV show has been renewed for a third season which will air as part of the 2017-18 season.
On the Crazy Ex-Girlfriend series, Rebecca Bunch (Rachel Bloom) was dumped by Josh (Vincent Rodriguez III) after a summer camp romance because he felt she was overly dramatic and a little crazy. Some 10 years later, Rebecca’s a Yale and Harvard educated lawyer who’s been offered a partnership in a top New York firm. She and Josh run into each other and her feelings for him are rekindled. He’s moving back to California and she impulsively decides to do the same. Has anything really changed? The rest of the cast includes Santino Fontana, Donna Lynne Champlin, Pete Gardner, Vella Lovell, and Gabrielle Ruiz.
A romantic musical comedy, the ratings for Crazy Ex-Girlfriend were quite poor last season and they’ve gotten even worse now that The CW has moved it to Friday nights. Season two is currently averaging a 0.20 in the 18-49 demographic with 553,000 viewers. That’s down by more than 30% year-to-year.
While the series hasn’t attracted great ratings, it’s one of the few CW shows to attract much critical attention. The series has a high Metacritic score and Bloom won a Best Actress Golden Globe last year.
Today, CW President Mark Pedowitz said, “When you have great critical work and a critically acclaimed and award-nominated show like this, it deserves to be picked up… It has nothing to do with numbers. It has everything to do with [how] Crazy Ex, Jane the Virgin and the DC franchises have helped alter the perception of what The CW has become.”
The CW also renewed six other TV shows today — Arrow (season six), DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (season three), The Flash (season four), Jane the Virgin (season four), Supergirl (season three), and Supernatural (season 13).
We already know that Reign and The Vampire Diaries are ending this season. No Tomorrow and Frequency are expected to be cancelled and The Originals’ future will likely be decided once the ratings come in for the upcoming fourth season, starting in March.
What do you think? Do you like the Crazy Ex-Girlfriend TV show? Are you glad that it’s been renewed for a third season or, should it have been cancelled instead?
Yes PLEASE DO NOT CANCEL THIS SHOW. I have personally converted a minimum of 4 of my friends. I can try to convert more. Seriously. That’s why I’m writing this post. I sound ridiculous, but I cannot explain how much I love this show. I think the drama of the show brings out the drama in me. Truly, it finally tells a story at the perfect, ironic intersection at which so many women live –Rebecca represents a very specific archetype, a feminist woman who preaches about self love and respect, but struggles to always show herself that type of kindness… Read more »
Great show! They need more seasons ASAP
I love this show… Please don’t cancel it!!!
I am watching this delightful rom-com on Netflix. Rachel Bloom is a talented actress who provides an hour of laughter and entertainment, and I love the way she integrates a broad range of entertainment eras, past actresses and songs. I’m looking forward to Season 3!
There has to be a season 3, to see what Rebecca does to Josh.
Love this show, please don’t cancel it! I watched the entire season in Netflix when I discovered it!!!
Please don’t cancel. Love this show especially the musical performances!
Just binge watched this show and cannot WAIT!! For the 3rd season!!! My musical theater major daughter will be watching too!! Thanks for renewing <3
Show is insane, love it!
This show is amazing!! So funny and brilliant!! So glad there will a season 3!
I love the show, can’t wait for the next season
Love this show so much! I binged watched season 2 the moment I saw it on Netflix. I really like every character on the show. It would be great to see something start between Rebecca and Nathaniel. Wouldn’t it?
Anyway, it was a sad to see Greg go. Would be awesome if Greg came back..he was my favorite lol
#bringbackGREG
Awesome show love it
I love it! I think it’s hilarious. Great casting and character development. Bar far one of the most unique shows I have ever seen. Possibly ratings are low because less and less people have cable these days. I came across it on Netflix and then found season two on Amazon Kodi. Either way, stoked they’re catching up with a third season, and look forward to more!
um LOVE IT! they have got to continue, its hilarious