The CW has had ratings success with supernatural shows so now they’re trying a thriller/horror series. Will Cult develop a big following or will it be cancelled after one season — like its Tuesday predecessor, Emily Owens, MD? Stay tuned to find out!
Cult follows a journalist and a production assistant as they investigate fans who may be re-creating the crimes committed on a popular TV series. Starring Matthew Davis, Jessica Lucas, Alona Tal, and Robert Knepper, the show typically airs Tuesday nights and the network has ordered 13 episodes.
Below are the TV show’s ratings for the 2012-13 season, the best way to tell if Cult will be cancelled or renewed for a second season. These figures will be updated as the weeks progress so be sure to bookmark and return to this page:
Final season averages: 0.2 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 0.61 million total viewers.
Episode 01-13: Friday, 07/12/13 (series finale)
0.1 in the demo (-50% change) with 0.40 million (-26% change).
Season averages: 0.18 in the demo with 0.61 million.
Episode 01-12: Friday, 07/12/13
0.2 in the demo (+100% change) with 0.54 million (+26% change).
Season averages: 0.18 in the demo with 0.63 million.
Episode 01-11: Friday, 07/05/13
0.1 in the demo (-50% change) with 0.43 million (-31% change).
Season averages: 0.18 in the demo with 0.63 million.
Episode 01-10: Friday, 07/05/13
0.2 in the demo (+100% change) with 0.62 million (+41% change).
Season averages: 0.19 in the demo with 0.65 million.
Episode 01-09: Friday, 06/28/13
0.1 in the demo (0% change) with 0.44 million (-14% change).
Season averages: 0.19 in the demo with 0.66 million.
Episode 01-08: Friday, 06/28/13
0.1 in the demo (-50% change) with 0.51 million (-18% change).
Season averages: 0.20 in the demo with 0.69 million.
UPDATE: The CW has pulled the show and cancelled it. The remaining episodes may turn up online.
Episode 01-07: Friday, 04/05/13
0.2 in the demo (+100% change) with 0.62 million (+15% change).
Season averages: 0.21 in the demo with 0.71 million.
Episode 01-06: Friday, 03/29/13
0.1 in the demo (-50% change) with 0.54 million (-26% change).
Season averages: 0.22 in the demo with 0.72 million.
Episode 01-05: Friday, 03/22/13
0.2 in the demo (0% change) with 0.73 million (+1% change).
Season averages: 0.24 in the demo with 0.76 million.
Episode 01-04: Friday, 03/15/13
0.2 in the demo (0% change) with 0.72 million (+6% change).
Season averages: 0.25 in the demo with 0.77 million.
Episode 01-03: Friday, 03/08/13
0.2 in the demo (-33% change) with 0.68 million (-17% change).
Season averages: 0.27 in the demo with 0.79 million.
UPDATE: The network has moved Cult to Fridays, starting March 8th.
Episode 01-02: Tuesday, 02/26/13
0.3 in the demo (0% change) with 0.82 million (-5% change).
Season averages: 0.30 in the demo with 0.84 million.
Episode 01-01: Tuesday, 02/19/13
0.3 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 0.86 million total viewers.
Season averages: 0.30 in the demo with 0.86 million.
Compared to the ratings from a year earlier (an episode of Ringer), the network was down by 40% in the demo (vs a 0.5 rating) and down by 31% in viewership (vs 1.25 million).
Note: These ratings are collected by the Nielsen company and are the final national numbers. These are different from the fast affiliate numbers which are just estimates of the actual ratings and are reported on by most other outlets. The final nationals are typically released within 24 hours of the programming or, in the case of weekends and holidays, a couple days later.
What do you think? Do you like the Cult TV series? Do you think it should be cancelled or renewed for a second season?
Bring cult back!!!! I just started to watch the show, but cult was a really good show and it ended in a bad way. I want to see what will happen with Billy and the others. Please bring cult back, I hope it isn’t too late.
It should be cancelled so Matt can continue to be in the vampire diaries.
me and my boyfriend thanks that the tv show cult needs to be renewed for a second season
please dont cancel im totally hooked.. i want more..
we are hooked to it is a good tv show
I think you need to promote it more on CW like the other tv shows get, and the show got better as it went along there isn’t very many shows on that are as good as this one and it has progressed along very well all new shows are slow to begin with.. don’t know to many who do good in the first season give it one more try PLEASE 🙂
Please don’t cancel this Great show. Show more previews to make more viewers aware and show repeats during their hiatus.
Keep it! It would be interesting to see where they can take the plot for a second season. This show makes you think.
not too many people watch cult because it is for special viewers 🙂 please do not remove it ! i know it is important what number of people watch your shows but you have to remember that not all of us have the same taste.. Respect ours ! 🙂 please…
Please don’t cancel cult its and awesome show and it cant end with more questions than answers. I hate the CW they always cancel the good ones and keep the poor ones so stupid.
Cult started off poorly, was quickly and very well retooled. The problem was to get people to give it another chance, or a chance in the first place. Watching what the show became you almost would not recognize it. Dialogue vastly improved, storyline and characters became not only 3 dimensional but deep, and even the plotlines, although purposely done to let you know it was a TV show in the TV show and less real, were getting compelling enough that you would understand there was obsessed fans. Robert Kneppler’s and miss Nelson’s chemistry would be enough to hold a person’s… Read more »
I like the series Cult CW & I don’t think u should cancel it, I feel if you allow another season the fan base will grow . I also liked Secret Circle & Ringer & Hell Cats..
I love the Cult and it can not end like that! please bring it back for a second season 🙁
I love cult! You need to not cancel it! Please make season two.
I really liked the premise of a show within a show – with good actors already signed on board, CW should give this one another chance, air the rest of the shows and go for a 2nd season – allow more time build up a bigger fan base – I for one am not a reality show viewer – CW . . . take a lesson from Firefly and don’t cancel so quickly
How can you cancel shows like The Secret Circle and Cult but keep Hart of Dixie and Beauty and the Beast on? At least I still have my Supernatural.
I agree with u Kris I loved Secret Circle and the Cult and they took it off. But they still have they stupid shows running. I HATE this channel. That was the last time I watched that stupi lowlife channel.