Week-to-week gains: Supernatural.
Week-to-week losses: The Vampire Diaries, Arrow, Beauty and the Beast, Hart of Dixie, The Carrie Diaries, 90210, Oh Sit!, and Nikita.
Below are the CW TV show ratings averages as of the end of week 31 of the 2012-13 season (Sunday, April 28, 2013). Ratings are typically the best way to tell if a show will be cancelled or renewed.
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| The CW TV shows |
18-49 demo rating (actual) |
Viewers in millions |
Ratings pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Vampire Diaries (renewed) | 1.3 (1.27) | 2.71 | season 4 ratings |
| Arrow (renewed) | 1.1 (1.08) | 3.27 | season 1 ratings |
| Supernatural (renewed) | 0.9 (0.92) | 2.13 | season 8 ratings |
| Beauty and the Beast (renewed) | 0.6 (0.62) | 1.66 | season 1 ratings |
| Hart of Dixie (renewed) | 0.6 (0.55) | 1.38 | season 2 ratings |
| America’s Next Top Model (renewed) | 0.5 (0.48) | 1.23 | cycle 18 ratings |
| The Carrie Diaries | 0.5 (0.45) | 1.14 | season 1 ratings |
| Gossip Girl (ended) | 0.5 (0.45) | 0.90 | season 6 ratings |
| 90210 (cancelled) | 0.4 (0.39) | 0.80 | season 5 ratings |
| Emily Owens, MD (cancelled) | 0.4 (0.37) | 1.27 | season 1 ratings |
| Oh, Sit! | 0.4 (0.35) | 0.90 | season 2 ratings |
| Nikita | 0.4 (0.35) | 1.15 | season 3 ratings |
| Cult (cancelled) | 0.2 (0.21) | 0.71 | season 1 ratings |
These charts incorporate the daily final CW show ratings (copyrighted and reported by Nielsen) and are sorted by the 18-49 demographic. Network advertisers typically prize those viewers most and so will pay more to reach them. There’s lots of information that the networks take into consideration when cancelling or renewing a TV series but the ratings are the biggest factor. The higher the ratings, the better chance that the show will be renewed. And yes, they take it into account when a show airs on Friday nights
What do you think? Are you surprised by any of the averages? Which show(s) do you feel should be doing better or worse, based on their quality? Comment below.
