The CW is the smallest television network and their TV shows draw far fewer viewers than the others. However, they still have to cancel and renew series. Will your favorites survive to see another season? Stay tuned.
CW shows this season (so far): The 100, America’s Next Top Model, Arrow, Beauty and the Beast, Cedric’s Barber Battle, Dates, The Flash, Hart of Dixie, iZombie, Jane the Virgin, Masters of Illusion, The Messengers, The Originals, Penn & Teller: Fool Us, Reign, Significant Mother, Supernatural, The Vampire Diaries, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, and A Wicked Offer.
How does The CW decide what to cancel or renew? They look at a lot of different factors but the ratings play an important role. The higher the ratings, the better chance a show has of surviving. Here’s how the network’s shows are doing so far:
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A couple of notes about these charts:
These figures are updated automatically as new ratings are released. The averages are based on the final national numbers (live plus same day viewing), unless marked with an asterisk (*). For technical reasons, I have to resort them manually so feel free to let me know if I missed something.
Keep in mind that the demo numbers are typically what’s most important to advertisers. Therefore, that’s how the networks measure success. Advertisers pay more for ad time on a show that has a higher demo rating. Because older viewers don’t count? No, it’s because younger viewers watch less traditional TV and are therefore supposedly harder to reach.
Demo numbers are typically reported using the 10ths decimal place (2.4, for example). In the averages, I’m using an extra decimal for easier ranking. The networks take into account when shows air on Fridays or Saturday, nights when TV viewership is lower.
What do you think? Which shows are you rooting for? Which one isn’t as big a hit as you thought? Are you hoping any series will get cancelled to make room for something else?
Alright, so Reign and Jane the virgin gets renewed, but last year they cancelled The tomorrow people, which had better ratings and more viewers in million. The tomorrow people would be tied with The 100 right now.
I love Reign seriously the only show I watch on The CW now. I used to watch Vampire Diaries but that just went down hill. But Reign is so addicting love it!!! If you haven’t seen it I highly recommend it you’ll enjoy it!! The ratings may not be the best but Reign has a huge fan base that is very vocal about how much they love Reign!!!! LONG MAY SHE REIGN!!!!
Love love Reign. Started watching the first season on Netflix and now I’m hooked watching it on the cw on Thursdays!
I just found Hart of Dixie on Netflix. I had marathons of it just so I could catch up to this season. I love this show. I would love to see how these characters continue to grow.I see alot of potential for Hart of Dixie to grow.
My two favorite shows are Reign and Hart of Dixie. Please don’t cancel. There isn’t much on TV I like to watch.
I love the show Reign …. You can stop repeating it now. Unlike you some people still enjoy the show a lot.
Erin,
We get it you don’t watch HOD anymore. You can stop repeating it now. Unlike you some people still enjoy the show a lot.
#savehartofdixie
Please don’t cancel HOD! I watched all 3 seasons in less than a week. I am a HYGE Zade fan and can’t have it end after the 4th season!!!
Allie
I am not watching HOD anymore the raitings are so bad and it’s ready for it to be canceled people aren’t watching it anymore. I don’t like this season used to be a fan of HOD but lost my interest
It got to end at some point. Now would be the best time to do it. Until it get nobody watched it.
I just recently found this show on netflix and flew through the first 3 seasons in a couple weeks. This show is so sweet and great… I love it! I’m sure there are a lot of people like myself who recently discovered this show and are finally caught up thanks to netflix and can now join in to watch season 4 the week it originally airs. You never know… the ratings are increasing little by little each week since episode 1 of season 4, so I can’t be the only “new” viewer!! **FingersCrossed!** 🙂
Hart of Dixie is one of the best shows, but needs something to spice it up, Zoie and George? Love HOD
csi Miami love that show I watch it everyday or Monday thru Friday.
Hannah
The raitings on HOD are so bad and believed it’s begin canceled I known people like HOD and wants it renewed but I have no interest on watching it anymore
HOD couldve been on a different network so more people can watch
But we need to let Hart of Dixie Go
So if we don’t watch BATB Regin and all of the cw shows that means all everything will get canceled
It depends on the raitings
Please do not canceled beauty and the beast : please
I love the show Reign , I hope it’s not cancelled..!!
Reign was renewed for season three
I LOVE “Jane the Virgin”!! Thought it was going to be lame….I was surprised..I’m hooked!! I also enjoy watching “Vampire Diaries” and “The Hart of Dixie”
“Jane the Virgin” is AMAZING! I am also hooked and I didn’t know what to expect, but I’m so glaaaad I am watching it! 🙂 I hope they get renewed for more seasons <3