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?
I think they should bring back Ringer. I love Sarah Michelle Gellar and cancelling this show was a HUGE mistake.
I am glad that Reign, The Originals, The 100, The Flash, Arrow, Supernatural and Vampire Diaries have all been renewed. I hope that they renew izombie for more seasons. It is a really cool, funny show and I think it will only get better as the plot line continues.
please keep the vampire diaries and the originals… I will litteraly die and cry for days if either one of them cancels…. please please please please please please keep them!!! thank you so much for making the best show ever made!!
Sorry, to see HOD go, I loved the romance so that only leaves BatB for me. I love this show and am happy it was renewed. I don’t wish cancellation on any show because they all have fans that love the shows. I do find however, that certain CW shows get more promo than others, which is probably why some shows have lower ratings, people don’t know about them. The only shows that get promo are the higher rated shows, which doesn’t make sense because ppl already know about them and they don’t need the promo.
Just my 2 cents
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Keep Hart of Dixie!!!!
This is one of the best shows on the CW. I think you need to put it back on a good day instead of Friday when everybody goes out and nobody is at home to watch it.
PLEASE bring it back!!!!!!!
i couldnt agree more please dont cancel hod even on friday night didnt worry me it seems to me, when the cw announced it was to be cancelled i was devasted and even in australia i have voted on every site i could find to save it though it seems the cw network has deaf ears
I really hope that they reconsider cancelling Hart of Dixie. Out of all the shows that is currently playing at this time, Hart of Dixie is the only show that i get really excited when a new episodes comes out! The characters and all the story are awesome! I understand that CW has other shows out, but i believe that they should be given a chance just like supernatural did when they were threatened to be cancelled and now they are one of the most popular show in CW. I would rather watch a show about a small town instead… Read more »
Hart of Dixie is such a cute show and a refreshing breath of fresh air. It’s fun and the characters are great I’m, really disappointed you’re cancelling it.
Bring it back!
I think the CW has great shows, it would be a shame to cancel any of them.
I wish you were on demand. Air the shows to the END if there is an end and continue ones (we know the writers can keep story lines intriguing) we all love.
Why would they cancel Hart of Dixie whose numbers are up and renew Reign when those numbers have dropped 30% that makes no sense. I Look forward to Friday nights to have a nice light and funny show to finish off my week the show will be missed…I bet if they moved it back to an earlier night in the week they would have even more viewers though. 18-49 do tend to be out on Friday nights
I am not watching HOD anymore
I love Reign and Harts of Dixie and the whole line up you have!! Really could care less about Jane the Virgin or iZombi though.
Don’t cancel any of them!! Change the days on some of them first.
First,zhoD was moved to Fri due to low ratings on Mon and to await syndication.Second,it seems like it was planned,intended for this to be the last season of HoD.HoD has enough episodes for syndication,zreign dosent-that’s why Reign was renewed and HoD was cancelled.HoDs ratings may be up slightly this season,but aren’t good,aren’t much better than Reigns-HoD is the second lowest rated show on Czw.Rumor is Rschel wants to be a stay st home full time mom.Most of us fans of HoD expected this to be thend anyway eith it’s low ratings,short season,only getting a fourth season for syndication, ect.When Czw… Read more »
The 100 is so much better than I thought it would be! We binged watched both seasons right around the time of the finale. It is as intense as LOST or The Walking Dead. Great writing/acting/production. I love Supernatural, but I think The 100 is the best show they have!
Wow. Picking Reign over Hart of Dixie when the 3/17 numbers are the sane? How about going for variety and comedy. ENTERTAINMENT?! ♡ Please keep Heart of Dixie! We really look forward to those characters. It’s a great modern comedy-melodrama! Such talent & they are good w/ their scripts!
Rumors that the lead actress Rachel wants to be a full time stay at home mom now.Hozd has a proper ending & enough episodes for short syndication,zreign dosent-that’s why Reign was renewed but zhoD was cancelled.Also,Reign does better than HoD and has always had more network support.Reign IS different from the other Czw shows.Inlike both shows.Pkus,with 8 or more shows already renewed ,Czw was running out of room on the schedule even in summer for HoD,It seemed veryvlikley in Jan when the majority of the lineup was Renewdd but HoD wasn’t,that cancellation was veryvlikley.Neither a reigns or HoDs ratings are… Read more »
Its just a rumors too. It was not cancelled because are that. Its was already cancelled last year when scott porter and Wilson bethel. They just gave her 10 epiodes. She just don’t want to see her with her baby. But you still see people go off and have fun. People need to stop talking about this. You still have to work and take care your child. Hayden can’t do this alone. Even Jaime king want to work on something. And she goes off too. Rachel never said that she wasn’t going to stop working are stop doing things at… Read more »
I am sorry that Heart of Dixie has to be cancelled. I started watching it from the beginning and I fell in love with the characters in “Bluebell”. It was a cute story about people in a small town. It was funny and it had great character development. I will miss it.
I’ll miss it as well but I have to admit that it ran it’s course. I’m glad it knows when to end unlike some shows *cough* The Vampire Diaries* which won’t die even though they should.
Keep the 100, reign, and the vampire diaries. I’m so mad the flash has so much more views
Heart of Dixie cancelled. Actor says enjoy final 3 eps
Bring back ringer and keep hart of Dixie and the 100