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?
Keep the Mesangers give the show a chance let it be a summer show . My family really enjoys this show.
Shouldn’t cedricks barber battle and the messengers be part of the summer schedule. They are on the wrong table
I am so glad that most my favorites got renewed!! The Originals, Vampire Diaries, Arrow, Beauty & The Beast and The Flash. This week I saw a clip after Beauty & The Beast for “The Messangers” and thought it very interesting and set my DVD to record it. I Google the show to get some info after watching it and was shocked to see it cancelled & that this was the 3rd season & I had never heard of it before now!! Maybe if CW had promoted the show more the ratings would be higher. Darn! I really wish they… Read more »
I just don’t understand why The Originals lost so many viewers….its one of the best shows on television right now: great cast, an interesting story, great performances. It can grow, sure, but you need to give them more money, to see other locations outside the bayou, the Rousseau’s, the cemetery and Klaus’s house. Invest more money if you want people to watch it. If the show had been made by HBO, they would know how to sell it better! It has all the ingredients that are needed in order to succeed. Use it! 🙂
Not understanding how Reign made it this long with so little viewers. Jane the Virgin is holding on by a thread…started off great…now what after the kid is born??? The Originals is the best show on CW, and will surpass their seniors fast. Glad the Vampire Diaries and Supernatural got renewed. Why are they even bringing back Beauty/Beast is beyond me…Lana was annoying enough in Smallsville, couldn’t bare to see her in anything else. They didn’t even give The Messenger a chance, but it’s a little to cookie cutter…didn’t have that flare like Supernatural, so wasn’t surprise to see it… Read more »
First quality is subjective and has nothing to with renewals/cancellations( Reings a bootlegged GOT,put something better in its place).Second,Reign stayed on cause on its CzbS owned,halfway to syndication,has DVDs& tie in novels to make money,it’s a part of CW streaming deal with Nefptflux/Hulu,CW /CBS wants to get it get to syndication,Czw has said “they believe it in creatively”.As for BatB decent DVD sakes good streaming/digitally/online viewership,strong international sales that covered its productions ,it’s a cheap international /Candaian co production,CW has said ” they belve it in creatively “,it pre sold for at least three seasons internationally,it’s Czbzs owned,it’s a pet… Read more »
The majority of my shows made the cut. I love The Originals, iZombie, SPN, TVD, Arrow and The Flash. I’m quite surprised really to learn that The Originals ranks lower than TVD, IMO The Originals is a much better series than it’s sister or mother series, TVD ever was. However I’m wicked disappointed that HoD and The Messengers have been cancelled. I just marathoned the entire last 🙁 season of HoD and the first three of The Messengers.
In that List all my faves was renewed, Thank God for Arrow, The 100, reign 😀
Arrow S3 was just awful, too much Olicity and the bad acting from EBR. I have dropped the show from my viewing list since I have seen where Marc Guggenheim and his new co-showunner Wendy Mericles are still pandering to the Olicity shippers on twitter and tumblr. Disgusting.
The Flash is leaps and bounds better than Arrow, that’s for sure.
And the only reason why Arrow’s ratings bumped up from S2 is because S2 lost around a million viewers from S1, and also, Barry Allen’s crossover in the midseason of Arrow S3 bumped the numbers up quite dramatically.
I don’t understand how after 3 episodes, you cancelled The Messengers. That is so ridiculous . This show has so much potential. It is original and very interesting. I am so disappointed that you did not give it a chance to build it’s audience. You have had Supernatural on forever ( nothing against the show) But when you come up with something so refreshing, you don’t even give a chance. And you think Ex-Girlfriend is going to work . NOT! I really would wish that you would think again about this show.
First,SPN has a syndication deal to make it money Messengers doesn’t.SPN is the third highest rated CW show,Messengers the lowest rated.CWs canceling Messengers cause of low ratings-noones watching.Shows aren’t cancelled or renewed based “potential”,quality or lack thereof ect-it’s all about ratings and making money.Pkus,Czw had to cancel a couple shows to make room for new shows,
I understand that they need to make money, that’s the be all and end all of the entertainment industry. I can admit that I don’t really understand how they track viewers, especially taking into consideration people that rely entirely on DVR’s to watch TV (thank goodness for computer programs). I am one of those people, I wish I had seen this prior to marathoning the first three episodes and got invested, that’s three hours of my life I’ll never get back. I agree with Lisa Tally, the show is original and refreshing and three episodes doesn’t seem enough to justify… Read more »
The way they track viewers is by Neilson-with journals and boxses where you have to push buttons very half hour to say what you’re watching.Only Neilson viewers matter to advertisers & network.Neilson tracks dvr & maybe online viewing but if you’re not a Neilson viewers and if you are but skip commercials it doesn’t matter.CW Howver does take dvr,online in account but there was little time to make to make a descion and Messengers doesn’t do well in dvr either and as I said Neilson viewers weren’t/aren’t watching .It was one of their lowest rated series premieres ever.DVRs are being… Read more »
I am so happy tjat all my fave. Shows got renewed I don’t wantseason3 to be the last of reign please keep it up. I would also like The Messengers to get renewed. Jane the Virgin is ok but I have lost interest in it. Now she had the baby and it really defeats the purpose of the title. Yeah baby is kidnapped but now it is more like soap operah. I do want The 100 back and hope season 3 is a bit better last season was abit slow. Have faith in it that it will get better hate… Read more »
Reign will likely get a fourth season for syndication,Messengers was cancelled
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I am believed that Regin is definitely renewed for season 4
I’m glad that “Reign” got renewed for a 3rd season. However, i’m very dissapointed that this might be the last. I love this show. I’ve watched the Pilot more than 3 times already. People make a big fuss because it’s not “historically accurate.” It’s a love story! They took bits and pieces of real people to build a foundation and go from there. You can call this INSPIRATION. For those people that want facts, go watch a documentary instead. Good luck to all the cast members, and I can’t wait for the 3rd season to start in October!
CW usually gives their third seasons close to syndication a short fourth season for wrap up,syndication-they did it with HoD,Nikita,BatB( which will end next summer most likely after its fourth season)& will likely do the same with Reign.
Please keep the flash, Arrow, Supernatural, vampire diaries and the orginals they are my life, The cw has the best shows
Reign is one of the best shows I have ever seen. It’s so different from everything that other shows can offer. It is exciting, new and very clever, Thursday’s night are the best days, I can’t get enough of this show. Things are always changing, but at the same time the great foundation is still there. I love it, I’m excited for the next season but I’m really sad to see the low ratings… Jane the Virgi is an okay tv show, I used to watch it but I haven’t been watching for the last 4 episodes, I feel like… Read more »
I agree with you completely. Reign is a very good show. It’s just people that focus too much on the history part that lower down the ratings. The season finale was amazing.
Please keep ‘The Messengers’. I love that show!!!!!!
Love flash and arrow and the supernatural and the messager too. Hart of dixie was good at first. But lost intetest in it when the story line got bad. And then Rachel bilson lost interest in the show from not promoting it. And I did look at part of the series finale. Don’t hate Rachel bilson but she didn’t want to commit to the show and people did not tell the truth why it was given 10episodes. Instead of telling people it was cancelled. Cw did a bad job doing that. When in tv guide they told people it was… Read more »