Last year, The CW aired three new scripted TV shows and cancelled two of them. How many will be cancelled or renewed during the 2017-18 season? Stay tuned.
There’s lots of data that network execs look at when deciding whether to renew or cancel a TV series but ratings are the major ingredient. These charts will be updated daily, as new ratings data becomes available.
CW shows (so far): The 100, Arrow, Black Lightning, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Dynasty, The Flash, iZombie, Jane the Virgin, Life Sentence, Masters of Illusion, The Originals, The Outpost, Penn & Teller: Fool Us, Riverdale, Supergirl, Supernatural, Valor and Whose Line Is It Anyway?.
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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 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 and Saturdays, nights when TV viewership is lower.
What do you think? Are you surprised by any of the ratings? Which shows should be doing better? Which one do you think will be cancelled next?
Not enough love for Utah-filmed producers’ lovechild The Outpost! Clearly a tribute to classic fantasy matinees and YA literature it’s entertaining adventure for families instead of R-rated and depressing like GoT, which it REALLY shouldn’t be compared to. I admit that the pilot was weak, accents are inconsistent, Talon needs better lines, seemingly ditching McNally was unfortunate, and the show might actually make a better game than tv – but hey it DOES improve fast. Stays on your mind and leaves you curious for more. Young adults and adult fans of Legend of the Seeker, Xena/Hercules ao cult WETA shows,… Read more »
Thank God they renewed SUPERNATURAL. I know there are those of you that will say “enough is enough.” But really…..they could keep this going for another 5 years. Shows go thru a few slower seasons (6-8) but they could do so much more. Especially now that they could pull a few characters back from the alternate universe. OH ONE OTHER COMMENT……..who made the decision to reboot Charmed this way instead of going ahead with the same storyline – Wyatt, Chris, and the other new kids that popped up in the series finale would make for a great series. They could… Read more »
Supergirl should be no 1 instead of flash
I really don’t understand why the originals will end with season 5… I mean the ratings are really good and the originals deserve for sure a 6 season . There are other tv shows that have lower ratings but still renew . The vampire diaries had 8 seasons , why the originals that are doing better than the vampire diaries end with 5 seasons ? It doesn’t make sense… Re consider it!!!!
I think the cast wanted to end the show, its ratings have nothing to do with it.
Dynasty deserves more viewers honestly. It got a lot of promotion but I think everyone just assumed that it was your generic juicy senseless drama filled soap but it’s actually WAAAY more than that. Just try to watch till the 7th episode or something, you’ll see what I mean. It’s bloody brilliant and not at all forced. It’s got some comedic vibes too which balances it out.
So glad for Supergirl. The best Arowverse show for me without a doubt. No contradictions in storyline, the best cast, I honestly like it better than Flash.
I am totally agree with you
I can’t imagine life after Supergirl
Too bad about Legends. It has a good mix of quirkiness and mystery as well. Maybe too much Damien Dark over and over. How about a believable character to foil. Totem-girl could use some better depicted powers.
IZombie is a magnificent zom-rom-com-dram. Liv-More is suffering a little from a lack of dramatic pause after a pugnacious pun like was seen in the first season. Maybe a new and bigger super villain sub-plot to replace Max Rager. The slide is fixable with editing.
i would like it if the Cw were to do a green lantern series a Justice league series and i wish some one would do a series about Superman and the son of superman in fact that would be the name of show because the show would be about superman and his son i all so would like it if they were to come up with the legion of superhero series and i hope the flash will show up on black lightning at some point real soon and hope get to see more of that mystery girl on the flash… Read more »
They can’t do a Superman series because DC doesn’t want the value of Superman(or Batman) to be lowered by a possibly unsuccessful show.
Maybe someone can explain to me how the ratings work. Valor is the one that sounds like it will be canceled, but it has been ratings than Dynasty, Jane the Virgin, and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend? If that is the case why would it be canceled and not them?
…. Because nobody cares about overall viewers. The actual RATINGS state that Valor ties Dynasty for the lowest 2 shows.
Its all about money, not just the ratings. Tv ad cost, production and cast costs etc etc. It may have better ratings than another show but doesnt bring in as much money over all. Also time slot is a big factor as well, what shows its competing against on other networks. Valor may be up against some “heavy hitters” in its time slot, even though its doing well ratings wise. it could be doing horribly against the other shows in its time slot, compared to say life sentence which has worse rating than valor, but life sentence is doing better… Read more »
CANCEL ARROW! All the arrowverse shows are woorking fine without it and it isnt needed no more!Send poor Oli to the waverider or somethin just cncel arrow!
Why would they cancel arrow? The ratings are pretty impressive and steady. It has 3 other shows connected to it, it’s the OG. It has an impressive streaming viewership which means brings in money. It’ll be suicide for the network lol.
How come my comments keep getting removed?
They are not. Are you looking for this one? https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/cw-2017-18-season-ratings/comment-page-2/#comment-2623501
Would you mind putting the page order back to normal? As in the latest comments are on the first page?
The good news is Supergirl has moved ahead of Riverdale. The bad news is Supergirl is still in 4th place.
Soon it will be on 1
Supergirl once again showed it is the best out of Arrowverse shows!
You are right
Guess CW got what it deserved. Cancelling Constantine, and allowing other inferior or even crappy shows to continue, just for the momentarily viewers. What a shame. Good luck with your precious Superchick 😉
…. Constantine is NBC……..
Also, NBC is the network that’s hostile to genre shows like superhero shows, while CW would’ve renewed it, in fact, it revived Constantine as an animated show. So I suggest you do some research before spewing incorrect nonsense and sexist garbage.