Of the five networks, The CW has the fewest hours of primetime to fill but they’re not finding it any easier to find hits. Most of their returning shows are way down year-to-year and some of their new series are struggling. Which will be cancelled or renewed? Stay tuned!
CW shows this season (so far): The 100, America’s Next Top Model, Arrow, Backpackers, Beauty and the Beast, The Carrie Diaries, Famous in 12, Hart of Dixie, Masters of Illusion, Nikita, The Originals, Penn & Teller: Fool Us, Reign, Seed, Supernatural, The Tomorrow People, The Vampire Diaries, and Whose Line Is It Anyway?.
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?
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Save Beauty and the Beast I just started watching that show and got caught up only to find out it might be cancelled and that is pretty depressing.
Beauty and the beast is the best show. Please don’t cancel it. Best shows reign, the arrow, the vampire diaries, and beauty and the beast.
Please don’t cancel BatB, it’s the best show on CW. Onscreen chemistry & great story line. Please renew this show! Possibly more advertising? I know people would LOVE this show just as much as I do! Please renew!!!
Beauty and the Beast is one of the only shows I watch faithfully. I enjoy every moment of each show. It should not be cancelled!
Save BATB!!!!! Me and my wife love this show. Storyline getting very interesting. Would be a huge mistake to take it off. First show Ive watched on CW since Smallville was on. Probably be sometime again before I watch another one unless they bring back Smallville as Metropolis or something!!!!!!!
Reign and beauty and the beast are the best shows on Cw. Keep them…..
Haters gonna hate!!! Booooooooo!!!!!!!!!
Beauty and the beast is AMAZING SHOW!!! ITS BETTER THEN THESE CRAP TEEN SHOW ON THE CW
Yeah, I totally agree. Seems to me that BATB is in the wrong channel. The rest of CW:s series are for teens, but not BATB. Maybe that’s why the ratings are bad. People judge “the book by its cover”. I did that with BATB at first.
Reign, one of the best shows yet ….. I give it 5 stars without a doubt. Hoping for many more seasons.
I just finished season 1 of Reign and it was one of the best shows I have seen so far. I’m so glad that I am going to be able to see a second season. I am beyond excited for this show and look forward to many more seasons to come.
beauty and the beast is great…. don’t end it…. weren[t they approved for season 2 and 3? so looking forward to season 3 or maybe 4. thanks
Iam really enjoying BATB and The Tomorrow People this season and I would like to see them both renewed. I would also like to see Star-Crossed been given a chance its a lot better than I expected, give us a chance to see how it plays out.
Beauty and the beast is my favorite show on the l enjoy the others as we’ll but look forward to what’s happening with Catherine &Vincent so please don’t cancel this it’s the best by far. Hope for a third season
Back in the day when I was a kid I loved Alien Nation and V, then as a young adult it was Roswell. Fringe is my all time favorite show. So with that being said Starcrossed is awesome and I hope it sticks around.
Please give Starcrossed a chance! I love it so far and I think it is going to be great! I also love BATB and have been a fan since the pilot! Both these shows need more advertising. I think it was a huge mistake to cancel Nikita and I’m getting tired of the shows that are really good being canceled before they are given a chance. I used to love Vampire diaries but I’m very tired of the concept now. I think Reign is great too. My point here though is that starcrossed needs more time to grow before it’s… Read more »
I don’t get why everyone is all ‘SAVE’ this or that show on this site/board..It’s not like this SITE is affiliated with CW or CW will listen to any of use here..
As for ‘BATB’..It’s crap..END of STORY!
Batb is crap. Agree. Cancel that show!
you guys suck beauty and the beast is amazing and the cw is looking. cus that’s another way they decide what is to get canceled so blah