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 & the Beast !! Awesome show !!
The Originals
Tommrow People
The 100
Star Crossed
Hart Of Dixie
Beauty And The Beast Ratings are way off the charts and spiraling down on the 18-49 Demo why is that doing that Please help me I don’t know anything about the raitings so please educate me how does these key demo work on the 18-49 demo on tvbythenumbers and inculding year to year change also inculding viewers millon watching the cw
Which column are the ratings
change
Please help me I don’t know
CW has to stop moving shows every few weeks. They should also take into account that we had the olympics in February and college basketball in March, that takes away viewing because families have to negotiate what gets watched. They should not have aired a brand new show during the olympics and be surprised it wasn’t really viewed. They need to quit reality shows and expand air time. I don’t want to lose Hart of Dixie because it is a clean comedy, it really is funny beneath the surface. It is the back and forth comments among the characters linked… Read more »
Beauty and the Beast… great show… Star Crossed good too… please keep both shows. Please stop breaking up the programming of BATB… March 10th last show… have to wait til June 2… that almost 3 months… all considered to be in the same Season.. thats really dumb! Please fix that in the future. Hoping for alot more Seasons. Thanks
Why you change the rating on hod. It was under a millions viewers. And the other shows get their real rating. It like batb and other shows.
the tomorrow people sucks
The Tomorrow People has some very interesting plot lines taking place every week so far. Something new is revealed each each new episode which causes the dynamics of the show to shift. The viewers are never quite sure where certain ideas will be played out or who will be involved in that undertaking and the excitement definitely is building towards the season climax so I cannot wait to see what happens. The only thing that seems strange to me is that the main character is suppose to still be in high school and yet nothing about him reinforces that idea.… Read more »
Something is wrong with the “Rating” System. It’s hard to believe that Beauty and the Beast has the low ratings that are being shown. There are many friends who also agree. It’s a shame to get fans excited about a series only to cancel it.
Save Beauty and The Beast. We need a season 3.
I agree about the rating system, but then, I never thought much of ratings anyway …. I mean really – no one has ever contacted me to ask what shows I watch. For most shows that I do like, I’ve picked them up thru Netflix, or watch them on line thru the website because of timing issues. Beauty & the Beast is literally one of the best tv shows out (especially when you compare it to much of the trash on television these days)! And Jay Ryan – WOW! I hope it comes back for not just a season 3,… Read more »
The Tomorrow People & Beauty & The Beast, both deserve to be renewed!!!! The shows,casts, stories, and directors are all most excellent in my opinion!!!! Since, I am 48yrs. of age and a female, who is single and white, and I have always been a big fan of SciFi/Fantasy/Horror from way back in the 1970’s!!!! So, I kinda know what I am saying in regard to these shows!!!!! It would be a bad idea if the CW let two good shows go down the drain because of the stupid nelson or whatever rating system is being used to date!!!!! I… Read more »
@Crystal Brown — I agree CW should expand their air times to 11pm. Air a new show and repeats on Saturday, Sunday and repeats after 11pm , like Lifetime, TNT. This way people who work later or have other commitments can watch. They should also try what Lifetime and TBS do, which is have 2-3 seasons. If they have 3 seasons, then a Series would air for 8-9 weeks with a season finale, then the another Series starts. I have 4-5 shows I follow on these two channels which is great and I can dvr them at anytime if something… Read more »
Star Crossed should be renewed! It’s a great show and I’m sure as it continues the audience will grow larger and larger.
To those of us that love Star-Crossed and hope for another season:
This may give you hope that there may be a renewal. Or, at lease, someone in our corner that recognize the reasons that the ratings may be lower than they should be. Please check out this article.
http://www.screenfad.com/star-crossed/cw-renew-star-crossed-17298
my name is Adriana grenot I have been watching your shows for many years,if you don’t renew star crossed you will lose a lot of people who love the show so much ,!:)we have a page for star crossed cause we love the show so much that all we talk about,please give the show a chance!:) thank you Adriana grenot
The CW (channel 57 where I live) have some REALLY crappy shows . How is it that any of them are being renewed? The CW should be CANCELLED!
Hart of Dixie has low rating and no one says anything about the show. That it was .02 and said it was .03. So why its not announced its cancelled or renewed?
Lois if you hate HOD so much then just ignore it.
I love Star Crossed. It is a shame the ratings are so low because its a great show and I would really like to see it renewed. Please renew it CW. I also like the 100. Its a great show too. I just wish people would give them a chance and it upsets me to even think they may only get 1 season.
Love star crossed too. Hope they keep it and 100 too!