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?
BATB spero continui
BATB always just one big story
We LOVE Beauty and the Beast !!! We, 4 generations of the Kennedy-Spring girls get together every Mon as our Kennedy-Spring girls’ night just to watch this show. PLEASE CW, keep this show going and give it more times to develop. By far this show is one of the very best and it keep us wanting more of Cat and Vin… together as a couple of course and please…please do not keep them apart. Kristine Kreuk and Jay Ryan by far has the best on and off screen chemistry together, they love, respect and supporting each other very well and… Read more »
CARRIE DIARIES IS SO GOOD! I am in my twenties and all of my friends love this show. It is so CUTE and RELATABLE! Annasophia Robb is a star! Love the cast and the storyline!
Keep supernatural
I love Supernatural!Best Show Ever!!
BATB was great in the season 1. Could not stop watching, the chemistry between the leads was amazing and both characters were very likeable. Season 2 has been an utter disappointment:( Keep watching and hoping that it will get better as I loved it before but I’m starting to lose patience with the inane story line. The dialog between the leads is almost unbearable and as someone else mentioned the great co-stars have been reduced to mere props, although there have been some hints this might be changing. All in all they made a bit of a mess. I’d love… Read more »
I am hoping the CW gives Beauty and the Beast. It has developed a very interesting story arc with the “beast collar”. I liked season 1 and like season 2 even more. Come on, CW, one more season. You may find out the “Beasties” can and will make this another SUPERNATURAL-which happens to be my very favorite show of all time. Wish the CW would go ahead and announce that SUPERNATURAL had been renewed for season 10.
I’m about ready to stop watching Beauty and the Beast. It used to be about Catherine and Vincent against the world, now it’s more about Catherine and Vincent against each other.
I Love LOVE SuperNatural This is my favorite show!!
OMG Monday nights cw is #beauty&thebeast! please don’t cancel. Wednesday cw #arrow like this show too!! both are thriller romance I like that!
I am hoping that Beauty and the Beast has another season because I am so crazy about this show that it makes me love Mondays. I love the actors in this show because the whole chemistry of all the actors is amazing whomever is writing the script for this show has done a great job. Thanks for putting together an interesting show for me to watch on Mondays.
I really love batb and hope to see it return. I’ll be really disappointed if it doesn’t. I really love that this show isn’t so “teeny boppy” even is I do love TVD. Its a nice change from all the teen drama and honestly I think it’s a way better show considering tvd is quickly becoming predictable. I dont know maybe it’s just the fact I watch a lot of good crime shows and love how its crime and romance and suspense all in one which is way more than some other cw shows offer, but again, I’ll be reallysad… Read more »
I’m really hoping the CW will give The Carrie Diaries another shot. I really would like to see it pull through season 3. It’s a great show that has really captured my interest and I adore watching Anna Sophia play Carrie.
I love BatB and hope that CW will give them a se3. Great
Acting and interacting between cast. The best