For its first three years on the air, The Flash was been The CW’s highest-rated TV show. How long can it retain the number one ranking? Is this the year when it falls behind in the Nielsens ratings race? Will The Flash be cancelled or renewed for season five? Stay tuned.
A superhero drama, based on the DC Comics, The Flash stars Grant Gustin, Candice Patton, Danielle Panabaker, Carlos Valdes, Tom Cavanagh, Jesse L. Martin, and Keiynan Lonsdale. The CW TV series centers on police scientist Barry Allen (Gustin) who develops super speed after a dark-matter lightning strike. Behind his mask, Barry uses his powers to protect the people of Central City from many a dark force.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings (particularly in the 18-49 demo), the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available — usually the next day, around 11:30am EST/8:30am PST. Refresh to see the latest.
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For comparisons: The third season of The Flash averaged a 1.06 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 2.84 million total viewers.
Note: These are the Live + Same Day Ratings which include “live” viewing plus delayed DVR viewing, up until 3am local time that same night. Ratings marked with an “*” are the fast affiliate ratings and will be updated with the Live+SD numbers when they are made available. Typically, networks get paid for C+3 ratings which includes DVR viewing within three days of the original airing when commercials are watched. Those numbers are rarely released to the press.
What do you think? Do you like The Flash TV series? Should it be cancelled or renewed for a fourth season on The CW?
4/2/18 update: The CW has ordered a fifth season of The Flash for the 2018-19 season. Details here.
Just change the name of the show to The Iris West Show. This is not a superhero show, it’s a political correctness propaganda in the guise of a superhero genre. And their obsession to prioritize their opinion onto the viewer’s faces is eating through the whole air time of the actual story.
Seems like people are getting sick of it too. Look how the ratings are dropping.
Completely true. They focus way too much on a girl that doesn’t have anything to do with the science, but acts like she is the smartest person there. They have taken way too much time away from Barry, who the show is supposed to be about. They don’t have almost any interaction between Caitlin, Cisco, and Barry anymore. They keeps sidelining Cisco, taking his powers away for literally no reason. I wish they would just get back to the original Team Arrow and stop trying to please the annoying fan girls with The Iris West show.
I try to fast forward the scenes with Iris. I was sad when they killed off her fiance in the first season. I was hoping she would leave with him.
True. A hero should and know about the life he has chosen and that how it will be. They should stick to the original theme rather than changing it around for the public preference and taste. They let the duo deal in too much of stupid romantism. West allen is a bold and badass lady. I like her. But as i suggested, on the other half things gets too much on side of stupid romantism and blah blah.
End this deadbeat show.
Time to cancel this Disney show, Just Arrow deserves to be a real Hero and fight with real normal villains not kiddy powers.
Or you could just not watch it. Arrow and Flash barely cross over any more anyway. That said, looking at the ratings between the two shows Arrow is far more likely to get the axe than Flash.
The Flash is not a Disney show.
Just thought i would let you know that vampire diaries did better than this is doing in its 5th season. Its sad how CW ratings have gone down so much and the new heights are the old lows
That’s the case for every network.
I hope Team Flash will find a way to clear Barry’s name. Because he doesn’t belong in prison.
Arrow had better season 4 ratings. I remember when Flash had over 3 million viewers, looks like people are leaving slowly.
Ratings are basically the same with arrow’s season 4…but thats not the case here…The flash is the highest rated cw series for 4 years now and probably next year too… Yeah it dropped a bit in the ratings but it happens, all the time… When you start watching a tv serie what attracts you in the beginning is the story of first season.. The story doesnt stay the same, it changes and its normal for some people not to like the next story… Thats it… The flash is still the best dc series out there and u can tell that… Read more »
Ratings standards YEARS ago is NOT the same as standards these days. Everything is down.
The Flash is ‘still’ the CW’s top rated show.
IDK about you but i was expecting more from caitlyn/killer frost character evolution. But i guess the writers don’t care.
It get renewed flash and riverdale but need end is arrow on many years tired watch it no Oliver queen as arrow no point in watch don’t care about diggle.
It needs to be cancel, It’s a kids show and kids need to watch good shows, Arrow and Deathstroke are the best characters of DC on TV only.
Wrong. Supergirl is the best DC character.
You are wrong becuz The Flash is still CW’s top rated show.
Please cancelled .
Why?
You are only one person compared to the (approx) 2.598 million viewers who watch the show & enjoy it.
It would make no sense to cancel just becuz a few people don’t like it.
You can always stop watching.
The CW managed to ruin this show with to much Iris West and too little Flash, I really don’t get hollywood and their echo chamber,all their tv shows suffer from political agenda, I watch tv shows to relax not to be preached about feminism and cucked males, white male role models, no where to be found all of them are either bad or stupid or both. I think by the end of this year I will drop a lot of shows because I am fed up with this political bull crap.
The Flash is still CW’s top rated show.
Over 2 million viewers disagree with you.
as much as I like it when the flash take a more light hearted tone, that doesn’t mean make it more goofy and silly.
Jesus christ look at that drop on the fourth episode, looks like they’re pulling an Arrow Season 4 here.
Probably down because it was Halloween
World series baseball at the same time that’s why
Drop was due to Halloween… How many people sat down to watch tv… When so fun was going on, p. S. I thought the episode was really great though.
I hope the flash bill be renewed for the seson 5
Love this show. It’s surprising and exciting . I can’t wait to see new episodes.
It is neither surprising nor exciting. It is a simple show, best viewed with a fast forward button.
Happy to see that the flash is holding up nicely.