After a season of lackluster ratings, The CW took a chance last May and renewed Life Unexpected for year two. They hoped that the audience would grow this season but it certainly hasn’t.
Season one of Life Unexpected averaged 2.0 million viewers and a 1.6 rating in the network’s target demographic of women 18-34. This season, the show’s lost more than half of the demo audience, averaging just a 0.7 rating with 1.53 million viewers.
As the network’s lowest rated show, CW execs asked for a couple additional scripts but didn’t order them into production. Life Unexpected is the only series on the network that’s been limited to 13 episodes this season.
While The CW has not officially cancelled Life Unexpected yet, it’s impossible to imagine that they’d renew it for season three. The ratings have just gone too low. Series creator Liz Tigelaar thinks so too. She told the TV Addict back in September that she believed that, if they didn’t get an order for a full season, the show was finished.
The season (likely series) finale will air in January. Deadline is reporting that the writers are treating it like the series finale and will wrap up many of the ongoing storylines.
Tigelaar was skeptical about how fulfilling the end could be. In September, she said, “Obviously if you were doing the end of this story, what I feel the fans want are Cate and Baze together, so that would be a natural series end in someway. Unfortunately, that is not going to to happen by episode 13, at least I don’t think in an artful way. So we’re just going to hope for more and if 13 ends up being our last one we will have some closure, it will feel good and the end, but it won’t be the true end.
What do you think? Should The CW have renewed or canceled Life Unexpected last spring? Why have so many viewers stopped watching? How would you like the series to end?
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The story lines became rather wrapped around the axle and made it difficult to follow. Nevertheless it is a good show and the only one on the air that I watched without fail. I am sorry to see it go and I will not migrate to some story about a Vampire or whatever the “new age” types seem to enjoy.
Don’t cancel !! IT IS FINALLY GETTING GOOD !!!!!!
I think the series needed to continue to focus on the dynamics in the relationship between Blase and Cate. When they have strayed from that, I think the series lost some of its impact. I am still a great fan but am disappointed that relationship development has not been handled differently. PLEASE DO NOT CANCEL THIS SERIES. IT HAS GREAT APPEAL AND I HOPE THAT THE NETWORK CAN TRUST THAT THE AUDIENCE WILL BUILD OVER TIME.
I enjoy this show..it’s a light drama and different that the normal medical/murder duplicate shows that are on the air now…I am going to miss the character Baze..he is so sexy and hot!
This is a great show, it’s probably the best show on CW. Canceling it, would be awful. Maybe it lost viewers because of Dancing w/ the Stars.. I have to DVR Life Unexpected and watch it later for this reason. Don’t cancel, this is a awesome show.
I LOVE this show. It’s the only show I watch other then Greys. I love the characters. I think it’s a great show, maybe just needs a little change. No Baze w/ his boss and stop having Lux hookup w/ her teacher, it sends the wrong message. But PLEASE don’t cancel =(
I hope it ends with Cate and Baze back together and she pregnant with Baze’s baby. I like Ryan too, so I hope he reconnects with his old girlfriend. I bet she lied about not being pregnant so she wouldn’t ruin his wedding date.
If you remember Cate couldn’t have babies any more
ONLY good show on the cw. hopefully they don’t cancell it, but if they do i will never watch the cw again.
I really hope they continue this show. It’s really the only show i can sit and watch and not get bored with. Please continue it longer
The problem is the timeslot!! Lux is not OTH. (haven’t missed an episode in 8 seasons) .. putting any new show against Dancing With The Stars is just CRAZY!!! I love Life Unexpected but cannot always catch it and when I do I usually have to the “last” game on the remote, switching back and forth… Wednesdays or Thursdays at 8 pm would be a good time slot, being in the 18 – 44 age bracket, there is absolutely nothing on for me those 2 nights… I loved the first season and have caught most of season 2, Kerr Smith… Read more »
KEEP THE SHOW ALIVE! PLEASE!
I think it should continue – Maybe make Kate less winey but that is about it.
I can only understand the poor ratings if the audience does not connect with the characters. Season one was frustrating as you saw the direction that normal people would go, but then watched the characters go in a completely different direction. This happened just about every episode. That got tiresome, and I believe that people gave up on the show because they were just worn out. There was just no reason for Cate, Baze, and the daughter to not have settled into a family situation much sooner.
I HATE THAT THEY ARE NOT ORDERING MORE EPISODES!!! Look at the facts! they are still averaging 1.5 MILLION viewers!!! Thats a lot of people! If the show wasnt pre empted all the time and had more advertising i think it would catch a lot more viewers! I have watched this show since it began, and will continue to do so until the end…If its not renewed then i will never get sucked into a show again, for fear that it will just get cancelled on me…
Cancel it already!!