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?
Image courtesy The CW.
Don’t cancel it!! PLEASE!
I look forward to Tuesday because of this great show ! It shouldn’t be canceled because its still new. One tree hill doesn’t even compare to life unexpected, cancel that instead !
You know why they are canceling the show? Because whoever was in charge of promoting this show did a horrible job and should be fired. I seriously never saw any promotion for this show outside of certain time slots on the CW. If they bothered to take the time to promote it as much as Vampire Diaries then this would be a different story. I’ve even seen promotions of TVD on OTHER networks other than CW. BIG difference. LUX is a GREAT show that should not get canceled. I don’t think the producers thought it through on how they were… Read more »
Plzzzzzz dnt cancel i love all the characters
This show is awesome! Why would you cancel it! I’ve dvr’d it since day 1!
i love life unexpected please give it a season 3 its so gooood at least so they can wrap it up right
DONT CANCLE ME AND MY MOTHER LOVE THAT SHOW!!! I dont know how people couldnt sure its not a true life thing, but it probably has happened with the giving up the kid parent type. Its a good show and it needs to stay on Lux and Eric are just getting started! I look forward to this show evey Tuesday PLEASE DONT TAKE IT AWAY!!!
Don’t cancel! I love the show and it would be a shame to see it get canceled after only two short seasons!!
Please don’t cancel this show. Tv audience is not everything. The show have fans all around the world and it’s great fans!! Since Gilmore Girls I never loved a tv show as much as Life Unexpected! I live in canada, I can’t watch Life Unexpected on TV, but I don’t miss any episode with Internet!! This serie help to get through the tough times!
I love this show.. I grew up in foster homes all my life.. and when I saw this show I fell in love. Its an inspiration for many young teens. I would move it to another station.
Please do not cancel this show!!! I look forward to watching it every week and think that it really hits a certain reality for alot of people, it is really easy to relate to this show in alot of ways. I just think that it needs to be on a different night, when more people aren’t trying to decide between so many other options on TV, Tuesday night has a big line-up on alot of other channels so people are torn on what to watch!! Put it on a night like Monday, there isn’t that much to choose from on… Read more »
please do not cancel this show………..i am a 56 year old who loves this show, every time i get hooked on a show that i love it gets cancelled, whats up with this! You need to promote it more, or move it about to different time slots, there is so much story line that can be developed.
I LOVE THE SHOW! DONT CANCEL!
Shifting from Monday to Tuesday possibly caused the flux of viewership for the show.
Don’t cancel the show, this is the best show ever…..