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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I love love love this show. I catch myself watching saved episodes on DVR all the time. Please reconsider CW…this is such a great show! The stories, characters…no one has done this story line before. At the risk of sounding cheezy, it has truly made me consider adopting an older child. Please don’t cancel!!!!
I’m not in the demographic, but I sure liked the ensemble. What a great Morality Play which was woven on both age levels! And to think the younger ones could advise the older generation on a moral code was interesting. I am sorry to see it cancelled, and look forward to seeing the cast in other shows. There was definitely charismatic talent in several of the actors.
I love this show so much I watch it all the time. Best show of all time. No they shouldn’t cancel Life Unexpected just because the people like me who love the show aren’t enough viewers.
look forward to it each week do not want it to end…
I TOTALLY AGREE WITH ALMOST ALL THE STATEMENTS ABIOVE.. I JUST RECENTLY STARTED WATCHING AND TRYING TO CATCH UP BUT SOO FOR ITS ONE OF THE BEST SHOWS OUT THERE NOW BESIDES PARENTHOOD THESE TWO SHOWS ARE THE BOMB….. PLEAZ CW WE WANT IT TO STAY!!!!!!!
I love this show, there’s so much more to be told!!!
I’m disappointed. I was hoping to see Baze & Kate find their way back to each other. They belong together. I definitely feel short changed on my investment.
This was a good show.
I am sincerely disappointed. The CW execs are making a huge mistake.
side note: although the television views are low, perhaps more people would watch it online if CW uploaded shows faster with better quality.
This sucks. This is one of my favorite shows. I really hope it’s not cancelled
it always seems the best shows that you get hooked on . they always seem to cancel.. i think it should not b cancelled.i love the whole thing about the show and the fact that of course everytime i watch i think about kate and baiz. i’m hooked thinking that maybe the next episode they might get together and the next and so on.. you need to renew the show for a third year. like everyone else says .. no one is gonna watch the cw anymore if you keep the crappy sh0ws on and the best shows off.
What? Just as it started to get complicated and FUN the show is over? I love the characters, they seem real and interesting. I was SO looking forward to the next SEVERAL seasons. CW what are you doing?
what’s really sad is that family shows like this one are always trashed, but sh*tty shows like Hellcats where girls act like wh*res are still around. CW needs to seriously reconsider their decisions. They don’t even promote it as much as, say Nikita, which is also really really corny. This is the only decent show on the CW that I can watch and is decent. Bad move CW, seriously reconsider, everything is declining on that channel, even the nightly news on PIX. Everwood, Gilmore Girls and Smallville seasons 1-3 were the best shows ever and all of those are gone.… Read more »
Life Unexpected is yet another family show that is taken off. I am not sure where these “ratings”come from, but this show needs to stay here it is and not go anywhere. The people that make these decisions need to watch some TV and see what kind of shows are on now. hee are virtually no family shows that can be watched together as a family, discussed, watched and enjoyed by the whole family. This program is one of the few that need to stay. Please reconsider. If this goes, that will lessen the quality of TV on in the… Read more »
Just now when the show started to get better with Sam on it. That sucks.
As January neared, I looked forward to watching life unexpected. I wanted to see what would happen with Lux now that everything is out in the open. I wanted to see if Lux and that teacher would continue to date after they are caught. I wanted to see the new baby come about. There is just so much left to see in this series. As I sat here, reading this, I can’t help but feel betrayed by the CW. If they had plans to end the series, they could have at least played the remaining episodes of the show. I’m… Read more »
i agree with them i love this show and so does my roommate and we are going to miss this show we need to bring it back.