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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THEY SHOULD NEVER HAVE QUIT THIS SHOW!
I love this show! Please don’t Cancel! I’m dying to find out what is going to happen!!!!
Sad to see this one go I really enjoyed this series. No more CW for me!
bummer. I just watched the finale and that clumsy throw all together ending clued me in it was series end…I’m glad they did that if it is indeed not coming back but am very sorry to see it go. I’ve watched every episode even if I am way past their demographic. I found it was a little juvenile at times but the substance was there. Also the tuesday night slot was really bad…too much competition, I was always juggling with the dvrs.
I LOVE this show!!! One of my all time favorites! I will be really upset if it is canceled. Hopefully CW will hang on to it for another season.
My husband, MIL and me love the show! I think what’s killed the ratings is the teacher/student relationship. I personally like them together as their personality but I think it’s too risky of a story line since it’s a very touchy subject in our country in the recent years. They should have made it a very short fling and not a complete full on relationship.
I think it’s a great show and they need to continue it. The cw did the same thing with melrose place and it’s not right. I have watched every episode since day one and I liked every one of then. Don’t cancel!
I truly hope they don’t cancel this show! I absolutely love it!
I can’t beleive they ended this series. It was so good. I looked forward to it each week. Maybe they should have promoted the series a little more, My daughter and I enjoyed watching it. Any chance it will come back??
Dont cancel it. I love this show
I REALLY LOVE THE SHOW. I THINK IT WOULD A MISTAKE TO CANCEL IT.
This show is smart and entertaining. It probably needed more ads out about the show so that people could tune in more. Keep it alive people.
I LOVE THIS SHOW!!! I think it could definitely continue following the girls to college. And bringing back Eric in some capacity!!!
I can’t believe they are cancelling this show. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this show! I want to know how they ended up they way they did at the end of the season finale….
I AGREE!!!! They can totally get a whole season out of that story!!!!!
I love, love, love this show. From the begining it caught my eye. Pls bring it back! This show makes my tues. A good day.