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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Please DO NOT cancel this show. It is such a good show with a wonderful cast. I’m not sure how the ratings aren’t that high but I watch it every Tuesday faithfully. Please please please reconsider keeping this show running. I watched the finale tonight and although it answered a lot of questions and put a lot of couples together I would like to see how it could go on.
I am very upset watching the season, or should I say SERIES finale tonight! Life unexpected it is one of our favorite shows and we look forward to watching it every Tuesday, I am so disapointed to have to find out that it is being cancelled:( please,please,please, bring the show back! I love the actors and like that it takes place in Portland; I am from Oregon. I am also very annoyed that I had to research whether the show was cancelled or not. I couldn’t tell if the last show was a prequal or a series finale, thanks for… Read more »
I look forward to this show every week. It’s a shame that they’re considering cancelling it….it’s about family, which you don’t see much of today in anything.. Everything that’s on nowaday’s is all reality television… there are slim choices when it comes to good family entertainment like Life Unexpected… I hope they reconsider and come back with more episodes
People stopped watching this show because of the “i love that other person but I married you instead and now I’m bitter” crap. Also, we don’t want reality, we want fantasy. The storyline with Eric and Lux could have been great fantasy if it wasn’t trying to be real.
I haven’t watched One Tree Hill for ages, but it seems very popular with the sleeping with rock stars and getting your dream job the second you graduate. It’s fantasy and people love it.
I dont understand why this show would be cancelled, it is unlike any show out there and is actually interesting and fun to watch, all the shows on the CW are too played out and arent even the same to watch, why wouldnt they keep something fresh and that has a storyline that wouldnt end quick. I really hope it doesnt get cancelled.
This is my FAVORITE SHOW!!!! They definitely shouldn’t cancel it!!!!! I say they make the third season start where it left off and kind of give flashbacks so it becomes a mystery and they should slowly unfold what happened in the second season finale while adding new drama!!!! THAT WOULD BE AWESOME!!!! It definetely shouldnt be cancelled the way they ended it would mak a third season much more interesting and they can add new characters now!!!! Lux and Taha can have new college friends and drama!!!! I mean does Kate still work on the show with Ryan??? Bring Emma… Read more »
I will also miss this show. I didn’t like the partner switch at the end, but glad they
ended it.. I liked the dynamic of trying to fit several families together as one big
family.
Please keep it going!!! I really LOVE THIS SHOW. They could of keep it going and not made the last part better. Didn’t like how it went up to two years later at the end. They could made a season 3 on them getting back together. So a lil sad that it’s going to END 🙁
I’m so bummed they’re cancelling this show!! It’s the only show in a long time that I can’t get enough of!! I hope they renew it still… give it another chance!!!!!!!!!!!
When I saw the story lines wrapping up I was literally screaming! I had to hit the web to see if the series was truly ending… So sad!
I can’t believe that Life Unexpected is cancelled. It can’t be. I love this show. This is so sad. The show didn’t even get to cover serious topics like other shows do. How is 90210 still on and Life Unexpected is over? Seriously. This is crazy. Bring the show back for another season or two. I enjoyed the season finale (series finale) as everyone ends up with someone, but sad to see the show come to an end so quickly! There’s so much that could have still went on with the show. Sucks its being canceled bc of lack of… Read more »
You got to be kidding that show was great. I can’t believe that it wasn’t good enough to stay on the air. At least you didn’t leave it hanging and gave a ending to the story line.
PLEASE don’t cancel Life Unexpected!! It is one of my favorite shows – my roommate and I watch it every week. It is so sad that people are tuning in to such garbage such as One Tree Hill (which I used to LOVE, but COME ON, people, after season 4 Tree Hill went Down Hill). Point is, LU is a great show and it would be such a waste if it isn’t picked up for another season. If anyone from the CW network is reading this comment, which I highly doubt, please understand that it is a show that is… Read more »
I am heartbroken! Such an unfulfilling end to such a wonderful series. It was the only thing I watched faithfully on this channel and it will probably be the last thing I watch on this channel since my sampling of offerings from this network have left me disappointed and uninterested. What a shame. I will miss it.
Woah!!! Life unexpected had the best series finale they I’ve ever seen!!!
I still hope they bring it back though!!!