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 look forward to seeisng this show every week when it is on. sucks that it wont be on
I love this show! So sad to think that it will not come back for a 3rd season. It is a show that has everything. My husband even loves it. I think it would be a big mistake to cancel it.
I love Life Unexpected and had a fit last night when it went two years into the future.
I was so happy Cate and Baze ended up together and also Lux and Jones.
I do hope they continue this show. They can start the next seaon where they left off.
OMG! I’m so sad that this is over! It is one of my favorites on TV! What happened!
This is the best show-I cannot believe it doesn’t have better ratings. If people just gave it a chance they’d love it. Don’t give up-we love these characters-bring them back!! the last show was wonderful though-I love all the story line endings-I wanted Cate and Baze together and Luz and Jones!! Great Show!!
I really enjoyed life unexpected and looked forward to a few years of this show. I believe if given another chance it make really take off. I thought the season finale push it to far out, 2012. Let them come back to reach 2012, allow the viewers to see what happens instead of advancing to Lux’s graduation. Maybe it came return as Lux, Baze or Cate’s dream of the future. And the writers can come up with some exciting episodes. It held my interest maybe some people need a little more. Bring it back, please.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this show. It was touching, funny, loving, happy, sad, sometimes even tear-jearking. But it actually showed a little reality about life with teens today. Even my teenager says so! While the wrap up episode could stand as a series finale…I’m left wanting MORE. I want to see how Lux does in college…does she find Eric again? Do her parents approve? How did Cate and Baze get together finally? How did Cate and Ryan gracefully go their seperate ways? Do they still work together? SO MANY UN-Answered questions!! Besides, I’ve waited two seasons to finally hear Lux… Read more »
I have loved this show from the beginning. I think it does have a tough time slot and that is why it might have lower ratings. Please bring it back. It has a little of everything for teenagers and for adults.
I don’t understand how such a great show had such low ratings. It had such a great story line and for it to end the way it did just sux! Of course everyone wanted Baze and Kate together but wanted to see it happen, not just fast forward 2 years and their together!
This is one of my all-time favorite shows. The characters have amazing chemistry, the story lines are always interesting, and adhere to the title of how life is always throwing us curves we don’t expect. I love Lux and find her believable. If this show is truly over, I am so sorry. I can’t imagine why the ratings have dropped. I’ve told so many friends to watch it. I will miss the characters and the show in general. I thought it was a great concept and loved how we got to see into the lives of the kids, the parents,… Read more »
I love this show. I really would hate for it to end on this note. I was hoping to see more of Sam and Lux, maybe as an item. So lame that its ‘unofficially’ canceled. It would be perfect if the whole graduation sequence was just someone’s dream at the beginning of season 3. I still have hope.
BUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! if all of you producers out there think you can make a new season on top of that ENDING, then please do. i totally love the show 2, hate to see it go. plus im picky to what i watch these days on tv, this was probably my favorite one of all, until the ending that is. lol
ending of season 2 totally sucked. the way it ended really made me hate this show. this whole time, since season 1, i have loved life unexpected. i couldn’t wait to see what was going to happen next and now it’s all screwed. the ending of season 2 was a major let down for me, i went from no way this is crazy to wtf i cant beleive this is happenning. biggest fail for a BIG twist
I love love love Life Unexpected! I would love to see what happens with each of the characters!! I thought that the show was clever, and had characters I could really relate to!!! Please CW….. Lux, the college years? 🙂
This show is sooo good I can’t believe it’s done:( please bring it back for the faithful fans