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 this show and would be very sad if this show ended. I Watch it every week and thought it was fantastic!
I love this show last nights episode was awesome, I think they’re sitting on gold, picture everybody loves raymond meets 90210. The girls in college and the 4 very odd parents! Thee CW must be morons I’d keep watching that show for 10 more seasons!
This show is the BEST it is better then the other shows. I mean really Hellcats what’s that bunch of girls in cheerleading outfits. What about 90210 played out in the 90’s. Then the rest of prime time is re runs. Let’s not start me on Nikita all it is, is a play off of James Bond and Chuck. I rather watch Life Unexpected then thr Vampire Diaries. If this gets cancelled then CW will be losing a viewer for sure because this is the BEST SHOW you have ever had.
I will be so disappointed if this show gets cancelled. This is the only show that is even worth watching anymore on the CW. I think the other shows are crap.
What a shame! I’m a 54 year old guy and I thought the story line was one of the best on TV. I am getting just a little tired of becoming vested in a show only to have it yanked before I feel it should. And this goes for all the networks. I will give the CW credit for at least trynig to close some of the story lines, but I fear that my feminine side will be lost without, The Life Unexpected, fix that it looked forward to every Tuesday. And, if anyone cares, not that it really matters,… Read more »
I just finished the show’s finale and LOVED it! I am sad to see it go, but at least they were able to tie up all the story lines with some level of creativity given the time constraints. I will not be watching anything on the cw ever again because the rest of the “popular” shows are pure crap. Shame on the cw, LU had so much potential!
I definitely think that they should have a third season for this show! I would really like to see more of Cate & Baze together! I’d also like to see how Lux’s life is now and what’s going to happen in the future! This show is great and I really hope they don’t cancel it!
SO many people are so upset this show is ending! You keep stupid shows like gossip girl, vampire diaries.. top model.. but you cant keep a show that is real and so many people can relate to. not even that, but you have to fast forward to years so we wonder how cate and baze got together and what happened with cate told ryan julia was pregnant and with jones and lux.. so many questions. its crap. C W needs ot get with it and get this show back on and not completely cancel it and rewind and explain things.… Read more »
I have to admit that Life Unexpected is my guilty pleasure. I’ve gotten plenty of my friends to watch it since they’re at my house and I’ll go into the DVR and flip it on when the audience at home is big enough. I ‘ve watched other shows on the CW but only faithfully watch Supernatural and recently Hellcats. I’ve been so pleased with the progression of the show this season, so I was shocked when they did the 2 year time skip in the Season Finale, that always spells trouble for a show when it’s done so abruptly. If… Read more »
I seriously love this show too! I didnt have tv last season so I didnt know what I was missing I DVRd every show that came on this season just in case I wouldnt be available when it was on. There are still so many questions I have on it on how everyone got together and how everyone else took those changes and where do Kate Baze and Lux all live at together now? Is Lux going to go to college? What is in her future? Please dont cancel this show!
The show ended with Lux going on to the University of Oregon. As for all the rest of your questions, I guess we’ll never know. I share your grief!
It ended the way I would of wanted it to; however, this was/is my favorite show and I have never missed one episode. If the ratings are really as bad as it says they are, I know why the show might be canceled, but it is still too bad. What else is on Tuesday nights? I’m gonna miss this show.
Let the show grow! It’s amazing I don’t want it to end…
they cannot cancel this show ive been watching it and now i have like 10 of my friends hooked and so are theyre older sisters at college …….please please do not cancel life unexpected….i love it so much ..
I love this show. My grandmother and I DVR it and have watched every episode together. But as many lose ends were tied it appears to be the end!
I totally agree with everyone on here! This show has been my favorite show since I first discovered it. I am in LOVE with it! My husband even watched it with me! We both looked forward to watching it each and every week. We were even counting down the weeks till the “season” finale was on. Please…please….do NOT cancel this show!!! Please bring it back for season 3!
I loved this show and have been a faithful viewer since it’s first episode. I am very disappointed in CW for cancelling this show and will probably stop watching the station because they are the worst about introducing new shows then getting rid of them rather quickly. It is very frustrating! CW needs to do a better job of getting to know their real audience before they make such BAD decisions!
I’m still upset that canceled Veronica Mars!