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?
Image courtesy The CW.
Please keep this show. It is was the best show on cw.
You cannot cancel this show!
That was the worst idea of a series finale (if that’s what it was)! This was a good show. It was good for parents AND teens. I wish there were more shows like this. I think people of all backgrounds can find a way to relate to it. I did NOT like the ending. First of all it was obviously a last minute thought. To just throw it in at the very end was confusing not to mention that though many of the viewers might have wanted all of those things to happen, it was crazy! It didn’t really make… Read more »
The reason shows lose viewers is because of the lengthy breaks between episodes. I remember when the season started in August and ended in May with maybe a two week break in December. Now a days shows start Sept, Oct, air a few episodes, go off for 2-3 months, come back the end of Jan-Feb then then take another break in March and end in April, maybe the first part of May. It’s hard to keep track of what’s on when and hard to remember story lines. And all the while everyone wants more and more money for less and… Read more »
This show was my very favorite show!!!! I’m so upset that it won’t be on anymore.
I loved the Portland location, and all of the actors. The show will certainly be missed!
THIS SHOW CANNOT CANCEL…THIS WAS THE START OF JUST THE WAY THINGS SHOULD HAVE BEEN…KATE AND BAZE YAYYYYY! LOVE THE SHOW CW HAS TO BRING THIS SHOW BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i cant believe the way it was wrapped up! they need a new season! and it needs to show us how everyone got to where they got or something. like the other comments it was the one good show and the only cw show i watched religiously! PLEASE DONT END THE SERIES!
they should KEEP this show its Great!!!
YOU CAN NOT CANCEL THIS SHOW! I HAVE WATCHED FROM DAY ONE. I WAS SO EXCITED TO SEE KATE & BAZE GET TOGETHER! NOW YOUR GOING TO END IT! WTF CW???? YOU CAN NOT TAKE THIS SHOW OFF…ITS THE BEST SHOW YOU GOT! I LIKE IT WAY MORE THAN ONE TREE HILL!
Ok. I have been reading some of these comments and I hope the network is paying attention, not that it matters because if the show is making them money – it gets cut. I have to agree that most of the shows on the CW are total crap in terms of having any moral structure of any kind and anything decent, true, and honest to offer. This show had that and more, but I guess your viewers would rather insult their intellect (or lack thereof) with shows like Gossip Girl, America’s Next Top Model, and 90210 – trash trash trash.… Read more »
That was a crazy ending. I was so confused. I had no idea the series was ending. What a bummer. I hated the way they wrapped it up. Lux ended up being the valedictorian?? Ya okay and she ended up with that blonde kid who was just recently dating Tash?? What Crap.
I can’t believe they cancelled this show. This was one of the CW’s best shows and most appropriate for teens. Of course any time a network has an honest, endearing, sentimental, meaningful show that isn’t full of spoiled brat rich teens living hedonistic lifestyles, it gets cancelled. I hate the world we live in and hate that shows like Gossip Girl, which is the trashiest show ever, and really horrible remakes like 90210 stay on tv and a shows like this get cancelled. Its like the whole world values money, lies, sex and trash more than honesty, loyalty, love, and… Read more »
I’m done with the CW if they don’t bring this show back. Life Unexpected was an incredibly well written show. The season finale was depressing. They wrote the episode like they were going to continue the show, and in the last few minutes, dropped a 2 years later bit that left me flat and disappointed. They never gave the show time to develop their audience. This has happened too many times on the CW.
I’m so upset the show is canceld. It’s was very clever and realistic with a awsome cast. Thete are other shows that have been on way to long that the network needs to cancel. But this show was one of the few good ones.
PLEASE DO NOT CANCEL THIS SHOW!!! I love it so much and would be so disappointed if it did not come back!!