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 am really bummed right now. I dvr’d the “season finale” and just watched it not knowing that it was really likely the series finale. It really left me sad and upset. I didn’t see it coming at all. I wish they’d give it another chance. It’s such a good show.
omg now way should they cancel. This is one of my all time favorite shows. I am upset that they might not be coming back for another season. 🙁
i love this show so much and was devistated when i found out that it was ending. i say that they should try for a season 3 i would defintly watch it:)
Life Unexpected is one of my favorites and am very disappointed to hear that this may be the final episode for the show. Hope any thoughts of cancellation will be reconsidered….
I love this show. I am so disappointed. Can’t believe the ratings aren’t better.
This show is great. I don’t understnad how it lost alot of it’s viewers. CW please don’t cancel the show. I know the show jumped to 2012, but it could be like one of those shows that shows the end and then works it’s way back to show the viewers how everything happened. I would love to see what happended in the two years that it jumped ahead.
Really saddened that “Life Unexpected” has ended. I had so many favorite actors on this show. And though there was a lot of drama, I feel it was a great show to get into. I wish the CW would change their minds!
Why this show has such low ratings, I don’t understand. I love this show and was surprised when i watched the last episode. I hope they continue on to a 3rd season!!
I am totally bummed this series is ending! I have not missed an episode, and have been hooked since the very first episode. PLEASE give it another chance!
I hate the fact that this show has ended! It was a show with substance…. ALL of the characters acted so well during the entire series. It’s truly disappointing that ‘another show bites the dust’ just simply because of numbers. I mean, when you’re a cable show that pits ‘the little show that could’ up against crap like Dancing with the Stars or American Idol (or any of that reality crap that is so NOT reality), it’s going to easily become ‘the little show that had no chance’! I believed in this show and that it had quite a bit… Read more »
I absolutely love this show! I don’t watch tv all that much but, I watch this every week. I really hope that this isn’t the end of it. I would be very sad to see it go :/
I love this show, I really hope it comes back for a 3rd season. I will be so dissapointed if not
LOVE this show! i say keep it!! 🙂
I am so so bummed! This has become my favorite show on the CW and now it may not be back… way to upset the fans!!!!! I really hope they have a change of heart and keep it around.
love this show – pleeaassee do not cancel!!!!