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 just started watching the show on Netflix and am absolutely hooked. Bring it back and my girlfriends and I promise to follow it through.
Bring it back ! Pleaseeee i cried when i found out that is cancelled :(( Seriously, bring it bak!!
I definately think there should be a season 3!I can’t believe this show is over! Years later and I still wonder what caused Cate and Baze to become a couple,Julia and Ryan to get and everything in between! I think CW can successfully bring the show back by filling in key details of the 2 year gap and life in college with Lux and Tasha and even Lux’s relationship with Jones. Life Unexpected is definately a lot better than other shows by CW and if brought back I will DEFINATELY be watching! I personally think there wasn’t enough done to… Read more »
Hi there, I have recently started watching life unexpected and I love it!!! I can relate to it in so many ways then one. It brings me 2 a time in my life when I felt I had noone and nothing. To having lost my mother at 15, I could only imangine how “bong girl” felt at her age in the story. I was close with my mother but not so much my dad, due to my childhood growing up. Anyways I can not seem to get enough of the show its soo amazing!! It brings tears to my eyes… Read more »
I would love to see another season! I watched season 1 yesterday and season 2 and couldnt believed I hit the last one and the way it ended was a good ending but it left so much up in the air on how things fell. Tv now days isnt as good as it once was with good family shows that also shows alot of what other people go through and with good actors. its sad to think thats all there was to it and its not to late to start the next season. alot of people may have not been… Read more »
More*** ugh idk what happened with my tpyo 🙁
I JUST STARTED WATCHING LIFE UNEXPECTED ON NETFLIX. I AM VERY UPSET ABOUT THERE NOT BEING MORE EPISODES. IT’S CRAZY THAT IF WE (THE VIEWERS) DON’T WATCH SHOWS ON CABLE THAT WE ESSENTIALLY DON’T COUNT AS VIEWERS. SOMETHING REALLY SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT THIS!!
Was searching for something my 12 yr old daughter and I could watch on netflix and stumbled onto life unexpected. It was so captivating that we watched all 13 episodes at one time. Please dont cancel this show! Most of the things on tv are trash, inappropriate for young girls her age. There are many life lessons in this series and it opens doors to conversations mothers need to have with their daughters. Please give us back our mother/daughter time! At this age it is difficult to get without resistance. We love to watch love stories and this is truly… Read more »
Renew the show, it was one of the best on TV
I remember when this show started and watched a few episodes. However it always seemed to go on air at a time i was always working. I started viewing the show on Netflix, and I am really disappointed about it being cancelled. I think if the CW can’t keep a decent show up like Life Unexpected they may as well start showing more trash like they already do. I’m really embarrassed by the tv shows of today. It be nice to watch a show for once that i don’t have to hide my face in shame because of the content.
I hope you guys do bring it back. It is a good sitcom, and u may never know if there are people out there is going thru the same thing. Please bring it back just 2 season aint enough..
I just recently discovered this show today, and I watched the whole 1st season in 1 day! Now, I know that just says, “I have to much time on my hands”, but I loved it so much I couldn’t stop watching it!! I’m currently listening to a song from one of the episodes, that I had heard and loved. I know I may be a little late on this post, but I was wondering why the show was cancelled, and found this website in my quest for the anwser. I think the show was wonderful! I loved the characters, the… Read more »
i do like the show, all shows have a couple slow episodes but the series as awhole was pretty good. i hope you can give it another year, try a few new writers maybe it can bring in a few new watchers.
Please bring it back. I really like the series and it was starting to get better.
I enjoyed watching life unexpected it was on of my favorite show if you don’t bring it back then please have a finale
please bring it back my daughter and I have watched every episode together !!!!!!!