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 think they should keep going with the show I love it to death and I would die to see the third season it is so so wonderful and heart warming and I don’t want to see it go I want and need to see it reproduce more seasons please make more please PLEASE everyone in my 50 people family watches it it is lovable and wonderful don’t please don’t cancel it please.
Need more series just finished watching in the UK and now reading that’s it. Such a shame.
Enjoyed the show a touch of reality to the characters.
THEY NEED TO AIR THIS SHOW AGAIN I LOVE THIS SHOW SO MUCH it has drama that some people might be facing unlike stupid shows like pretty little liars I don’t think anyone has gone through that but this show is just friggen amazing plz have a season 3
Are you kidding me? Life unexpected is one of best TV shows ever. It involved so many “real world” possible situations that could apply us in some ways with different perspectives. I think one of reasons why this TV show is losing viewers because Netflix is growing and very affordable. My family haven’t had a real cable for over 6 years. We have no reason to. Netflix does not update TV shows quickly enough. Hulu does but if you waited too long and you will miss specific esposides you want to watch. There are so many TV shows I loved… Read more »
I am very disappointed that it ended the way it did. No idea of how they all ended up together, how Lux and Jones got together leaving Tosha behind? What the heck? It doesn’t even make sense. Why did it have to end so suddenly?
I Love ❤ this show it was AWESOME. I WOULD Love ❤ to see how it ends.
The show was AWESOME, RENEW the show. I would love ❤ to see how it ends.
I think y’all should keep trying! I am OBSESSED with this tv show and it really sucked not watching season 3. I’ve watched this for 2 nights and think it’s amazing and my favorite tv show. Y’all should think about putting season 3 but with the same cast people. I love you guys! Y’all are the best! It would be better with the same people!
I JUST finished season 2. I HATEEEEEEEEE HOW IT ENDED. EVERYONE WHO WAS SUPPOSE TO BE TOGETHER CAN’T JUST GET TOGETHER IN THE LAST FIVE MINUTES WITHOUT EXPLAINING HOW ANY OF IT HAPPENED. LIKE HOW DID RYAN AND CATE END? WHEN DID RYAN GET WITH JULIA? WHO THE F IS JULIA! HOW DID CATE AND BAZE GET TOGETHER? DOES HE FIX IT WITH HIS DAD? IM PRETTY SURE LUX’S BEST FRIEND JUST DIDNT LET IT BE THAT SHE ENDED UP WITH JONES. WHAT HAPPENED TO BUG???? DID HE END UP DYING? LIKE COME ON. I WAS SO PISSED HOW IT… Read more »
my husband and I love love this show we would love to see season 3 of life unexpected season 2 ended good but still many more untied ends just saying we would be faithful followers
I love this show! I just finished the season! Please have season 3!!
The show is very addicting! I love it and I sure hope they’ll make season 3
You guys should bring back the show
i hope you us breing it back of life unexpected season 3