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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PLEASE DONT CANCEL the show i love this show i look forward to it all the time
DO NOT CANCEL THIS SHOW IT IS AMAZING
I HAVE NEVER LAUGHED AND CRIED SO MUCH IN AT ANY OTHER SHOW
do not cancel, the best show i’ve ever seen
I love that she’s dating her teacher. I think it’s totally fitting for her to be dating someone older and they’ve made their relationship very believable. I hope they don’t cancel the show or mess their relationship up.
while yes I agree, lux is mature for a teen so dating someone older does fit, dating a teacher she is going to school with is just plain wrong on so many levels. Teachers are supposed to educate and assist students while at school, not date them
I love this show! I’ll be very upset to see it end!
If they must cancel the show on the CW is there any chance someone could fund an online series which audiences could purchase (cheaply) each week to watch it online? the online sales should cover the costs of production… Im a huge fan from NZ and have introduced a lot of my friends, we’re life unexpected junkies and need our weekly fix!!!
I love this show it is one of the shows I can
watch without seeing blood & guts displayed during surgery or a corpse being cut open.
My daughter passed away in May ,2009 , there had to be an autopsy I feel these show could be more considerate of other peoples feeling. I love the theme and the actors & actresses.
I love the fact shes dating her teacher its such a rush to know the secretcy ! and the past she has behinde her !!
CW is crazy to think Life Unexpected should be canceled !
this series is the BEST show i have seen so far !
and all great actors /actresses!!
DO NOT cancel this show! go to season 3 !!!!!!!!!!!!
Why I do love this show, it has gone completely away from it initial greatness. This is especially true with the main character of Lux, and the whole teacher storyline, (Most ridiculous storyline ever!!) also I think i’m one of the only one’s who actually loves Ryan, but they ruined him with the whole Julia secret. (That was way out of his character.) Now they’ve ruined their final chance of Kate and Baze with Cate now being pregnant by Ryan. If the show had truly wanted Cate and Baze they should’ve had them get together at the Finale, instead of… Read more »
i love this show and i think they should try to save it. its a fresh idea with a good cast and it’s a lot better than some of the stuff that is on today. i am glad they renewed it and hope they do again.
Don’t cxl this show…with all the bad shows that are on the CW like One Tree Hill and Hellcats…why would they not give this show another season under their belt to get ratings up. The story line is just as good as Gossip Girl except more realistic and without the big name actors….try promoting Lux more and people will watch. Also the stupid right wing maniacs that think the story line about Lux and her teacher are retarded….maybe that’s why Bristol Palin was in the finals of Dancing with the Stars..
DONNNT CANCELL THE SHOW!!!!! such a goood show
I think season 1 of this show was great. I even watched the first several episodes of season 2. What stopped me was Lux’s cheating and dating a teacher. I’m not a teenager, but I’m definitely in the CW’s choice demographic, and frankly both of those things completely turned me off.
completely agree, the whole teacher storyline is horrible, while he is a great guy, no teacher no matter who they are should ever date a student they are going to school with (most especially under 18!) it is just sick and wrong
lol. Don’t cancel the show, just move stations. The CW does a horrible job at promoting their shows and an even worse job at keeping them on the air. I love this show. It’s a shame it’s on the CW.