Although its demo numbers have been okay for The CW, The Originals TV show never matched the ratings for The Vampire Diaries. Now that the latter show has ended its run, will the spin-off pick up more of its audience? Will The Originals be cancelled or renewed for season five on The CW? Stay tuned.
The first spin-off of the wildly successful Vampire Diaries, The Originals stars Joseph Morgan, Daniel Gillies, Phoebe Tonkin, Charles Michael Davis, Yusuf Gatewood, and Riley Voelkel. Claire Holt and Leah Pipes guest star. The CW supernatural drama series follows the Mikaelson family, the world’s first vampires who have returned to reclaim New Orleans. In season four, the Mikaelsons are reunited, only to face an even bigger threat: the revival of an ancient evil with strong ties to their most vulnerable family member. After a devastating attack by this nightmarish entity, they must stand their ground and forge an alliance with those who hate them most: Marcel (Davis) and Vincent (Gatewood).
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings (particularly the 18-49 demo), the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available — usually the next day, around 11:30am EST/8:30am PST. Refresh to see the latest.
6/24 update: You can see the rest of the latest night’s ratings.
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For comparisons: The third season of The Originals averaged a 0.38 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 931,000 total viewers.
Note: These are the Live + Same Day Ratings which include “live” viewing plus delayed DVR viewing, up until 3am local time that same night. Ratings marked with an “*” are the fast affiliate ratings and will be updated with the Live+SD numbers when they are made available. Typically, networks get paid for C+3 ratings which includes DVR viewing within three days of the original airing when commercials are watched. Those numbers are rarely released to the press.
What do you think? Do you like The Originals TV series? Do you think it should be cancelled or renewed for a fifth season?
5/10 update: The CW has renewed The Originals for a fifth season. Details here.
7/20 update: Julie Plec announced The Originals will end with season five. Details here.
Would You Please leave the Originals on the Air. It is my favorite show. Consider ratings could be down because you skip a week here and there, get it on a schedule weekly and leave it. It is very disappointing to be waiting all week to watch it and it not come on.
Love The Original, Why Are the air times so shite/ cw need to get their act together. No wonder the ratings are falling, why kill a great program with some brilliant actors
Why are the ratings so down?!!
The ratings decreased again? The Originals didn’t play until Saturday night due to a baseball game & last week was Sunday.
THATS WHY. THE RATINGS WERE DOWN.!! its that time of year to. were its hard to tell time.!! cause of day light.!!!
Please leave show on air or allow Netflix to continue it
Luv show. Please keep it & pick up Longmire. Thanks
I don’t understand why the ratings keep decreasing: for episode 8 It was 0.4 with 1.236 million viewers now its decreased to 0.30 with 846 thousand views WTF?
The ratings released on Saturday are fast affiliate numbers and are subject to adjustment. The final ratings are released on Monday. If/when we get the unrounded demo number, we’ll update the demo number.
Trevor, fyi the rating for the most recent ep (409) is wrong, according to both sitcoms-online (http://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2017/05/final-week-of-2016-17-season-tv-ratings.html) and spottedratings – it ended up with a 0.3. Basically, a recap: fast nationals gave it a 0.3, then finals gave it a 0.2, but the ep had been pre-empted in NYC and aired there a couple of days later….which I assume is why there were then further adjustments even after ‘finals’. Eventually it ended up with a 0.3 – or 0.262 to be exact. Either way, it shouldn’t be listed as 0.2 🙂
Thanks but, the link you provided shows preliminary fast affiliate numbers for 5/17, not finals. I’ll update with the unrounded final when I receive it.
Hi Trevor 🙂 Sorry to be a nuisance but unless I’m missing something it *is* the final rating??? I says at the top of the article that: “We have previous week’s final ratings, Week 35 (5/15/17-5/21/17, LIVE+SD)” and obvs the ep aired on the 19th and would be included in that. So the article itself is about Week 36, but the ratings given in the “previous week” column are for Week 35 and *are*, according to that site who are usually very reliable, finals, and that’s the rating I’m talking about re The Originals 🙂 Spottedratings also list the finals… Read more »
You’re not being a nuisance. If you scroll down and look at the Friday listings at sitcomsonline, you’ll see that they are “preliminary numbers” (in purple). I have seen RJK post reliable numbers in the past. It’s strange that my source and others didn’t round up to 0.3. I’m hoping to get other unrounded numbers from this date soon so will have something to check this one against. Thanks.
Thanks Trevor! 🙂
I love the originals! It’s awesome and much more entertaining than vampire diaries, although i liked it too. It’s just different.
I LOVE The Originals and would be truly disappointed if it was canceled. With that said, I liked the of the camaraderie of the past seasons. Getting rid of Cami and Davine was a huge mistake and the fact that Rebekkah and Cole are no longer on doesn’t help. I miss the “original” cast. Considering dead people came and went on TVD…I think they should bring back Cami and Davina. I’m willing to buy whatever supernatural happening they come up with to make it happen.
Rebecca, The Originals were renewed for Season 5.
I don’t understand; A few days ago the Originals’ latest episode was 0.4 but now suddenly it is 0.3. What is happening?
The Originals ratings ticked down again this Friday? Alot of us, we’re not able to watch Friday May 12th since a Major League
Baseball game played instead on the CW & The Originals were rescheduled for Sunday, May 13th at 8:00. Next week they are rescheduled for Saturday. Do they only count people with Neilsen boxes? This is the third week they’ve ticked down significantly from initial reports. Just curious…
Love the show!!! Really hope it gets renewed for a season 5! Great cast, great directing! Every week I look forward to watching the originals and to see what happens next. Please bring back for round #5! !!
YES! PLEASSSEE Renew the originals for a season 5! Love this show. One of the best out there for sure! Every week I look forward to watching it and to see what happens next. Love the characters + story line. Great cast. Great directing.
I truly do love this show, has alot more life in it with the RIGHT writing.
best show ever. Needs more spunk tho, with better writing and more lore, this show can be the #1 show on TV like TVD. They made warewolves too weak. They should bring the WHOLE family back as allies to face the devil in the shows finale. They should bring caroline as a love interest for klaus, kill off a few characters like the gay guy, and do another body change for khol and the others. Also make another big bad, a long lost sibling(male) whos up to par with the looks of elijah. Maybe do a doppleganger? we havent had… Read more »