Tonight marks the last episode of Ringer’s first season — and likely of the TV series as well. Despite being The CW’s most anticipated new TV show of 2011-12, the series hasn’t been able to hold onto its audience.
Ringer revolves around a former exotic dancer named Bridget (Sarah Michelle Gellar) who, after being the sole witness to a professional hit, reunites with her wealthy estranged twin, Siobhan. When Siobhan disappears, Bridget assumes her identity and discovers that her sister’s complicated life rivals her own. The show also features the talents of Nestor Carbonell, Mike Colter, Ioan Gruffudd, Zoey Deutch, Tara Summers, and Kristoffer Polaha).
The series debuted to strong numbers (by CW standards anyway) with a 1.2 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 2.84 million total viewers. That was pretty close to being on par with the smallest network’s most popular show, The Vampire Diaries.
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Unfortunately, the second episode of Ringer lost 25% in the demo and by the fourth installment, the series lost another 33%. Not good. It didn’t help that the network put the struggling series on hiatus for two months.
The ratings have fluctuated somewhat over the course of the season but have been trending downward overall. The most recent episodes of Ringer have been bringing in a 0.4 demo rating and just over a million total viewers. Even by The CW’s standards, those are very bad numbers.
While The CW gets revenue from other areas besides broadcast advertising — big deals from Netflix and Hulu, for example — the network still has to make choices about what to cancel and what to renew. If viewership of Ringer had been on the rise, it would have a chance at being renewed. As it stands now, it looks certain that tonight’s episode will be the last one.
But what do you think? Is it time for Ringer to be cancelled or should there be a second season?
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Please renew Ringer! It’s a great show with sooo much potential.
I have never been much of a CW watcher, and if anyone sees my posts on here, I am an avid tv watcher across the board. That being said, this year I started watching because of Ringer, Secret Circle, and Heart of Dixie. These shows, and only these shows have had me watching the network every week they ran new episodes, and not unless they were new. So although it would be a huge mistake to take this show off the air, because it is one of the very few that are even worth tuning into the network to watch,… Read more »
Love the show it needs another season to give it a chance to show how good it is. I love the story line and the suspense from one episode to the next but the CW needs to stop having such long breaks between episodes…that will kill any show.
It’s one of the best shows I have watched in a long time – one of the only on the CW too. I need to know where Malcolm is!!
Ringer is well written, well acted. Give it a second season! Give these shows a chance to succeed.
I stopped watching six episodes in. Really, really boring. Nothing but a nighttime soap.
It got better after that but I agree, the first 6 were really REALLY bad.
actually…6 episodes in is exacly when it got amazingly better!
Ringer has easily made its way up to my favorite tv shows..and it would be a shame to see it get cancelled!
IMO it deserves atleast a 12-13 episode second season. It had a verrryyyyyy slow start, but the last 8 or episodes were really good. If they kept it at that pace through the first half of the second season then the CW could decide what to do if it does pretty well.
I LOVE this show, if they cancel the show then the cw is making a serious mistake, ringer is one of their best shows (according to me) canceling it will be a HUGE mistake
Renew renew renew renew renew!
Omg this is one of my favorite shows, it’s so suspenseful, please renew it!!
Please don’t cancel love this show!
Please renew Ringer!!!!!! It is truly the highlight of my Tuesday. I really enjoy the show and do not want to see it go – I NEED to know what happens next!!!!
Please keep Ringer going! It’s a fantastic show keeps you on the edge of your seat every week . One of the best shows on TV with lots of drama. So very tired of Reality shows. Don’t take away one of the best shows to come around in a long time.
Ringer deserves another season! The more I have watched it, the more I have enjoyed it. I hope to see it back next season.
Renew!!! This is my favorite show. Don’t leave us hanging. Please do a second season. It will turn around !!!!