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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NONONONONO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! do NOT dare to cancel it!!!! i love this series!!! Bridget and Andrew are so lovely together, i want to see them in season 2!
As an english viewer im aware that ratings here do not count towards the network numbers but please please do not cancel it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You CANNOT cancel Ringer!!!! Its one of my favorite shows!!!
I really like this show and will hope for its return in September.
It has to be back for season 2. It can’t leave us viewers on a cliff-hanger like that!
I LOVE this show!!!
Dont cancel plzzzzzzzzzzzz
Please don’t cancel this show! It’s got a good and fascinating premise! I agree that if you missed an episode, you may be confused…I also think re-running season 1 this summer would increase the number of viewers in the fall! Especially because it seems like these types of shows that are on in the summer (when everything else is reruns that people have already seen) their number of viewers increases. Give Ringer a season 2!!
No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This show is awesome, id have to say one of the best shows ever, and how can it NOT hold an audience??? Every week it gets better!!! PLEEEEEASE DO NOT CANCEL THIS SHOW!!!!!
Please do not cancel the show! it’s the best T.V show on the CW on tuesday night.
UGH PLEASE DONT CANCEL THIS SHOW!! HIGHLIGHT OF MY WEEK!! LOVE THE ENTIRE CAST!!
“Ringer” is one of the best series! I was disappointed the series ended last night, and especially the way it ended. I really would like to see this renewed for another season.
Absolutely do not cancel Ringer – it’s the best show that CW offers.
Love the show! I don’t normally watch soap operas, but Sarah Michelle Gellar is a force to behold in twin roles. I don’t know how she keeps all that straight in her head. I don’t want it to be cancelled, but it probably will be. It should definitely be re-run during the summer (better than reality TV!) and all episodes made available via Hulu.com to give it the best chance to catch on as possible…
Don’t cancel the show!! I love it!!