Last week, CBS renewed 11 TV shows for the 2016-17 season. Supergirl was not among them. With declining ratings, should the Monday night series be renewed for a second season on CBS? Should it be cancelled instead? Moved to The CW?
Supergirl revolves around Superman’s cousin, Kara Zor-El (Melissa Benoist). As a girl, she survived Krypton’s destruction by being sent to Earth where she was raised as a human. She kept her powers a secret and now, as an adult, works as an assistant at a big city media conglomerate. Kara’s existence becomes known to the world and she is enlisted by a super-secret agency to help protect the citizens from evil forces as Supergirl. The rest of the cast includes Calista Flockhart, Chyler Leigh, Mehcad Brooks, David Harewood, and Jeremy Jordan.
The ratings for this freshman series have not exactly been “super”. After a positive start back in October, the latest ratings are less than half of the premiere’s. It’s currently averaging a 1.73 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 7.9 million viewers. Last week’s episode hit a new low with a 1.29 in the demo with 6.0 million. Those are poor numbers for a CBS show.
CBS head Les Moonves recently said that he expected several of the new CBS shows to be renewed for second seasons. Still, they haven’t been renewed yet and things can change quickly in the TV industry, particularly as the network execs review pilots for next season.
Tonight’s crossover with CW’s The Flash should bring a bump in the ratings but that’s not expected to help the next week’s new installment’s numbers and there are only two more episodes in this season.
Given the ratings, Supergirl probably shouldn’t be renewed for a second season on CBS. The series could work well on The CW but that might mean that the show’s budget would have to be downsized and production moved to Vancouver, British Columbia — where Arrow, The Flash, and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow are produced.
What do you think? Do you think Supergirl should be cancelled or renewed for a second season? Should it move to The CW or stay on CBS?
Please renew!
come on I love Supergirl don’t cancel it. it will be like showing a candy to a kid and then don’t give it to him or even worse eat it yourself in front of him
Please renew it honestly my favorite show and its only gonna get better
Please renew Supergirl it’s a great show that anyone can enjoy
I think this show should be cancelled. It’s just not a good show. They over feminize the character and it just doesn’t work. In the past no super girl show has worked out well. And the rating will just go down and down. And they are trying to do crossovers so people will watch it just so they can stay caught up with the flash or arrow.
What other Supergirl show?
Only other “Supergirl show” was Smallville that occasionally had Supergirl character (actress who now plays Indigo). There was also a Supergirl movie in the ’80s where Supergirl was portrayed by Helen Slater, now playing Kara Danvers’ mom. These shows did okay, but this one is SOOO much better precisely because of the development of the Kara Danvers (originally Linda Lee Danvers for trivia buffs) role.
Yeah I’m curious as well justafan… What other supergirl show? Sounds like someone talking just to hear themselves….lol
My son and I love Supergirl. It took a little while to hit it’s stride, but I think it has finally worked out the kinks. Please don’t cancel. My son would be devastated.
If only Supergirl was like Smallville !!!!!
You mean wait 10 years for her to put on a cape and fly? Why?
Oh god not Smallville! THATS a show that had ton of potential and became unbearable. If supergirl which I love is gonna go that route just cancel it now PLEASE!
I love supergirl. The cw is another network. (that’s for the person who asked what that was). It would be a shame to cancel such a well made show. They need to move it to a different time slot maybe. But the show is very well done. Kara is a good character and they have made her a real being in many ways. They do need to tie into more heroes occasionally too though. cbs should not cancel this show. It’s a positive show featuring a female lead hero and that’s few and far between.
Renew this charming primetime female superhero show Melissa has a great presence as a hope filled good superhero who is female. Hoe many female superheros are there out there ?
My daughter loves this powerful female character. Guided brilliantly by the great feminist icon, Kat, supergirl has been a welcome show to our household. We all enjoy sitting down to watch each week.
Shame they can’t take streaming numbers into consideration because we bought the series on Amazon.
i love Supergirl but i do think theres room for improvement. get rid of the DEO and the villain of the week premise for starters.i know Kara needs reasons to show off her abilities but almost every week they introduce a villain,have a fight then its resolved within the episode…with the exception of the Kryptonians. btw ,get rid of them. too many kryptonians makes Kara not so special. Cat Grant is a character that has alot of potential but so far shes pretty one dimensional,having her son show up was a good start but now shes back to sitting at… Read more »
This is a valid point. This is what the CW did with the Smallville series in the beginning. There was always a new villain each episode, or Clark got red kryptonite, or some of the same stuff. I think the DEO is good to stay because the interactions Kara has with the U.S. government seems interesting considering Clark never works with them; but the show needs to start circulating in some old school Supergirl storylines to peak interest among viewers; bring in deeper character dimensions with Cat; dump the other kryptonians; and most importantly, bring a long-term villain to the… Read more »
We love this show. My daughter loves seeing a strong girl superhero every week. The cast and the writing is outstanding. I would hope CBS renews Supergirl for a second season.
What is CW? Well, I like(d) the show until this last one. It was pretty dumb, especially the Banshee character. What happened to her sister and Jonzz?? I know they were sent someplace, but since they haven’t been rescued yet by SG, it looks like they are not coming back, unless they are keeping us in suspense! I like the show, but again, this last one was stupid. I hope it is renewed, but I won’t lose sleep if it isn’t, either. What is CW? Well, I like(d) the show until this last one. It was pretty dumb, especially the… Read more »
The CW is another network. But then if you’d read the article you’d already know this.
What is CW?
Well, I like(d) the show until this last one. It was pretty dumb, especially the Banshee character. What happened to her sister and Jonzz?? I know they were sent someplace, but since they haven’t been rescued yet by SG, it looks like they are not coming back, unless they are keeping us in suspense! I like the show, but again, this last one was stupid. I hope it is renewed, but I won’t lose sleep if it isn’t, either.
I have been a superhero fan since I was a child. A big fan of Smallville and loved Kara on that. Move it to CW if you have to but don’t cancel it. I think a lot of people like myself would stop watching CBS shows. This is how much it means to us Superhero fans.