It seems not even magic couldn’t help bring the ratings up. The CW has cancelled The Secret Circle after one season of 22 episodes.
A supernatural series, The Secret Circle follows teenager Cassie Blake (Britt Robertson) who, after moving to Chance Harbor, discovers that she is a witch and part of a young secret coven. The show also stars Thomas Dekker, Gale Harold, Phoebe Tonkin, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Shelly Hennig, Louis Hunter, Ashley Crow, and Natasha Henstridge.
When the season began, it looked like The CW had found the perfect match for their big hit, The Vampire Diaries. The premiere drew a 1.3 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 3.05 million viewers. These days, those are excellent numbers for the smallest network.
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In week two, the ratings dropped 31% but were still strong by CW standards. Unfortunately, over the course of the season, they have tumbled downward. They’ve gone as low as 0.5 rating with just 1.14 million viewers. Other CW shows were performing better and they didn’t have the advantage of having such a strong lead-in.
On our CW Ratings Report Card, which measures the relative demographic numbers of shows on the network, The Secret Circle has a “B+” grade. That grade however is heavily reliant on the early season numbers and the show hasn’t been pulling those in months.
If The CW had renewed Secret Circle for a second season, the ratings would likely have been lower when it returned in the fall — lower still without a Vampire Diaries lead-in.
The CW has different standards for success than other networks and derives income from other sources beyond broadcast viewing. They also have just 10 hours of primetime space available. It just didn’t make sense to bring Secret Circle back for another season.
The series finale aired on last Thursday night, May 10th, so there won’t be any further resolution for the ongoing storylines.
What do you think? Are you upset that The Secret Circle has been cancelled and won’t be returning for a second season? What will you miss about the show?
I just got into this show on netflix, and you’re telling me there’s no second season?
D:
Bring it back!
Please bring The Secret Circle back !
i do not have cable unfortunately, but i do have netflix and i can also watch my shows online… i really got into “the secret circle”. i would love to see it come back on air… they should have never cancelled it… it is a really good show, now matter how many times i have watched it already, i still can’t help to watch it over and over again… BRING BACK THE SECRET CIRCLE!!!!!
no bring it back i miss it already
What if we all wrote a letter to abc or cw or another network? I already wrote to abc recently? Oh and I am happy we’re writing season two ourselves to try and get it back but a letter with signatures might help too. I hope they bring back the secret circle though I still can’t stop repeatedly watching the episodes on Netflix! Pleaase bring tsc back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m super upset that this show is cancelled…… I was really getting into it.
Netflix has all the shows with no commercials.
just like abc nbc cbs and cw cutting show and no endings
I really enjoyed this show!!! This sucks!
Left us hanging …. No resolution or conclusion! Way to go!
As I was checking the ratings Secret Circle had a B+ and was canceled yet another show with a C+ was renewed there is something wrong with this picture. It Is a fantastic show and should be reinstated it is just as good as Charmed was If not better.
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Can’t believe the show was cancelled. It was really a good show.
im very upset that it will not becomeing back i was really in to the show never missed a show ever it wll be missed by meany it was getting really good and this is the 3 tv show that has been cand that i have liked plees no more
omg i just got into watching the show i know a little late but better late than never.. i love it i really would like it if CW brought the show back it sucks that i got all into this show and now its being canceled.. i wish that there are enough fans that will protest so CW could see we love it so they could bring it back !!!
I think the show would’ve gotten better ratings if they wouldve followed the book better…it really seemed like they were making it up as they went along and it just wasn’t the great book series that I read so long ago. For those who loved the show U should read the series. Way better. From the first episode I was like “what”? There wasn’t even a character named Melissa in the book and Nick doesn’t die. There was also an actual coven Cassie being the 13th member… I stopped watching after the 3rd or 4th episode but I really did… Read more »