Half of the CW shows last week pulled a 0.4 or less, and The CW is good with that! The netlet just renewed all 11 of its shows, even its mega-low-rated musical comedy “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.”
Given that four of its five top shows are built around DC Comics characters, it’s curious that the CW bothers renewing shows like “Jane The Virgin” and "Reign" when they could be attracting larger audiences with shows like “Damien Wayne” or “Brainiac Nine.”
Current CW Shows
(Adults 18-49; repeats in gray; older weeks in parentheses)
0.4 (---) (1.4) (1.5) (1.6) The Flash
0.3 (---) (1.0) (0.9) (0.9) Arrow
0.7 (0.9) (0.9) (0.8) (0.9) Legends/Tomorrow
0.3 (---) (0.7) (0.8) (0.8) Supernatural
0.3 (---) (0.6) (0.5) (0.5) iZombie
0.4 (0.5) (0.6) (0.5) (0.5) The 100
0.4 (0.3) (0.3) (---) (0.3) Jane The Virgin
0.4 (0.5) (0.4) (0.3) (0.4) The Originals
0.4 (0.3) (0.3) (0.3) (0.3) Reign
0.4 (0.5) (0.4) (0.4) (0.4) Vampire Diaries
0.3 (0.3) (0.3) (---) (0.4) Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Press release!
THE CW PICKS UP ELEVEN OF ITS CURRENT SERIES FOR 2016-2017 SEASONNetwork Gives Early Renewals for Next Season to Arrow, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, The Flash, iZombie, Jane The Virgin, The Originals, Reign, Supernatural, The Vampire Diaries and The 100
Continues Strategy of More Proven Original Series Year Round, Including Fall 2016, Midseason 2017 and Summer 2017
March 11, 2016 (Burbank, CA) — The CW Network has given early renewals to 11 of its primetime series for the 2016-2017 season, it was announced today by Mark Pedowitz, President, The CW. In essence, The CW has picked up all 10 series currently on the schedule plus REIGN for next season.
“The CW has become home to some of the most critically-acclaimed shows on broadcast television, with a wide array of fantastic scripted series across the week, ranging from musical comedy, to superhero action, to gritty sci-fi dramas,” said Pedowitz. “As we continue to further our strategy of more year-round original programming, picking up these 11 series for the 2016-2017 season puts us in a great position of having proven, high-quality shows to launch in the fall as well as midseason and summer of 2017.”
The series being ordered for the 2016-2017 season include JANE THE VIRGIN (Season 3), CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND (Season 2), THE FLASH (Season 3), iZOMBIE (Season 3), ARROW (Season 5), SUPERNATURAL (Season 12), DC’S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW (Season 2), THE 100 (Season 4), THE VAMPIRE DIARIES (Season 8), THE ORIGINALS (Season 4) and REIGN (Season 4). Specific premiere dates for each series will be announced at a later time.
