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Okay I tried to post a link to the article "The CW Renews ALL 11 Series For Next Season, Including Veterans ‘Supernatural’ & ‘The Vampire Diaries’", but I kept being told that deadline is 'banned for spam' for some reason?

But anyway, awesome news! I was starting to worry about iZombie as so many people seemed convinced that the ratings were pretty terrible and it was at risk, so I'm pleasantly surprised that we're getting a third season. And I'm still here for The Vampire Diaries of course! Although I do hope that we will get confirmation on whether the 8th season is going to be the last or not, I'm not sure that it needs a 9th or 10th season, but I definitely wouldn't have been ready to let it go after this season when there's been no real build-up to it being the end

It feels strange that I only watch two CW shows these days actually, I used to watch four or five of their shows, but I'm not as into the superhero shows that they've been focusing on lately I suppose. Lol I know I'm too old for them these days, but I can't help wishing that they would bring back at least one high school focused teen show to their schedule, the WB and CW used to be known for those shows after all! Still I suppose that you can't really blame them for sticking with the male demo instead, those shows do seem to do a lot better for them ratings-wise

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I'm just happy the renewed The Originals, which I actually prefer to TVD. But then Elijah and Freya. =D

I keep thinking that I should try again with getting into that show as I do love TVD so much, and I'm normally a huge fan of vampire shows, it just never seems to draw me in idk. It's frustrating to feel like I'm missing out when TVD characters like Tyler or Stefan cross-over though!

I was happy and surprised to hear CW renewed everything! Though the shows I watch I wasn't all that worried about (except TVD a little, but was more concerned the cast wouldn't want to continue). I agree about TVD, I kinda hope it's the last only because I want them to know ahead of time so it feels like the final season, not just get cancelled last minute.

I love the superhero shows, but totally agree about needing another high school focused show! There used to be so many of them but now they seem non-existent.

I think those kind of shows have never done all that well ratings-wise, but it always felt like the WB, and then the CW, were happy to support shows like that for the sake of the younger demo, so it's a shame that they don't have even *one* equivalent to Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill, Dawson's Creek, etc these days. The bigger networks rarely pick up shows like that, so it always felt like a niche network like the WB/CW was the ideal platform for them, but not so much these days

And yeah I saw a lot of predictions that TVD would end this season, and that made sense as seven seasons is a good run, but it just never felt like the last season, so I hope they do get the chance to announce ahead of time when it is the end, that way they can work towards that all season and make it more nostalgic for the fans

I'm not as into the superhero shows that they've been focusing on lately I suppose.

Tell me about it.

For some reason I've never been able to post Deadline links to LJ, either. I have no idea why it is...

Their more female-orientated shows like Jane The Virgin, Reign, and My Crazy Ex-Girlfriend seem to always do terribly in the ratings for some reason, so I guess we can't really be surprised that they want to keep spinning off the comic book shows and focus on Sci-Fi :( Still I don't know why they can't have even one high school based show on their network, that could easily bring them a lot of buzz if they approach it correctly, but their new pilots are again nearly all Sci-Fi concepts from what I remember

And I was so confused lol, since when does LJ worry about spam!

I guess they finally gave up. For awhile every show they canceled, the replacement did even worse. :P

yay for iZombie! i was worried about it and had resigned myself to it being canceled.

I miss good high school dramas...I guess freeform formerly ABC Family has them but I don't enjoy their production values as much even if I do often like the heart of the shows.

Super surprised that everything was renewed, especially Reign, but as some people on ONTD pointed out, they're so close to syndication. They can finish things up with an abbreviated summer run like Beauty and the Beast did.

I watch the Flash and Arrow, although I'm behind, and I've been dvr'ing Legends of Tomorrow but not watched any yet. The only CW show I'm up to date on is iZombie. I love that show! It's so smart and fun.

Some sites get flagged as spam when you try to link them in a post, I find. Which is odd, but it's why I find other sources to link.

I can't help wishing that they would bring back at least one high school focused teen show to their schedule, the WB and CW used to be known for those shows after all!

I'm actually surprised there aren't more teen dramas, since those were incredibly popular, but it seems that most of those are on ~~ABC Family~~ Freeform now. CW is kind of an oddball since most of their programming and targeting a specific demographic. The only show I watch now on that place is Legends of Tomorrow. Other than that, I don't even know anymore.

Then again, I do miss the variety that the WB used to have back in the day, where it would be a wide range of programs from teen shows and other dramas to comedies and whatnot.

I was kind of surprised that all 11 series were renewed.

I kept thinking TVD would be canceled.

You know how people repost info from articles on LJ so people don't need to actually go to websites? Deadline threatened legal action a while back over their content being rehosted and not getting clicks. I guess disallowing the domain is helping them stay off their radar? Who knows. I tried to link dead line a few times because they were the only source for things, but still not allowed.

The AV Club also has an article about it, amusingly titled CW Says Screw It, Renews Everything.

So happy that iZombie has been renewed. That show doesn't get nearly as much recognition as it deserves.

I'm kinda on the fence about TVD. I have been so disinterested this entire season and was considering dropping it, but if the next season is it's last, I may as well just see it through.

They really don't seem to be able to get a hit any more unless it's attached to a pre-existing franchise, who knows what they'll do when some of their long-running shows like SPN and TVD finally end!

I was confused with iZombie because I'd always thought that it was doing pretty well last year, but for season 2 I kept seeing so many comments about the ratings and how it wasn't a good sign that it didn't have a full season order, so I was starting to worry as well. I wonder if it'll be 18 episodes again, or 22 this time? Not that it really matters I suppose, I'm just as happy with 18, but it seems like a bit of an arbitrary number when most shows either have half seasons of 12/13 episodes, or full seasons of 22-24 episodes

They did the same last year as well, it seems they really hate cancelling shows!

It's the first time that happened for me, so I was a bit confused *g*

And true, I remember hearing that the CW were originally offered PLL and turned it down, which surprised me because it's the sort of buzz worth teen drama (based on a book series with a pre-existing fanbase!) that you'd think they'd have been snapping up? They really seem to be going in a whole new direction lately, but it's a shame not to continue the WB's legacy when it comes to focusing on younger people :(

I wasn't expecting TVD to be cancelled as I think it's doing better ratings-wise for the CW than it gets credit for, but I did wonder if Ian and Paul would want to do any more and that might be why it ends, they never seem that keen on the show to me? At least they've both been quite critical of the later years, so I'm never sure if it's something that they want to keep doing

Ah okay, I didn't realise that sites could actually be completely banned from the site, I always thought that was just something associated with ohnotheydidnt *g* Eh I'm sure these sites don't have a leg to stand on when it comes to info being reposted though, as long as a link is still provided?

And heh thanks for the link

Yeah I haven't been a big fan of this year either, the heretics turned out to be such a bore. I suppose that it was always going to be a tough transition year without Elena though, and Caroline's storyline wasn't a particularly gripping one either after Candice's pregnancy forced their hand. I'm hopeful that season 8 could still be good, although I would definitely rather they came in with a firm plan for it being the end, they probably don't need a 9th season!

Some comms used to copypaste whole articles. I would be unsurprised if ONTD wasn't what started to make certain parties aware due to how high profile they were for a while. Ironically, due to the ban I had to just use info from Deadline without proper linking/sourcing.

Wow -- iZombie is doing worse by quite a bit than Agent Carter and yet I keep hearing that Agent Carter's future is not assured because of poor ratings. I guess that's the difference between being on the CW and being on ABC. Anyway, good news -- iZombie and the 100 are the only CW shows I watch, but I'm happy they'll be back.

Yeah CW seem to be the opposite of Fox when it comes to how safe shows are with them! I've read that apparently they always want shows to have some closure because a big part of their business model is selling shows to Netflix, so they need to make sure that all of their shows get proper endings to tie them up or Netflix won't be interested, people being less inclined to binge-watch if a story is known to be incomplete. That was apparently the reasoning behind Nikita getting a final season of six episodes, even though most people were expecting it to be cancelled after ratings fell to 0.2

I wish that more networks would follow that model actually, it sucks when a show that you really cared about ends with no closure

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What a surprise! I'd been hearing that Ian was quitting and TVD was being cancelled so this is good for the fans. I no longer watch, but I'm very relieved that SPN, iZombie, and The 100 are are coming back.

I wasn't sure if Paul and Ian would want to do more either, so I was pleasantly surprised. Just as long as it doesn't go on indefinitely, I'm not sure that it needs a 9th and 10th season lol, but I do think that it deserved one more season to tie everything up properly

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