Schedules Plus, CW Wednesday

Schedules Plus is another innovative application of the historical ratings statistic A18-49+. I hope this will be the ultimate resource for comparing the evolution of shows, networks and timeslots over time, complete with ratings numbers that make a fair adjustment for the collective decline. Right now this only includes programs aired in the fall. Much more about the process that went into this at the bottom.

Like Thursday, the CW's Wednesday has remained pretty solid throughout the network history as the torch has passed from one successful anchor to a second. America's Top Model's cycles in the early years after the WB/UPN merge were the strongest relative programs the network has ever aired, though they never really used that launch pad very well. Now it's Arrow's territory.

WB Wednesday

	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	Avg
2001-02	Dawson's Creek		Felicity		43
	48		38
2002-03	Dawson's Creek		Birds of Prey		50
	51		48
2003-04	Smallville		Angel		56
	60		52
2004-05	Smallville		The Mountain		43
	57		30
2005-06	One Tree Hill		Related		31
	33		30

UPN Wednesday

	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	Avg
2001-02	Enterprise		Special Unit 2		60
	79		41
2002-03	Enterprise		The Twilight Zone		38
	47		30
2003-04	Enterprise		Jake 2.0		32
	39		24
2004-05	America's Next Top Model Fall		Kevin Hill		45
	58		33
2005-06	America's Next Top Model Fall		Veronica Mars		44
	60		28

CW Wednesday

	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	Avg
2006-07	America's Next Top Model Fall		One Tree Hill		51
	67		35
2007-08	America's Next Top Model Fall		Gossip Girl		53
	70		37
2008-09	America's Next Top Model Fall		Stylista		45
	65		25
2009-10	America's Next Top Model Fall		The Beautiful Life: TBL		37
	54		20
2010-11	America's Next Top Model Fall		Hellcats		44
	51		37
2011-12	H8R		America's Next Top Model Fall		29
	21		36
2012-13	Arrow		Supernatural		47
	50		44
2013-14	Arrow		The Tomorrow People		40
	49		32
2014-15	Arrow		The 100		45
	61		30
Avg	54		33		43

2014-15 Update: The CW's comic book-fueled breakout in 2014-15 didn't come solely on the back of newbie The Flash; there was also a huge upswing for the third-year drama Arrow, which had a long string of low-1 ratings following its first crossover with Flash on December 3. If not for The Flash, this year of Arrow actually would've become the biggest A18-49+ drama season in CW history!

But sophomore The 100 was still in pretty marginal territory, and so it's coming off the bench in 2015-16. Supernatural showed up on Wednesday in March, averaging a 39 for its late-season Wednesday episodes, and it'll be back again this fall.

See here for more explanations/disclaimers about Schedules Plus.