It's time for a journey through the CW Wednesday schedule in 2022-23...
fall
| Year | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | Legends of Tomorrow | Batwoman | 16 | ||
| 16 | 16 | ||||
| 2022-23 | Stargirl | Kung Fu | 16 (+1%) | ||
| 16 (+5%) | 16 (-3%) | ||||
| VsAvg | -66% | -52% | -61% | ||
| Rank | 22/24 | 23/24 | 22/24 | ||
The CW joined up third-year dramas Stargirl and Kung Fu, a change for Kung Fu which had aired its first two seasons in spring/summer. Breaking even vs. last year's Legends and Batwoman (probably more expensive shows) might count as a win, but it was still a big step down for Stargirl which was much stronger on Tuesdays last year.
winter
| Year | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | Legends of Tomorrow | Batwoman | 19 | ||
| 19 | 18 | ||||
| 2022-23 | The Flash | Kung Fu | 19 (+3%) | ||
| 23 (+22%) | 15 (-16%) | ||||
| VsAvg | -40% | -41% | -41% | ||
| Rank | 20/24 | 19/24 | 20/24 | ||
The final season of The Flash didn't show up until February, and mostly hovered close to the Plus lows it posted in the last three-fourths of the previous season.
spring
| Year | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | The Flash | Kung Fu | 19 | ||
| 23 | 15 | ||||
| 2022-23 | The Flash | Riverdale | 16 (-15%) | ||
| 21 (-7%) | 11 (-26%) | ||||
| VsAvg | -51% | -60% | -55% | ||
| Rank | 24/24 | 24/24 | 24/24 | ||
Riverdale took over for Kung Fu in the spring and looked weaker, but did manage a minor bounce-back from its pathetic Sunday ratings a year ago.
Rating the Ratings
| Name | Lo | Avg | Hi | y2y | Plus | Label | Plusy2y | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stargirl | 0.0 | 0.07 | 0.1 | -36% | 17 | flop | -23% | detail |
| The Flash* | 0.1 | 0.09 | 0.1 | -28% | 22 | flop | -13% | detail |
| Kung Fu | 0.0 | 0.07 | 0.1 | -14% | 15 | flop | +3% | detail |
| Riverdale* | 0.0 | 0.05 | 0.1 | -10% | 12 | flop | +8% | detail |
Stargirl: In a year when the CW as a whole held up a little better overall (perhaps just because there's not much ground left to be lost), Stargirl was among the network's fastest decliners. It mostly got high-0.1's at the same time last year and mostly low-0.1's this year. Three seasons is a quick end for a show that made a nice little splash in summer 2020. Grade: C-.
The Flash: The -13% decline for the season average is largely because of the still somewhat big episodes at the beginning of last season. It then stayed at around the same low-20's level for the last 1.75 seasons, dropping just 7% in the spring-vs.-spring comparisons above. Pretty tragic considering what a beast this show once was, but most of the damage seems to have come in previous seasons. Grade: C+.
Kung Fu: Wouldn't exactly call this +3% "growth" since it aired much earlier in the season than the previous two years, but I wouldn't argue with saying it was steady-ish. Grade: C+.
Riverdale: Again, this isn't "growth" since it was buried on Sunday for most of last season, and returning to Wednesday with a Flash lead-in should be a timeslot upgrade. Guess it could've been worse, but it was still about 30% below its last Wednesday season two years ago. Like The Flash, it's going out at about a quarter of its peak Plus ratings. Grade: C.
The names in this last table link to the shows' War of 18-49 pages. Links with an asterisk(*) have been updated with the new info. Updates to younger shows will come later in the summer.
Previous Breakdowns for CW Wednesday: 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22
Here's the now updated Schedules Plus for CW Wednesday.
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