Legends of Tomorrow

Status: Cancelled
Aired: 2016-22, 7 Seasons Totaling 110 Episodes
Series Premiere: January 21, 2016
Network: CW
Starring: Brandon Routh, Caity Lotz, Dominic Purcell, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Nick Zano
Series Website: www.cwtv.com/shows/dcs-legends-of-tomorrow

Description: When heroes alone are not enough… the world needs legends. Having seen the future, one he will desperately try to prevent from happening, time-traveling rogue Rip Hunter is tasked with assembling a disparate group of both heroes and villains to confront an unstoppable threat – one in which not only is the planet at stake, but all of time itself. Can this ragtag team defeat an immortal threat unlike anything they have ever known? CWTV.com

Season 7: When the Legends let time crumble in order to release and defeat Mallus, the barrier between worlds softened. History is now infected with “Fugitives” – magical creatures from myths, fairytales, and legends. Having been expelled throughout time by people like Constantine, these Fugitives are now returning to our world in droves and making a real mess of things.

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Why Was It Cancelled? Legends of Tomorrow was typically one of the lower-rated Arrow-verse entries, but its numbers were up year-over-year in its final season (one of the few shows on television that could say that).  It is one of the more expensive shows in the franchise, though, and with the pending sale of the network, apparently the current execs decided not to keep it going.  Previously there was an unwritten rule at The CW that its longer-running shows would get a final season announcement in advance rather than outright cancelling them.  But that did not hold up this time with new owners likely taking over, and the show got the ax.  It did at least wrap up many of its storylines as the creative team apparently knew that cancellation was a possibility.   Netflix currently has the streaming rights for prior seasons, so that would make it difficult for LoT to jump over to HBO Max (which is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery) for an eighth season and more.  But it is still possible that the characters could continue on other Arrow-verse shows or that the franchise could make the move to HBO Max down the road.

2021-22 Season Ratings Results:

Air Date Airings Live+SD Rtg StD Avg Tot Vwrs (M) Status
10/13/21 1 0.09 0.09 0.6 Renewal Possible
10/20/21 2 0.08 0.09 0.5 Renewal Possible
10/27/21 3 0.07 0.08 0.5 Renewal Possible
11/3/21 4 0.08 0.08 0.6 Renewal Possible
11/10/21 5 0.09 0.08 0.5 Renewal Likely
11/17/21 6 0.08 0.08 0.5 Renewal Likely
11/24/21 7 0.07 0.08 0.5 Renewal Likely
12/1/21 n/a On Hiatus 0.08 n/a Renewal Likely
1/12/22 8 0.11 0.08 0.6 Renewal Possible
1/19/22 9 0.09 0.08 0.6 Renewal Possible
1/26/22 10 0.11 0.09 0.6 Renewal Possible
2/2/22 11 0.12 0.09 0.6 Renewal Possible
2/9/22 Repeat Repeat 0.09 0.6 Renewal Possible
2/16/22 Repeat Repeat 0.09 0.6 Renewal Possible
2/23/22 12 0.08 0.09 0.4 Renewal Possible
3/2/22 13 0.08 0.09 0.5 Renewal Possible

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2020-21 Season Ratings Results:

Air Date Airings Live+SD Rtg StD Avg Tot Vwrs (M) Status
5/2/21 1 0.10 0.10 0.4 Renewed
5/9/21 2 0.10 0.10 0.5 Renewed
5/16/21 3 0.08 0.09 0.4 Renewed
5/23/21 4 0.08 0.09 0.4 Renewed
5/30/21 Repeat Repeat 0.09 n/a Renewed
6/6/21 5 0.07 0.09 0.4 Renewed
6/13/21 6 0.08 0.09 0.4 Renewed
6/20/21 7 0.11 0.09 0.5 Renewed
6/27/21 8 0.09 0.09 0.4 Renewed
7/4/21 Repeat Repeat 0.09 n/a Renewed
7/11/21 9 0.07 0.09 0.4 Renewed
7/18/21 10 0.08 0.09 0.4 Renewed
7/25/21 Repeat Repeat 0.09 n/a Renewed
8/1/21 Repeat Repeat 0.09 n/a Renewed
8/8/21 11 0.09 0.09 0.5 Renewed
8/15/21 12 0.06 0.08 0.4 Renewed
8/22/21 13 0.08 0.08 0.4 Renewed
8/29/21 14 0.07 0.08 0.4 Renewed
9/5/21 15 0.08 0.08 0.4 Renewed

2019-20 Season Ratings Results:

Air Date Airings Live+SD Rtg StD Avg Tot Vwrs (M) Status
1/14/20 1 0.50 0.50 1.4 Renewed
1/21/20 2 0.20 0.35 0.7 Renewed
1/28/20 n/a Preempted 0.35 n/a Renewed
2/4/20 3 0.20 0.30 0.8 Renewed
2/11/20 4 0.20 0.28 0.7 Renewed
2/18/20 5 0.20 0.26 0.7 Renewed
2/25/20 6 0.20 0.25 0.7 Renewed
3/3/20 Repeat 0.10 0.25 0.4 Renewed
3/10/20 7 0.20 0.24 0.7 Renewed
3/17/20 8 0.20 0.24 0.7 Renewed
3/24/20 n/a On Hiatus 0.24 0.4 Renewed
4/21/20 9 0.20 0.23 0.6 Renewed
4/28/20 10 0.20 0.23 0.7 Renewed
5/5/20 11 0.20 0.23 0.7 Renewed
5/12/20 12 0.20 0.23 0.7 Renewed
5/19/20 13 0.20 0.22 0.8 Renewed
5/26/20 14 0.20 0.22 0.8 Renewed
6/2/20 15 0.20 0.22 0.8 Renewed

2018-19 Season Ratings Results:

Air Date Airings Live+SD Rtg StD Avg Tot Vwrs (M) Status
10/22/18 1 0.30 0.30 1.0 Renewal Possible
10/29/18 2 0.30 0.30 1.0 Renewal Possible
11/5/18 3 0.30 0.30 0.9 Renewal Possible
11/12/18 4 0.30 0.30 0.9 Renewal Possible
11/19/18 5 0.30 0.30 0.9 Renewal Possible
11/26/18 6 0.30 0.30 1.0 Renewal Possible
12/3/18 7 0.30 0.30 0.9 Renewal Possible
12/10/18 8 0.40 0.31 1.1 Renewal Possible
12/17/18 n/a On Hiatus 0.31 n/a Renewal Possible
4/1/19 9 0.20 0.30 0.9 Renewed
4/8/19 10 0.30 0.30 0.9 Renewed
4/15/19 11 0.30 0.30 1.0 Renewed
4/22/19 12 0.20 0.29 0.9 Renewed
4/29/19 13 0.30 0.29 0.9 Renewed
5/6/19 14 0.30 0.29 0.9 Renewed
5/13/19 15 0.30 0.29 1.0 Renewed
5/20/19 16 0.30 0.29 1.0 Renewed

2017-18 Season Ratings Results:

Air Date Airings Live+SD Rtg StD Avg Tot Vwrs (M) Live+7 Rtg Status
10/10/17 1 0.6 0.6 1.7 1.0 Renewal Possible
10/17/17 2 0.5 0.6 1.6 0.5 Renewal Possible
10/24/17 3 0.5 0.5 1.4 0.4 Renewal Possible
10/31/17 4 0.4 0.5 1.4 n/a Renewal Possible
11/7/17 5 0.5 0.5 1.5 n/a Renewal Possible
11/14/17 6 0.5 0.5 1.5 n/a Renewal Possible
11/21/17 7 0.5 0.5 1.5 n/a Renewal Possible
11/28/17 8 0.9 0.6 2.8 1.4 Renewal Possible
12/5/17 9 0.6 0.6 1.6 1.3 Renewal Possible
12/12/17 n/a On Hiatus 0.6 n/a 1.1 Renewal Possible
2/12/18 10 0.5 0.6 1.5 1.0 Renewal Likely
2/19/18 11 0.4 0.5 1.4 1.0 Renewal Likely
2/26/18 12 0.4 0.5 1.5 1.0 Renewal Likely
3/5/18 13 0.4 0.5 1.2 1.0 Renewal Likely
3/12/18 14 0.4 0.5 1.3 n/a Renewal Likely
3/19/18 15 0.4 0.5 1.3 n/a Renewal Likely
3/26/18 16 0.4 0.5 1.3 0.9 Renewed
4/2/18 17 0.4 0.5 1.2 n/a Renewed
4/9/18 18 0.4 0.5 1.4 n/a Renewed

2016-17 Season Ratings Results:

Air Date Airings Live+SD Rtg StD Avg Tot Vwrs (M) Live+7 Rtg Status
10/13/16 1 0.6 0.6 1.8 1.2 Renewal Likely
10/20/16 2 0.7 0.7 1.8 n/a Renewal Likely
10/27/16 3 0.6 0.6 1.8 n/a Renewal Likely
11/3/16 4 0.6 0.6 1.8 n/a Renewal Likely
11/10/16 5 0.6 0.6 1.8 n/a Renewal Likely
11/17/16 6 0.6 0.6 1.8 n/a Renewal Likely
11/24/16 n/a Preempted 0.6 n/a n/a Renewal Likely
12/1/16 7 1.2 0.7 3.4 1.8 Renewal Likely
12/8/16 8 0.7 0.7 2.0 1.9 Renewal Likely
12/15/16 n/a On Hiatus 0.7 n/a n/a Renewal Likely
1/24/17 9 0.6 0.7 1.7 1.7 Renewed
1/31/17 10 0.7 0.7 1.8 1.6 Renewed
2/7/17 11 0.7 0.7 1.8 n/a Renewed
2/14/17 n/a Preempted 0.7 n/a 1.6 Renewed
2/21/17 12 0.6 0.7 1.6 n/a Renewed
2/28/17 n/a Preempted 0.7 n/a 1.6 Renewed
3/7/17 13 0.5 0.7 1.5 1.5 Renewed
3/14/17 14 0.5 0.7 1.3 n/a Renewed
3/21/17 15 0.6 0.7 1.7 n/a Renewed
3/28/17 16 0.5 0.6 1.6 n/a Renewed
4/4/17 17 0.6 0.6 1.5 1.3 Renewed

2015-16 Season Ratings Results:

Air Date Airings Live+SD Rtg StD Avg Tot Vwrs (M) Live+7 Rtg Cancel Alert
1/21/16 1 1.2 1.2 3.2 2.1 Low
1/28/16 2 1.1 1.2 2.8 1.9 Low
2/4/16 3 0.9 1.1 2.3 1.6 Low
2/11/16 4 0.9 1.0 2.4 1.5 Low
2/18/16 5 0.8 1.0 2.3 1.5 Low
2/25/16 6 0.9 1.0 2.5 1.6 Low
3/3/16 7 0.9 1.0 2.3 n/a Low
3/10/16 8 0.7 0.9 2.0 1.3 Renewed
3/17/16 Repeat 0.4 0.9 1.2 n/a Renewed
3/24/16 Repeat 0.4 0.9 1.2 n/a Renewed
3/31/16 9 0.7 0.9 2.0 1.2 Renewed
4/7/16 10 0.7 0.9 1.9 1.3 Renewed
4/14/16 11 0.7 0.9 2.0 1.2 Renewed
4/21/16 12 0.6 0.8 1.8 1.2 Renewed
4/28/16 13 0.7 0.8 1.9 1.3 Renewed
5/5/16 14 0.6 0.8 1.6 1.1 Renewed
5/12/16 15 0.7 0.8 1.9 n/a Renewed
5/19/16 16 0.7 0.8 1.9 n/a Renewed

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