UPDATE: CW Has Renewed Reaper for Fall 2008
CW’s Reaper, Tuesday 9PM Eastern, was a pre-season critics darling, but has the comedy about reclaiming lost souls for the devil captured the eyes of enough viewers to survive for another season?
It won’t be Heaven or Hell making the decision, but likely 57th Street or West Hollywood. Before they get the chance, we ask: Renew or Cancel?
Reaper’s Ratings Rank among New CW Shows, All New Shows
| Date | Viewer Rank among New CW shows | Viewer Rank among all new shows |
|---|---|---|
| 9/25 | #1 of 4 | #16 of 20 |
| 10/2 | #2 of 6 | #19 of 23 |
| 10/9 | #2 of 6 | #20 of 24 |
| 10/16 | #1 of 5 | #20 of 24 |
| 10/23 | #1 of 5 | #20 of 24 |
| 10/30 | #1 of 5 | #17 of 22 |
| 11/6 | #2 of 5 | #19 of 22 |
| 11/13 | #2 of 5 | #21 of 22 |
In a disappointing fall for new CW shows, Reaper’s ratings started at the top and have traded the #1 or #2 position with Gossip Girl for the entire season among new CW shows.
Among all new shows, CW shows have been solidly at the bottom. At least Reaper’s ratings have been a bit more above the bottom than the other CW shows.
How is it doing against its competition on Tuesday?
Reaper’s Ratings and Rankings @ 9PM Tuesday
| Date | Viewers (Rank) | Adults 18-49 (Rank) | Adults 18-34 (Rank) | Adults 25-54 (Rank) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/25 | 3.28m (5) | 1.95m (5) | 1.19m (5) | 1.71m (5) |
| 10/2 | 2.86m (5) | 1.78m (5) | 1.08m (5) | 1.42m (5) |
| 10/9 | 2.65m (5) | 1.62m (5) | 0.95m (5) | 1.28m (5) |
| 10/16 | 3.27m (5) | 1.93m (5) | 1.12m (5) | 1.78m (5) |
| 10/23* | 2.44m (5) | 1.52m (5) | 0.89m (5) | 1.26m (5) |
| 10/30 | 2.60m (5) | 1.56m (5) | 0.81m (5) | 1.29m (5) |
| 11/6 | 2.42m (5) | 1.31m (5) | 0.70m (5) | 1.18m (5) |
| 11/13 | 2.46m (5) | 1.53m (5) | 0.83m (5) | 1.35m (5) |
Reaper’s ratings have been below its ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox and even Univision competition in all categories at 9pm Tuesday.
Reaper’s ratings dropped sharply after its debut, but have stabilized, although at a low level, recently. (*10/23 data is Live, all other data is Live+SD, useful for rankings but not viewership trends).
Conclusions
Negatives
- Reaper ratings are consistently last place in its timeslot in all demographic categories.
- Reaper ratings are near the bottom compared to all new broadcast shows.
Positives
- Reaper is one of CW’s two best new shows, and CW may not be able to do better with new shows.
- Reaper ratings, while low, have stabilized.
Verdict: Marginal renew.
I think the bad performance of the new CW shows has possibly reset the CW expectations for new shows, and as badly as Reaper ratings have turned out relative to all other networks it may well be a keeper when looking at CW’s future options.
Wondering about other shows? Check our all our Renew or Cancel? posts.
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Nielsen TV Ratings Data: ©2007 Nielsen Media Research, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
November 25th, 2007 at 4:43 pm
CW should be bold and cancel its entire lineup with the possible exception of Smallville. Reaper is probably the one show other than Smallville that doesn’t advertise “I’m a CW show and I’m Bad” but its ratings are terrible. It does suffer from being on CW which is equated to Low Quality by most viewers.
CW needs to stop its nonsensical demographic approach and decide if it really wants to be a network.
November 26th, 2007 at 2:22 pm
I really like Reaper a lot. The show makes me laugh every episode. I have 2 favorite shows and Supernatural is one of them. Please don’t cancel Reaper!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 26th, 2007 at 7:27 pm
“Reaper” should be renewed. Reaper has the unfortunate time slot that puts it up against some well established shows, such as “House” and “Dancing With the Stars”. Everyone needs to give “Reaper” a look. They will be pleasenty surprised to find out that it’s actually a very descent show.
November 27th, 2007 at 10:47 pm
Reaper is one of the worst shows on television, and underscores, rather than counters, all that is wrong with the CW.
It is an interesting premise, that jumps the shark almost immediately. If it were a nice Dramedy, it would be something that we could handle. A progression of story. Instead, we got another cheap sit-com with bad acting, and worse scripts. A story that resets to start at the beginning of every show. I am sorry, but I grew out of that sort of thing when I was 12.
There is almost nothing redeeming about this show, but I am not suggesting it should be canceled. The CW simply has nothing better on Tuesday nights. They are a marginal network. They will, likely, always be a marginal network.
November 28th, 2007 at 5:16 am
I am old enough to remember when the cash-cows of the Fox network was “Married with Children” and the Simpsons ; young networks need time to build themselves into the giants that they may become. Reaper is a very enjoyable show, and from my perspective, innovatove. Comments that the show “resets” evey episode are as valid for many other shows when you look closely at their basic formula(s). Never ending shows that develop like soap operas, e.g. Lost, Heroes, may work for people that can devote more time to their viewing habit…while self-contained episodic shows work best for others.
November 28th, 2007 at 8:34 am
In a world of regurgitated hospital dramas, police/crime dramas, night time dramas etc. I excited to see that the CW airs shows that are outside the box. Reaper being one of my new favs of the season has proven that. When has there ever been a show about a guy who goes out with his 2 best friends and captures escaped hell souls for the devil? None that I can think of in recent memory. And thanks to Smallville and Supernatural I have a reason to love TV on Thursdays. Personally I feel that those 2 shows are 2 of the best on TV right now. I just wish that the conformists who are used what they’re given on the 3 major network channels would expand their horizons a bit. They might be pleasantly surprised.
November 28th, 2007 at 12:51 pm
Reaper is a great new show that deserves a chance to grow. Ray Wise is terrific in his role as the devil. This show makes me laugh every episode. Reaper should definetly be renewed!!!!!!
November 28th, 2007 at 3:01 pm
Sure, Reaper has CW branded all over it, but it’s an enjoyable CW show that my husband and I watch together (along with Supernatural) and we’ve both entered our 30’s.
December 7th, 2007 at 11:23 am
Reaper is a great a show, but as the cw had the unfortunate idea to put it up against House, i am forced to DVR the show almost every tuesday. The show is smart and funny and has Kevin Smith’s touch all over it. if it were on a different network i believe the show would be doing better, but the cw just doesn’t have a solid audience or respect in the world of t.v. viewership.
December 11th, 2007 at 8:51 am
Reaper is a great show that is getting better as it goes. It should be renewed. Other than Smallville, this is the only CW show me and my pals watch
December 11th, 2007 at 6:19 pm
i think that it was not to smart of an idea to put reaper up against house,i think that it gets better and better as it goes.i dont think that they should cancle it.
December 11th, 2007 at 6:21 pm
i love reaper and supernatrale they r my favorite shows plese dont cancel them!!!!
December 11th, 2007 at 6:22 pm
they cant CANCEL reaper that is the show on tv
December 11th, 2007 at 6:27 pm
I do no under stand why they would put reaper up against house i mean i love reaper but house is great too.(i like reaper more i get so many laughs me and my friends patrick,sebastian,genevieve,dominik,ECT.so why cancel it i mean when house frist came out no watched it now look at it its like the biggest sho on television)
December 11th, 2007 at 6:30 pm
i love reaper so do all my friends dont cancel it reseduel it
December 16th, 2007 at 8:33 am
They can’t cancel Reaper. Sam is my hero, and Sock is the best. Along with the Mexicano friend of theirs. He’s the voice of reason. AND THE DEVIL CRACKS ME UP! He’s such a jolly guy. So friendly and nice, and then he always pulls some stunt to make Sam’s life miserable. Don’t be lame, don’t cancel Reaper.
December 16th, 2007 at 6:54 pm
They CANNOT CANCEL GOSSIP GIRL!!!!!!!!!!
December 17th, 2007 at 8:26 am
First, why are there comments about Gossip Girl next to articles that have nothing to do with it.
Let’s hope this site is not going to be deluged with Jericho fans too.
Second, the CW is doing so poorly, its executives will feel the need to renew something, anything to show “success”.
That’s the only reason for most of the returning CW shows.
December 25th, 2007 at 12:39 pm
DUDE! WTF! This show is great stop being a conformist and being all like oh the ratings are crappy therefore being unable to think for myself I have concluded that it’s terrible…
FORMULATE AN OPINION OF YOUR OWN MORON!
December 26th, 2007 at 12:08 pm
The problem with Reaper is that the pilot, which is what the critics reviewed, was good while the follow up episodes, unfortunately, were very mediocre. Abbreviated season or not, I don’t think you’ll find it on any critics’ list at the end of the season. It’s still better than Gossip Girl, though. Of course almost anything is.
December 28th, 2007 at 5:33 pm
I’ll be honest. I never watched Reaper on Televison, except for the pilot which was on a Thursday. Since it was then taken off Thurs and remained on Tuesday at 9PM, I stoped watching it because it was up against House. So I chose to watch House because I found a website that has Reaper episodes on it. But I really wish that they put Reaper on Friday because I really don’t have any thing good to watch on Fri. Renew, Renew, please.
December 31st, 2007 at 8:53 pm
Fascinating that critics would be interested in a show that deals with the devil, since so many of them have sold their souls.
January 2nd, 2008 at 1:15 am
I watch House because it is after Bones but I record Reaper. If I had to choose one, however, it would be Reaper. I love the charactors and (should I admit it?) I think I love the devil. This is a fun show and I hope it is renewed.
January 2nd, 2008 at 4:11 pm
PLEASE DONT CANCEL REAPER!!!!!!!! ITS MY FAVORITE NEW SHOW OF THIS ENTIRE YEAR!!!!!!!
January 4th, 2008 at 8:56 am
This is one of the few shows I like. It is well written. I am shocked that it was the CW that came up with this show. I really hope it is not canceled!
January 5th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
Of all of the CW’s new shows, Reaper may be the only one worth saving. It would help a lot if someone gave it (and the CW) a sound thrashing with the ‘grow the hell up’ stick.
As it stands, if the CW cancelled Reaper, I would not be remotely astounded or dismayed. If the channel wants to compete with the other networks, it has to stop trying to be a niche network for teens and stoners, and stop forcing the shows it produces to ‘dumb down’ and ‘hoochie up’.
February 12th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
the cw usually comes up with good premises for shows but their downfall is their consistently terrible writing.
if you watch smallvilles older seasons then you watch the seasons now, you can see they use the same plot devices over and over again (each main character has been knocked out at least a dozen times. how does no one on that show have brain damage?).
the network would rather keep their mediocre writing and milk their shows instead of taking chances. why do you think shows like lost and the office do so well and have such a devoted fanbase? its because theyre unique and you cant find their style on any other network (yes im aware the office isnt an original show).
if you continue to use lame plot devices then the least you can do is use one that works LIKE KILLING OFF A CHARACTER AND STICKING TO IT. wow lana and chloe almost died and then survived in the same 40 min episode. its stuff like that which is why i stopped watching this show half a decade ago.
grow some balls cw…or do you want your network to fail again?
February 13th, 2008 at 12:49 am
I may even be more skeptical CW wise though perhaps for different reasons. Consider that for the 2005-2006 season the WB and UPN averaged 3.1 million EACH during primetime for the season. So combined they averaged 6.2 million.
But here they are combined 2 years later and, the combination is averaging 2.5 million, shedding over 3.5 million viewers. I think “fail again” already happened.
February 29th, 2008 at 5:11 am
You guys SUCK!!!:( REAPER SUCKS and should be cancled. I hate that show so much!!! But a show i do like is Supernatural. Reaper is just a stupid little Supernatural wanna-be.
February 29th, 2008 at 5:15 am
I agree w/ Hannah. At least someone has some actual taste in TV. And if you’re out there CW, I am an 18 year old and I do care!!!!
SUPERNATURAL RULES!!!!!!!!:)
February 29th, 2008 at 5:21 am
Reaper should die. I hate it!! I hate everything about it..Ray Wise* gag me *..THE PLOT:(:(…And anything I missed.
The only 2 shows WORTH saving are 1.Supernatural and 2.Smallville. My sis agrees with me. Reaper is a let down.:(
February 29th, 2008 at 5:28 am
I don’t want to live in a world where Reaper rules. That show has absolutely no reason to keep going. I say cancle it as soon as possible. The CW is trying too hard. They put on a show that has pretty much the same plot as another show on their network(SN) and it just flat out sucks. So WTH is wrong with you people!?
February 29th, 2008 at 6:57 am
All of you might want to think that it’s actually a sign of respect TO supernatural. They aren’t trying to replace your beloved show, they’re trying to take something that works and spin it. Reaper is a bit boring but before you decide to kill it, you might want to think about the fact that the CW didn’t cancel Supernatural and put Reaper in its timeslot. The two (believe it or not) would be able to co-exist. Also all of you are most likely the same person.
February 29th, 2008 at 8:52 am
I think these comments need MORE COWBELL.
Oops, sorry. Wrong Reaper.
February 29th, 2008 at 9:45 am
I got a fever… and the only prescription, is more cowbell…
Classic
February 29th, 2008 at 10:27 am
Finally, a pop culture reference I can understand!
February 29th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
I agree with Peter. Calm DOWN!! I also think you are all the same person.
March 1st, 2008 at 7:28 am
I love Reaper!! it rules! iT HAS everything. It should stay.:):):):):):):):):):):)
March 3rd, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Reaper is one of those quirky little shows that comes along every now and again that just works. Sure, it needs a better time slot, perhaps 8pm on Tuesday or Wednesday. In a world filled with regurgitated reality-type shows, Reaper is a keeper.
March 8th, 2008 at 12:56 am
Anyone that doesn’t like Reaper either has no sense of humor or is just to much of a moron to understand it. Reaper is one of the BEST comedy shows to come along in a looooooong time!! With very few exceptions like Smallville, Atlantis and soon Glactica…there aren’t ANY shows on tv I look forward to seeing each week. TV sinks to new lows each year with regards to quality and creativity (or should I say lack OF….BOTH). Don’t even get me started on Reality shows. ..some of the worst television ever created!! CW…Reaper is one of your saving graces. It’s clever, well written, well acted and doesn’t make you think too much. It’s just good fun! PLEASE CONTINUE to air it just as it is.
March 9th, 2008 at 9:33 am
One word. sucktastic.
March 12th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
I loved the Reaper pilot, but I think it went downhill from there. In the show’s defense, it does NOT do a total “reset” each week. Sure, each episode is a complete story, but there are arcs that span multiple episodes, usually related to the relationships between the characters (and Sam’s contract).
That being said, I think it’s just a mediocre, or maybe mediocre +, show. After a few episodes I found myself only half watching it while doing other things on the computer.
I think it could still improve, as the show has talented actors and a unique premise . . . so I vote marginal renew as well.
March 14th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
I think Reaper is one of the year’s best show and it would be a shame if the CW didn’t give it a sophomore season. It is consistently well written, funny, and doesn’t pander to its audience like many other shows on the the channel. If they make the - erroneous, I believe - decision to cancel it, I hope another station will pick it up.
Personally, I can get behind anything with Kevin Smith’s stamp on it, and that was initially what prompted me to tune in, but I’ve kept with it on the show’s merit alone. I think it’s a great combination of talented cast, writers, and directors. I’d love to keep watching it.
March 17th, 2008 at 6:31 pm
Reaper is amazing and should be given a thousand more seasons!!!!
The one thing the writers need to figure out is Andi. I personally love Missy Peregrym and i feel like she could go far with this character. i think until the writers can give Andi a big enough twist, they should have Sam move on and have her get jealous of Sam and all of these girls. kind of a “you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone” storyline.
I also feel like CW should advertise this show as more of a comedy than a thriller. I mean it’s not like we watch it for the escaped souls… we watch it for witty lines from Sock and the devil.
March 21st, 2008 at 8:21 am
Reaper is a fantastic show, great characters, great comedy. One of the best new shows I’ve seen for a long while, if you want to ensure another season goes ahead go and sign the Keep Reaper petition!!!
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/KeepReaper/index.html
Thanks people!
March 22nd, 2008 at 7:40 pm
RENEW
THI IS ONE FUNNY SHOW!
CLEVER
RENEW IT PLEASE!
March 24th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
DONT CANCEL REAPER! LOVE THAT SHOW! SOCK! RAY WISE! LOVE EM!
March 24th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
Reaper is funny, it should be renewed, give it a chance to develop. You cannot expect a TV show to give away every single plot point and device in the first season, if they did there would be no point in watching.
They need to focus on the contract and the secrets that Dad is hiding from Sam.
But keep the show, it’s funny, it’s one of the few shows on TV that you can watch at pretty much any age and enjoy. Smallville, Supernatural, One Tree Hill and Reaper, no hospital dramas, no “Lost wannabes”, no reality, just fun TV!!
March 25th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
Reaper, it’s a keeper!
The show makes me laugh out loud. It’s well thought out and the actors really pull the show together. We DVR everything that we watch and have no concern for what time a show comes on anymore. TV shows should be based on how much it entertains, not whether the masses would rather watch it than some other show. Too many great shows have gone by the wayside because of a lousy time slot. CW should definitely keep this show.
March 26th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
it should definitely be renewed, I love pop culture references and it has plenty of that and is so much better than the other tripe that CW shows like Gossip Girl and Smallville.
March 27th, 2008 at 10:10 am
Who cares if Reaper is good or not. It has Missy Peregrym(Andi)in it! For that reason alone it should not be cancelled. Missy you are oven hot! ‘Nuff said.
March 27th, 2008 at 10:14 am
Whoa. FrankJ, Bill (not Gorman) and others let me down here. How did I miss this?
March 27th, 2008 at 10:34 am
Hey Robert Seidman, I got a fever and the only cure is more Missy Peregrym!
March 27th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT CANCEL THIS SHOW!! I love this show. Its probably one of the most original shows out there. You have all these stupid reality shows or shows trying to be like Friends or Sex and the City, none of them are unique. But Reaper has a very unique story and its super funny! So please, don’t cancel it!
March 28th, 2008 at 12:34 am
THIS SHOW DESERVES TO STAY ON THE AIR. It gets BETTER ratings than gossip girl and is getting almost 3 million viewers a week, its becoming of on CWs most watch and best produced shows. they would be retarded not to rewew
March 28th, 2008 at 8:58 am
Reaper is the only show on CW I watch, they would be tarded to cancel it because it consistantly out performs the rest of the network, Season 3 has been made and starts airing April 22, now we gotta see about season 4
April 1st, 2008 at 9:44 am
The only time I watch CW is for Reaper. Cancel that show and the network will continue to plummet into the lower levels of mediocrity.
April 2nd, 2008 at 7:04 am
I absolutely HATE Reaper. It sucks. It has a terrible plot and isn’t funny. It didn’t even deserve to be on T.V in the 1st place!! Of course CW would have on though because the whole network SUCKS!!!!
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:54 pm
It’s positively criminal how little love Reaper gets. If it had Joss Whedon’s stamp on it instead of Kevin Smith’s it’d have a giant cult following, with legions of fans sending CW execs power-sanders in a petition to get it renewed.
While us geeks lament the loss of Angel and Buffy, they’re missing out on the closest thing to it since they went off the air. (And personally, I think this has the potential to be better)
I hope all the cries of “too episodic” are going away now, as it’s developing quite an interesting meta-story. Sure, it’s got the scope of The Wire, but show me just how many network shows are anywhere within that.
Even viewer-darling, “Lost” has a standalone storyline, that takes precedence over the bigger picture, for the majority of it’s episodes.
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:55 pm
Horrible typo above, but when I said “it’s got the scop of The Wire…” I meant “it’s not the scope of The Wire…”
Changes things a bit.
April 15th, 2008 at 7:16 pm
Reaper is one of the best new shows in FOREVER, funny, refreshing FANTASTIC! A new fun idea, on an old storyline , good vs. evil. The chemistry of the characters is the best since Friends and Seinfeld. Please don’t cancel one of my all time (NEW) favorites…Without Reaper I have no reason to watch CW! I know many at work feel this way as well…You have a winner CW a faithful base…with Reaper, maybe more….
April 16th, 2008 at 9:53 am
Reaper is a very solid show that like most have said started off slow but is needed that time to develop the characters’ real interaction and set up the main conflict that Sam is only now just starting to understand and really deal with.
Thus while there has been talk from various sources indicating that Reaper will be renewed now, we hope that the management at CW will NOT change the formulae of the three stooges CLUMSLY finding out the age old truism “evil only succeeds, when good people do nothing” and thinking that serving the Devil is good thing as they are only putting evil souls back into their eternal damnation and not strengthening the Devil directly.
April 16th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
Just because you don’t like a show doesn’t mean you should kill it for those of us that do.
April 22nd, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Reaper is inmy opinion e bst nw sow out there. It is the only CW show out there i watch or care about. Though the CW shows are usually terrible in rating Reaper is diferent to me DO NOT CANCEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
April 23rd, 2008 at 3:38 pm
This show is great. Very few shows have the ability to make you laugh out loud. This and 30 Rock are the only shows that consistently are laugh out loud funny (even the Office has dropped off). Sock and Ray Wise are hilarious every week, and the story lines have been getting better with the addition of The State alums, Ken Marino and that Sierra Mist guy. I much prefer a show like this over the endless meanderings of a show like Lost that have no resolution and waste everyone’s time while writers write themselves into a corner! Don’t cancel Reaper!!! Please!!
April 30th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
Reaper is a great show. It should be renewed. Sorry if I disagree, but it’s awesome.
May 2nd, 2008 at 1:55 pm
Reaper should be on Monday.
We don’t watch anything on Monday.
On Tuesday we watch House. Cause it’s awesome!
On Wednesday we watch Ghost Hunters. Cause it is awesome!
On Thrusday we watch CSI. Cause it’s Awesome!
And on Friday we watch Numbers. Cause it is awesome!
We watch very little tv at all on the weekends. Weekends are for video games and movies and going out into the sunshine!
So what is on Mondays anyway???
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:59 pm
@Kevin: House is actually on Mondays right now while Reaper is on Tuesdays. For now, anyway.
May 5th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
How do I rank Reaper? It’s in my top 6, among Lost, Battlestar Galactica, Supernatural, Daily Show/Colbert, and The Office. Pretty solid company IMHO. It would be a big loss to cancel it.
May 6th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
gossip girl is another lame teenage socialite show. It is the epitome of lame shows , and it stereotypes the CW as having crappy shows when shows like Reaper and Supernatural are slowly pulling the CW out of its rut. They should cancel everything except Reaper and maybe Smallville and Supernatural, and they should definetly cancel all of their lame reality shows.
May 7th, 2008 at 8:19 am
WHY!!! I have lost so many good shows. Ok I know that makes me sound like my life is tv, it isnt. I have maybe 10 shows I watch a week. And this is one that I really look forward to. 3 of my shows are on this network, and if one of them has to go I think supernatural, it has lost whatever made it great.
May 8th, 2008 at 4:47 am
Get rid of this show. Its completely horrific. The pilot was brilliant but since then nothing has happened at all. Characters walking around in tiny circles, its a crappy procedural naff show that is the exact same thing every week. Sam gets a vessel, Sam fails to capture soul with vessel, Sam tries again with his friends and succeeds in capturing soul with vessel, Sam mopes about his relationship with Andi, bla bla bla. Its all very repetitive, very stale, and very tired. Also, it portrays the Devil in a positive light. That is not good under any circumstance, they treat him like Santa Claus as a wisecracking old man when in reality he is the enemy of God and the corrupter and deceiver of mankind. Its no surprise that so many kids are being brainwashed by this evil show. I was dumb enough to watch this for 15 episodes and absolutely nothing has happened between the characters. It got slightly better when Sam hooked up with that Cady chick as he stopped being so damn whiny for once, but then they broke up and now he’s whiny again, only with Andi. And the plot about the demons trying to kill the Devil/Sam is just pathetic, and of course, there’s no presence of God whatsoever in this show. Whatever, you’re all digging your own hole by watching this evil crap, try watching something with a bit of substance like LOST or Heroes, or *gasp* praising the loving Father and Creator of all the world who sent his Son to die for you people. This show is likely to get picked up for a second season, but I hope I (along with others) have the sense not to watch this crap. 2 million viewers lol. That’s woeful.
May 9th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
I say renew…
May 15th, 2008 at 12:34 am
As a critic, I expected to hate this show(especially after I saw the commercials for it before it debuted)but a funny thing happened: my hatred turned to love - Reaper deserves a 2nd Season.
May 16th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
Certaintly worth a second season!! I love this show!
May 29th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
Renew, a show i'm always excited about watching!
August 28th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
This is actually my favorite show on TV. I'm one of those rare people who love the CW for not canceling all of my favorite shows, as other networks do (NBC being the worst at this, canceling Journeyman, and any other good sci-fi show that comes its way). My other favorites include Supernatural, Doctor Who and Torchwood. Two are on CW, and the other two on BBC America. These are the only two stations that don't cancel my favorite shows. I'm a sci-fi nut!
September 10th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
It is one of the only shows I watch on network television. As a matter of fact I cannot think of another show I do watch on network tv.
September 25th, 2008 at 10:49 pm
RENEW IT!Renew it,dammit!!!Practically every other new show is another (gaaak!)TEEN SOAP-OPERA!For the love of God,enough already!Reaper should be kept on the air for as long as it’s good and so far,IT’S ALL BEEN GOOD!The writing,the acting,the chemistry between the actors,the humour,ALL GOOD.Keep it.Dammit.
September 30th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
I love the show it just strange enough to be different enought it … Yes I love supernatural
October 3rd, 2008 at 12:12 pm
There are very few shows I even bother to watch. With all the goddamned reality shows choking the airwave, it’s making me hate television, Reaper was a breath of fresh air. Great cast, good plots, great effects and funny as hell. CW needs to keep it on. In Toronto, the only network I could get that carried Supernatural has decided not to renew. So basically 2 of 4 shows I watch are now not there for me. CW….get your shit together and give a show some time to build up an audience. I’ve been telling friends about Reaper and SN for months. How can they view it now??????? It’s too bad the reality tv shows rule, because it’s mindless crap that doesnt’ employ writers and is as mentally challenging as Jerry Springer’s show. Keep Reaper on. Tell City TV in Toronto to get Supernatural back on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
October 7th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
I think if reaper is pushed off the air, then the Cw sucks more than usual. If for two seconds they would stop placating stupid who slept w/who teeny-bopper shows, they might actually make it. Reaper is funny as Hell. Supernatural is wicked as well. The reason they aren’t making it, they’re not talkin trash and jumping from one bed to another. Look what happened to smallville, the minute they got rid of Lana( thank my lucky stars) the show started going down hill to the tweens and teenies, because it focused, or started to focus on the comic( about flippin time!) and not who was sleepin wit who! Oh, and p.s I f*&^%$ hate One Tree-hill, Gossip girl, and 90210! But Supernatural rocks, Janky ankles is such a hottie!