Schedules Plus Enhanced: CW Sunday

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This post covers CW Sunday, a night of programming that has literally gone extinct. While UPN didn't nationally program Sunday night, the WB did so pretty successfully with genre drama Charmed. So the powers that be tried to keep the night alive after the CW merger. Unfortunately, the un-cancelled 7th Heaven had nowhere near the power of Charmed in the inaugural season. And things got exponentially more embarrassing in the next two seasons. First, they had megaflop family drama Life is Wild, then they sold the night to Media Rights Capital, whose two dramas were as weak as anything we've ever seen on a big-five network. Starting in 2009-10, the CW gave up on trying to nationally program the night and gave it back to the affiliates. That departure lasted nearly a decade, but ended in 2018-19 with Supergirl and Charmed, a reboot of the CW's last reliable Sunday anchor. See the 2022-23 Breakdown.

CW Sunday: Full-fall

Year	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	Avg
1999-00	Felicity		Felicity	Jack and Jill		Jack and Jill	29
	1999-00	33		33	24			24	29
2000-01	The Steve Harvey Show	Hype	Nikki	Grosse Pointe	24
	2000-01	29	23	26		20	24
	2000-01						29	23	26	20	24
	2000-01	26		26		23		23	24
2001-02	The Steve Harvey Show	Men, Women and Dogs	Off Centre	Men, Women and Dogs	26
	2001-02	30	28	24		23	26
	2001-02						30	28	24	23	26
	2001-02	29		29		23		23	26
2002-03	Charmed (1998)		Charmed (1998)	Angel		Angel	49
	2002-03	52		52	46			46	49
2003-04	Charmed (1998)		Charmed (1998)	Tarzan		Tarzan	46
	2003-04	54		54	37			37	46
2004-05	Charmed (1998)		Charmed (1998)	The Mountain		The Mountain	29
	2004-05	43		43	15			15	29
2005-06	Charmed (1998)		Charmed (1998)	Supernatural (R)		Supernatural (R)	31
	2005-06	42		42	21			21	31
2006-07	7th Heaven		7th Heaven	America's Next Top Model Fall (R)		America's Next Top Model Fall (R)	30
	2006-07	32		32	27			27	30
2007-08	Life is Wild		Life is Wild	America's Next Top Model Fall (R)		America's Next Top Model Fall (R)	14
	2007-08	11		11	18			18	14
2008-09	Valentine		Valentine	Easy Money		Easy Money	10
	2008-09	11		11	9			9	10
2018-19	Supergirl		Supergirl	Charmed		Charmed	31
	2018-19	34		34	28			28	31
2019-20	Batwoman		Batwoman	Supergirl		Supergirl	27
	2019-20	29		29	24			24	27
2020-21	Pandora		Pandora	The Outpost		The Outpost	7
	2020-21	7		7	6			6	7
2021-22	Legends of the Hidden Temple		Legends of the Hidden Temple	Masters of Illusion (R)		Masters of Illusion (R)	10
	2021-22	11		11	8			8	10
2022-23	Family Law		Family Law	Coroner		Coroner	10
	2022-23	13		13	7			7	10
AVERAGE:	29		29	21		21	25

CW Sunday: Fall

Year	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	Avg
1999-00	Felicity		Felicity	Jack and Jill		Jack and Jill	31
	1999-00	36		36	25			25	31
2000-01	The Steve Harvey Show	Hype	Nikki	Grosse Pointe	26
	2000-01	31	25	27		21	26
	2000-01						31	25	27	21	26
	2000-01	28		28		24		24	26
2001-02	The Steve Harvey Show	Men, Women and Dogs	Off Centre	Men, Women and Dogs	27
	2001-02	30	28	26		23	27
	2001-02						30	28	26	23	27
	2001-02	29		29		24		24	27
2002-03	Charmed (1998)		Charmed (1998)	Angel		Angel	50
	2002-03	53		53	46			46	50
2003-04	Charmed (1998)		Charmed (1998)	Tarzan		Tarzan	49
	2003-04	62		62	37			37	49
2004-05	Charmed (1998)		Charmed (1998)	The Mountain		The Mountain	32
	2004-05	49		49	15			15	32
2005-06	Charmed (1998)		Charmed (1998)	Supernatural (R)		Supernatural (R)	33
	2005-06	45		45	21			21	33
2006-07	7th Heaven		7th Heaven	America's Next Top Model Fall (R)		America's Next Top Model Fall (R)	32
	2006-07	37		37	27			27	32
2007-08	Life is Wild		Life is Wild	America's Next Top Model Fall (R)		America's Next Top Model Fall (R)	15
	2007-08	11		11	18			18	15
2008-09	Valentine		Valentine	Easy Money		Easy Money	10
	2008-09	11		11	9			9	10
2018-19	Supergirl		Supergirl	Charmed		Charmed	37
	2018-19	38		38	36			36	37
2019-20	Batwoman		Batwoman	Supergirl		Supergirl	33
	2019-20	38		38	29			29	33
2020-21	Pandora		Pandora	The Outpost		The Outpost	7
	2020-21	7		7	6			6	7
2021-22	Legends of the Hidden Temple		Legends of the Hidden Temple	Masters of Illusion (R)		Masters of Illusion (R)	10
	2021-22	11		11	8			8	10
2022-23	Family Law		Family Law	Coroner		Coroner	10
	2022-23	13		13	7			7	10
AVERAGE:	31		31	22		22	27

CW Sunday: Winter

Year	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	Avg
1999-00	Felicity		Felicity	Jack and Jill		Jack and Jill	26
	1999-00	29		29	23			23	26
2000-01	The Steve Harvey Show	Hype	Nikki	Grosse Pointe	23
	2000-01	29	20	24		19	23
	2000-01						29	20	24	19	23
	2000-01	24		24		21		21	23
2001-02	Jamie Kennedy	Nikki	Off Centre	For Your Love	26
	2001-02	30	23	25		24	26
	2001-02						30	23	25	24	26
	2001-02	27		27		25		25	26
2002-03	Charmed (1998)		Charmed (1998)	High School Reunion		High School Reunion	49
	2002-03	55		55	43			43	49
2003-04	Charmed (1998)		Charmed (1998)	The Surreal Life		The Surreal Life	50
	2003-04	51		51	49			49	50
2004-05	Charmed (1998)		Charmed (1998)	Steve Harvey's		Steve Harvey's	29
	2004-05	36		36	22			22	29
2005-06	Charmed (1998)		Charmed (1998)	Charmed (R)		Charmed (R)	32
	2005-06	40		40	23			23	32
2006-07	7th Heaven		7th Heaven	Beauty and the Geek (R)		Beauty and the Geek (R)	25
	2006-07	30		30	20			20	25
2007-08	Life is Wild		Life is Wild	Girlfriends (R)	The Game (R)	10
	2007-08	8		8	11		13	10
	2007-08							8	8	11	13	10
	2007-08			8	8		12		12	10
2008-09	Movie Night				Movie Night	Movie Night	Movie Night	25
	2008-09	18		18	31		31		25
2018-19	Supergirl		Supergirl	Charmed		Charmed	30
	2018-19	33		33	26			26	30
2019-20	Batwoman		Batwoman	Supergirl		Supergirl	23
	2019-20	23		23	23			23	23
2020-21	Batwoman		Batwoman	Charmed		Charmed	17
	2020-21	21		21	13			13	17
2021-22	Legends of the Hidden Temple		Legends of the Hidden Temple	Two Sentence Horror Stories		Two Sentence Horror Stories	9
	2021-22	11		11	7			7	9
2022-23	World's Funniest Animals (R)		World's Funniest Animals (R)	Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R)		Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R)	13
	2022-23	12		12	14			14	13
AVERAGE:	28		28	24		24	26

CW Sunday: Spring

Year	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	Avg
1999-00	D.c.		D.c.	Movie Stars	Zoe Duncan Jack and Jane	14
	1999-00	15		15	14		13	14
	1999-00							15	15	14	13	14
	1999-00			15	15		14		14	14
2000-01	The Steve Harvey Show	The Oblongs	Nikki	For Your Love	23
	2000-01	23	20	23		24	23
	2000-01						23	20	23	24	23
	2000-01	21		21		24		24	23
2001-02	Movie Night			Movie Night	Movie Night	Jamie Kennedy	51
	2001-02	52			52	73		26	51
	2001-02								52	52	73	26	51
	2001-02	52		52	49			49	51
2002-03	Charmed (1998)		Charmed (1998)	Black Sash		Black Sash	36
	2002-03	48		48	25			25	36
2003-04	Charmed (1998)		Charmed (1998)	High School Reunion		High School Reunion	41
	2003-04	46		46	36			36	41
2004-05	Charmed (1998)		Charmed (1998)	Steve Harvey's		Steve Harvey's	34
	2004-05	41		41	27			27	34
2005-06	Charmed (1998)		Charmed (1998)	Charmed (R)		Charmed (R)	29
	2005-06	39		39	19			19	29
2006-07	7th Heaven		7th Heaven	America's Next Top Model Spring (R)		America's Next Top Model Spring (R)	23
	2006-07	27		27	19			19	23
2007-08	Everybody Hates Chris	Aliens in America	The Game	Girlfriends (R)	16
	2007-08	15	13	20		16	16
	2007-08						15	13	20	16	16
	2007-08	14		14		18		18	16
2008-09	Movie Night				Movie Night	Movie Night	Movie Night	13
	2008-09	11		11	15		15		13
2018-19	Supergirl		Supergirl	Charmed		Charmed	26
	2018-19	32		32	20			20	26
2019-20	Batwoman		Batwoman	Supergirl		Supergirl	21
	2019-20	22		22	19			19	21
2020-21	Legends of Tomorrow		Legends of Tomorrow	Batwoman		Batwoman	15
	2020-21	14		14	16			16	15
2021-22	Riverdale		Riverdale	Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R)	Would I Lie to You? (R)	9
	2021-22	9		9	9		7	9
	2021-22							9	9	9	7	9
	2021-22			9	9		8		8	9
2022-23	100 Days to Indy (R)		100 Days to Indy (R)	Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R)	The Great American Joke Off (R)	8
	2022-23	5		5	12		10	8
	2022-23							5	5	12	10	8
	2022-23			5	5		11		11	8
AVERAGE:	26		26	21		21	24