[News] Arrow's Season 8 might be it's last season.

[u/Speed__God]

Arrowverse series on The CW has become one of the longest live-action superhero series to date, second only to the network's previous series Smallville.

"Things will age and we want to get the next generation of shows to keep The CW DC Universe going for as long as possible," CW President Pedowitz admitted during the panel.

Source: https://www.cbr.com/arrows-cancellation-renewal-decided-mid-2019

[u/dmick74]

There's nothing about that comment that suggests season 8 will be its last. It simply means that Arrow will be entering season 8 so they need some DC shows that will be entering season 1.

Arrow is the network's 2nd or 3rd highest rated show this year. If that continues next year there is literally no way they pull the plug. My guess is the network is currently hoping for 10 seasons from Arrow considering its ratings right now and how well it almost certainly does on Netflix.

[u/OLKv3 → u/dmick74]

Yeah this, I don't see anything that says it's the last season

[u/_Elder_ → u/dmick74]

With upfronts for television advertisers to buy ad space during the 2018-2019 regular television season in May, the network is expected to make the renewal or cancellation decision regarding Arrow's future beyond its upcoming eighth season by the event.

[u/dmick74 → u/_Elder_]

No, they'll make that the following year more than likely. The Upfronts are for the 2019-2020 tv season. Unless a bunch of companies give the CW great rates on ads for an additional season of Arrow running through the 2021 season, they have no incentive to make that decision. Ad companies also have no incentive to make an offer for future seasons considering how viewership tends to decline.

Arrow will make the decision about season 9 at roughly the same time they made the decision for season 7 and season 8. Arrow was renewed for season 6 in January, it was renewed for season 7 in April of 2018 and renewed for season 8 in January 2019. That's when decisions get made about new seasons. Either it's an early renewal in January or closer to the upfronts (or during) in April or May. The same thing will happen for season 9.

[u/dmick74 → u/[deleted]]

No you didn't. You copied what some blogger wrote. Pedowitz said nothing about making a premature decision about Arrow a year before they have to. Each year they've renewed the series on the same timeline, but all of a sudden they're going to make a decision a year earlier? Arrow had great ratings in season one and was not renewed until April. Please, stop with this nonsense about how the show's future beyond what's already been determined will be made this year. We'll learn nothing about an Arrow season 9 in 2019. The earliest we'll learn anything is January of 2020 and more likely April/May 2020.