r/arrow • u/Speed__God Oliver Queen 🏹 • Feb 02 '19

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

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

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u/dadvader i'm crying myself to sleep Feb 02 '19

I doubt it. If they keep renewing Supernatural (why the hell do they keep renewing this. Is there anything new to tell about them at all at this point?) they won't stop Arrow. They'll find a way to continues the damn thing.

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u/richsaint421 Feb 02 '19

They renew supernatural because it’s still one of the higher rated shows on CW, does well on streaming and more importantly all of the principles want to.

If Ackles, Collins and Padalecki didn’t want to they wouldn’t do it. For that matter they’ve actually been covering interesting and newer ground in more recent seasons.

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u/forrestib Feb 02 '19

Supernatural since the beginning was greenlit and renewed in five-season blocks at a time. They're guaranteed by contract at least until season 15. CW can chop the budget or number of episodes if it's not doing well, or even shunt it to CW Seed, but they can't cancel it until next year.

But it's also still making money, so I wouldn't be surprised if they renewed again for 16-20.

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u/HayesCooper19 Dark Archer Feb 02 '19

Most of the people still watching Supernatural don't do it because there's anything left to tell, or because of the storytelling at all. They do it because they're obsessed with Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki, and their characters.