While it was once a top Nielsen ratings performer for The CW, the Arrow TV show has slipped some over the years. During the regular 2017-18 television season, it finished in dead center — ranking seventh out of the 13 scripted TV shows we tracked. Now that the series is back for a seventh season, can it regain some lost ground, or is it on its way out the door? Will Arrow be cancelled or renewed for season eight? Stay tuned.
A CW superhero adventure drama set in the DC Comics universe, Arrow stars Stephen Amell, David Ramsey, Emily Bett Rickards, Echo Kellum, Rick Gonzalez, Juliana Harkavy, Colton Haynes, Kirk Acevedo, and Katie Cassidy. Five years after surviving a ship-wreck in the South China sea, billionaire playboy Oliver Queen (Amell) returns home a changed man. Now, disguised as the Green Arrow, he’s back in Star City and bent on righting his family’s wrongs. Although Oliver has solidified his crime-fighting force, enemies from his past return to threaten it, leaving him to reconsider his relationships with his chosen family.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings (particularly in the 18-49 demo), the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available — usually the next day, around 11:30am EST/8:30am PST. Refresh to see the latest.
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For comparisons: The sixth season of Arrow averaged a 0.43 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 1.267 million total viewers.
Note: These are the Live + Same Day Ratings which include “live” viewing plus delayed DVR viewing, up until 3am local time that same night. Ratings marked with an “*” are the fast affiliate ratings and will be updated with the Live+SD numbers when they are made available. Typically, networks get paid for C+3 ratings which includes DVR viewing within three days of the original airing when commercials are watched. Those numbers are rarely released to the press.
What do you think? Do you still like the Arrow TV series? Should it be cancelled or renewed for an eighth season on The CW?
Arrow is my favorite CW TV show…I sit on the edge of my seat wondering what happens next! Steven Amell is perfect for the part of Oliver Queen. There has to be a season 8!
Arrow Needs a season8 so they can have more twist to the show !
Arrow needs a season 8 with them adding this Gotham villain for Arrow and Batwoman to fight in a two night event !
The Villains from Gotham city should be Alberto Falcone !
They just Need to kill off the olicity ******** drama and bring arrow back as it was in Season 1 and 2 the fighter scenes Where so cool back then Know is crap bring back Laural and oliver back or Oliver and sara then in Tøving the show Great ratings im blaming this on marc guggenheim for destroying the show but i still Hope th’ere is Going to be a Season 8 but still please kill off the olicity ******** pleaaase
7×07 was amazing! The story and the action was so good! It was comic book good with Oliver being his old self and Diaz doing crazy things like holding electric lines together. I loved ever minute! Up until the crappy kiss at the end. Oliver didn’t ask where his son was? The show has been so good this season, I hope it doesn’t go back to olicity crap. Kill Felicity and get her off the show. Laurel was the one who got Oliver out of jail, I hope she gets credit for that. Felicity would have left him there forever.… Read more »
No the honor must be for Deathstroke 😀
They need to bring him back.
Please renew for season 8 love this show Oliver need to get out from prison and kill Diaz
Still the best adult hero show on the CW, Far away better than kiddish super power shows such as the Flash or Super Girl.
You’re SO right! “the Flash” is now a sort of comedy with a little drama and it isn’t even not funny enough to watch, the characters are so silly (Sherlocque, the annoying Nora Allen , ridiculous Cecile Horton)!! “Arrow” has found a new strength this season and I ‘m glad the way the ratings show that.
Season 7 completely sucks. The time travel crap is stupid. Cancel Arrow if this is the best the writers can do. Stop all the parallel BS. Done with Arrow. But I know CW wont listen to anything we have to say.
Arrow should have a season 8 because it will be cool to see more flashbacks of what happen to the city
They just killed Felicity. And I think it’s for real this time. No point in watching anymore. She was my fave. Haters/sexists/misogynists known as comicboys and Marc finally won. Beth was just a vessel and publicity stunt “showrunner”, I guess. Well, enjoy you’all your win. Congrats? This show will last minimum 10 season with new cast members. Live numbers don’t matter for CW, never did. And by last Variety article about wages, Amell has nice payday (and it will only grow over time), he would never leave that money and lead status. He is here to stay forever aka Supernatural.… Read more »
This is so funny considering you called for Laurel’s death and still celebrate it every year on the anniversary of her death by tweeting pictures of dead birds. Felicity and olicity ruined Arrow. Beth has created a great season as good as season 1 was. The majority of the fandom hates Felicity, so glad Beth knew that.
amen to that I’m debating if I still want to watch
Uhhhh hey bud. Felicity was killed yea….20+ YEARS from the current season. So if the show lasted rhat long(it wont) she would live for 20+ seasons. Now shut up lmao you’ll never see her dead current seasons. Lmao if that makes you stop watching just never watch any show ever again.
Love arrow dont cancel keep it going for a good while
It’s now a soap opera. Not a good one. Adios.
It’s been a soap since season 3. Now it’s finally becoming an action show.
Cancel need end