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Arrow Ending With Ten-Episode Final Season

It's the end of an era at The CW. The shows that kicked off the famed "Arrowverse" that helped reshape the network will conclude its run this fall with a shortened ten-episode final season. Arrow star Stephen Amell broke the news today in a tweet. The series has long been a staple of The CW's schedule, and is the parent series of the network's #1 show, The Flash. While Arrow has seen a lot of erosion in the ratings department recently, hitting a series low 0.2 lately, it will certainly be an iconic part of the network's history for years down the line. The series joins iconic shows Modern Family (ABC) and Criminal Minds (CBS) as series set to end in the 2019-20 season. Besides Amell, Arrow also stars Emily Best Rickards, Katie Cassidy, David Ramsey and Echo Kellum. The series was previously renewed for season 8 in January.

What do you think of this news? Will you miss Arrow when it say farewell later this year? Let us know in the comments below!

Binge Report: Marvel Beats Stranger Things, No Top 3 Shows For Broadcast

The following Binge Report has been provided to us by TV Time. Analysis is our own.

You can check out the TV Time app and start tracking your favorite shows here. You can view ratings for all broadcast TV shows by clicking here. You can also view cable ratings by clicking here. 



After a month at the top, the second season of Netflix's Stranger Things is no longer the #1 show as reported by TV Time. Instead, new Netflix entry Marvel's The Punisher lands in the top spot, with an impressive 5.39 episodes per viewer. Clearly, they liked what they were seeing, as that's about 5 hours of one show. It's impressive to see that Netflix is dominating the top two spots on this list, with Stranger Things down barely more than 3% from last week in share of streams, demonstrating its longevity.

While The Walking Dead's linear ratings aren't quite what they used to be, it saw nearly a 3% increase in share of streams, putting AMC's signature show at #3 this week, up a spot from last week. Not only does this mean that The Walking Dead still has a lot of ratings power in it, it also means that none of the top three shows this week were on broadcast television.

Luckily for broadcast TV, every other show on this list was from that area of television. ABC had two shows: TGIT's anchor Grey's Anatomy, down two spots to #4, and How to Get Away with Murder, down three spots to #10. It's interesting to see Scandal missing from this list yet again. Could it actually be the least popular of the three TGIT shows? It'll also be interesting to see if it enters more towards the end of the season/series. Both Grey's and HTGAWM were down slightly in shares, but Grey's is almost a lock to make it onto next week's Binge Report and there's a chance HTGAWM stays as well, though given the two shows did not air new episodes last week could work against them.

The CW saw good news with The Flash up three spots to #5 and Arrow up three spots to #6. This could have possibly been in anticipation of the then-upcoming crossover episode. However, the strong gains for these shows led Riverdale to drop four spots to #7. It's still proven to have staying power in streaming, and only adds on to the accomplishment of stronger linear ratings this season.

CBS's sole entry on this list was its signature multi-cam sitcom, The Big Bang Theory. I say this every week, but it's really impressive how a multi-cam sitcom can make it onto a list otherwise filled by serialized dramas. The show is really firing on all cylinders, so to speak. It is down two spots to #8 this week, but that's still impressive.

FOX's Lucifer is now up a spot to #9, once again being their only show on this list, including The Gifted. Its Live + Same Day ratings are decent, nothing more and nothing less, but it's remarkable to see it doing so well on streaming week in and week out.

What do you think? Do you agree or disagree with my analysis? Are you surprised by this chart? Let us know in the comments below!

Polls: Predict the CW Crossover Ratings

While Supergirl saw a minor ratings boost from that "crossover", The Flash saw a nice-sized bump, hitting a season high. So let's try to predict the ratings for the final two episodes of the crossover, Arrow's and Legends of Tomorrow's.

Predict the Arrow Ratings:
Airing Wednesday, November 30th at 8
Update: Arrow received a 1.3. Most of your predictions were incorrect.

Predict the Legends of Tomorrow Ratings:
Airing Thursday, December 1st at 8
Update: Legends received a 1.1. Most of your predictions were correct.

Remember to check the TV Ratings Guide Thursday and Friday morning to see how well Arrow and Legends' crossover events rated!

CW Renew/Cancel Preseason Predictions

Hello, peeps! I'm Jessica, and this fall, I will be doing Renew/Cancel predictions for The CW. Last season, the network renewed their entire Monday-Thursday lineup, throwing Hart of Dixie to the wolves. Let's get on to my preseason predictions for the fall 2015 season.

Certain to be Canceled
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

Likely to be Canceled
The Vampire Diaries

Toss Up
Reign

Likely to be Renewed
Jane the Virgin

Certain to be Renewed
Arrow
The Flash
iZombie
The Originals
Supernatural

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: First off, I would say, what a poor choice for a lead in. Also, three words: Dead. On. Arrival.

The Vampire Diaries: After Nina Dobrev's departure, I wouldn't be surprised if there was a sharp ratings decline. Also, one commenter has pointed out that it has no syndication deal. Another one commented that CW viewers are experiencing vampire fatigue. I don't see this lasting much longer.

Jane the Virgin: Although rather mediocre in the ratings, it has gotten critical acclaim. It is also closer to syndication, which means that it will need one more full season to reach 66 episodes, and also for the guarantee of the syndication gods. Given the situation with Tribune, the CW would like to have as many shows in syndication as possible.

iZombie: Higher rated than Jane the Virgin. It also has The Flash as a lead-in.

Reign: It will be in its third season. Guaranteed fourth season renewal for syndication purposes, regardless of ratings. SpoilerTV reported that the third season will have 18 episodes, instead of the 22 episodes originally ordered. And there was a shorter shooting schedule. Sounds to me that the episode order was cut. Let's take a road down memory lane. On CBS last season, CSI's episode order was cut from 22 to 18, and it was canceled in May. On Fox, Mulaney's order was cut to the actual 13 episodes. Granted, if the CW decides to cancel one scripted drama, it will likely be Reign, combined with the woeful ratings it has gotten last season. It's a toss-up between cancelation and renewal, since the episode cut was made before the premiere.

The Originals: It will be in its third season. Guaranteed fourth season renewal for syndication purposes, regardless of ratings.

Arrow: Enough said. The CW has bigger fish to fry.

The Flash: Highest rated series on the CW. I don't see this going anywhere.

Supernatural: Enough said. Like I said, the network has bigger fish to fry.

What are your predictions? Let me know in the comments below!