Arrow ending after Season 8

[MenacingMonk]

Oliver Queen is hanging up his bow and arrow: The CW’s flagship DCTV series Arrow will end its run with an abbreviated Season 8.

Star Stephen Amell made the announcement on Twitter, writing, “Playing Oliver Queen has been the greatest professional experience of my life… but you can’t be a vigilante forever.”

The actor went on to reveal that the show will “return for a final run of 10 episodes this fall,” before concluding, “There’s so much to say… for now I just want to say thank you.”

During a Facebook Live, Amell added, “Something tells me even when I’m done, I won’t be gone. If you watch the Arrowverse, you should understand that… I think it’s been a good run. It’s no Supernatural, but it’s been a good run.”

“This was a difficult decision to come to, but like every hard decision we’ve made for the past seven years, it was with the best interests of Arrow in mind,” executive producers Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim and Beth Schwartz said in a statement. “We’re heartened by the fact that Arrow has birthed an entire universe of shows that will continue on for many years to come. We’re excited about crafting a conclusion that honors the show, its characters and its legacy and are grateful to all the writers, producers, actors, and — more importantly — the incredible crew that has sustained us and the show for over seven years.”


The final season’s abbreviated run means Arrow will wrap up shortly after this fall’s “Crisis on Infinite Earths” crossover with The Flash and Supergirl (and possibly Legends of Tomorrow). CW President Mark Pedowitz hinted at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in January that the special event will take “some big swings.”

Arrow this season is averaging a 0.4 demo rating and 1.2 million weekly viewers, ranking fourth out of the network’s 13 dramas. Returning on March 4 from a three week break, it hit a series low in the demo (0.2) while delivering its smallest audience of the season

Surprised I didn't see any mention of this on here.

 

[Norrin Radd]

Surprised I didn't see any mention of this on here.

Yeah it was posted about it in the Season 7 thread

 

[MenacingMonk]

Yeah it was posted about it in the Season 7 thread

Thought it would have its own thread.

 

[Bryan Danielson]

I’m really saddened by this as this show has been one of the highest spots for DC over the last few years

It’s now up to Flash

Martha

 

[Norrin Radd]

Breh would make a decent Cyclops

 

[MikelArteta]

Wow 8 years

I’ve seen every episode but it is time.

 

[Soymuscle Mike]

About 4 seasons late with this.

Respect the hell out of what it did for DCTV though and those first seasons remain piff.

 

[Secure Da Bag]

The end of an era, brehs.

 

[KillerB88]

The end of an era, brehs.

These CW comic book shows are always like that. I remember having to cope with the end of Smallville.

 

[FAH1223]

Word is Stephen Amell wanted to end it after Season 7 and they compromised on a miniseries send off

 

[Prince.Skeletor]

They need michael jai white so be the next spawn, new series, this needs to happen.

 

[Rekkapryde]

They need michael jai white so be the next spawn, new series, this needs to happen.

wrong thread b

 

[MikelArteta]

Word is Stephen Amell wanted to end it after Season 7 and they compromised on a miniseries send off

Not like any of these other actors on the show been in anything worthwhile except for him

 

[parallax]

Honestly it's about time. They need to go all out with this last season and bring China white back, and introduce snowflame

Meanwhile supernatural is still rolling along. I bet amell will appear on there in upcoming seasons

wrong thread b

He was bronze tiger, but he hasnt been on the show in seasons.

 

[Spiritual Stratocaster]

Stopped watching when they bought that puerto rican cat and that girl into the fold