RATINGS: ARROW Season 5 Returns To The CW With A Drop Of Over 29% In Total Viewers
Arrow returned to The CW last night with Oliver Queen back to his killer ways and a new team of vigilantes, but it appears as if that simply wasn't enough to bring viewers back to Star City...
The Wrap reports that Arrow returned to The CW last night almost 36% down in the show's key demo compared to last year's season four premiere. The series managed to pull in only a 0.7 rating in the key adults 18-49 demographic and 1.9 million viewers, a figure which means that it's down by 29% in total viewers as well. These aren't the sort of numbers which will result in the network considering any sort of cancellation, but it's a significant dip and one which hopefully won't last if the show improves.
Arrow seems to have lost a lot of fans by putting so much focus on flashbacks and the titular hero's relationship woes, but efforts do seem to have been made to shake things up during its fifth season.
It's worth noting that The Flash also returned down, but that had a 1.2 rating in the key adults 18-49 demographic and 3.1 million viewers. Season two premiered with a 1.4 rating and 3.6 million viewers.
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