Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen Wearing a Suit in Arrow Season 1
Summary It has been revealed that Stephen Amell's Arrow was responsible for saving The CW. Before James Gunn's upcoming DC Universe or even the movies of the old DCEU, The CW was the home of DC's live-action shared universe, the Arrowverse. It all started in 2012 with Arrow season 1, and the fate of the entire network hinged on how the superhero series would perform, according to one of Arrow's co-creators.
“Shortly after the pilot got ordered to series, Peter Roth took us out to lunch and basically laid out for us, in incredible detail, the reality that if Arrow wasn’t a hit, there would be no more CW. So it was the pressure of having a show and keeping the show on the air – that’s one thing – but now we also have the pressure of keeping the whole network on the air. That’s another thing.”
How Arrow Managed To Save The CW Amell's DC Series Led To An Unprecedented Feat Close The first season of Arrow was pitch-perfect. The show followed a different version of Green Arrow, with Oliver Queen's origin story playing out as he searched for revenge for his father's death. Arrow was dark, gritty, violent, and emotional. All that was anchored by a strong performance from leading man Amell.
Arrow was so big of a hit that The CW and the creative team behind the show quickly moved towards the idea of expanding the franchise. Grant Gustin appeared in two episodes of Arrow season 2 as Barry Allen, serving as an appetizer for what would come a year later in The Flash. That series would survive Arrow's ending, with The Flash season 9 being the final entry in the Arrowverse, taking the franchise to the finish line in 2023.
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