With the ascension of superhero blockbusters and big budget comic book adaptations in Hollywood, the trend has carried over to television receiver -- and arguably no network has embraced the art of shared superhero universes quite as wholeheartedly equally The CW. Since the debut of Arrow in 2012, The CW has grown its DC TV universe to include two spinoffs in The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow , in improver to acquiring the CBS transplant Supergirl that made its network debut earlier this fall.

This season marked the offset time The CW anchored its lineup with 4 DC Comics-based serial in the 8pm slot from Monday to Thursday, and the network recently doubled downwards on its shared universe for the Heroes vs Aliens crossover outcome. Based on the 1980s comic volume miniseries, Invasion!, the crossover was briefly introduced on Supergirl, and so spanned The Flash, Arrow, and Legends of Tomorrow during the week of Nov 28. Now, it seems The CW's superhero-focused lineup has paid off in terms of ratings.

Deadline is reporting The CW'due south Arrowverse crossover helped the network amass its almost-watched calendar week in six years and jumped xx pct versus the same week terminal year. Supergirl's episode was the most-watched of the show's flavour with 3.3 million viewers (and the network'south highest rated Mon night among men xviii-49 in nearly eight years).

The Wink episode received 4.25 one thousand thousand viewers and was the testify's nearly-watched since season ane'south 'The Man in the Yellow Accommodate' (the episode that followed The Flash's first crossover with Arrow). Meanwhile,Pointer's crossover episode delivered the show's most-watched episode since last year's crossover with 3.55 million viewers. However, Legends of Tomorrow possibly benefitted most from the crossover, earning its most-watched episode ever with iii.39 1000000 viewers.

Between breaking records for the shows themselves and drawing in plenty of viewers for The CW, it's likely the network will keep these crossover events for as long as the superhero serial continue. Of class, whether that leads the shows' writers to craft more cohesive and well-developed villains/narrative arcs for the crossovers remains to be seen. The Heroes vs. Aliens event certainly drew criticsim for relying too much on spectacle and the novelty of the characters appearing together on screen rather than compelling storytelling.

That said, The Wink and Supergirl are planning a smaller two-episode outcome, with a musical twist, that may be able to offer fans an idea of what smaller scale crossovers could entail -- as well as offer The CW insight into how well a more focused arc draws in viewers and performs in the ratings. Still, no matter where Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow, and Legends pb in their private seasons, these ratings seem to assure that there will be plenty more crossovers in the future.

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Supergirl arrogance Mondays @8pm on The CW, The Flash in the same time slot on Tuesdays, Arrow on Wednesdays, and Legends of Tomorrow on Thursdays.

Source: Deadline

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