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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ Steps It Up, ‘Idol’ Rises, ‘CSI’ Finale Down, ‘Supernatural’ Finale & ‘Nashville’ Up

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Thursday May 16, 2013 @ 9:09am PDTTags: American Idol, Arrow, CSI, So You Think You Can Dance, TV Ratings

It was Nigel Lythgoe night on Fox on Wednesday with back-to-back competition shows produced by the former choreographer. Almost to the finish line, it was the season’s last performance night for American Idol (2.9/10). Finalists Candice Glover and Kree Harrison sang three songs each on the one-hour live show from LA’s Nokia Theatre. The most-watched show of the night with 11.57 million viewers, Idol was even with the final numbers of last week’s two-hour show but up 12% in the 8-9 PM hour. As is common with live shows, those results could be adjusted in the final numbers later today. Tonight’s finale will see a few surprises aside from declaring a winner, including performances of new tunes from judges Mariah Carey — with Randy Jackson on bass — and Keith Urban.

The second night of the two-part premiere of Season 10 of So You Think You Can Dance (2.3/6) headed to Detroit for the first time for the next round of auditions, with Season 4’s tWitch joining the judges panel, SYTYCD benefited from its Idol lead-in with a 21% jump over Tuesday’s premiere. It also saw viewership leap 39% to 7.11 million. On a night that saw the NBA Playoffs on TNT, Fox was tops in both viewers and adults 18-49 among the broadcast networks. READ MORE »

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NBC’s ‘Hannibal’ To Screen At WonderCon, Plus Previews Of ‘Hemlock Grove’, ‘Pacific Rim’, ‘Mortal Instruments’, ‘Hobbit 2′ & More

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Saturday March 16, 2013 @ 4:00pm PDTTags: Arrow, Hannibal, James Wan, The Conjuring, The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug, The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones, WonderCon

Ross Lincoln is a Deadline contributor.

Fans will get their first look at how Mads Mikkelsen measures up to Anthony Hopkins and Brian Cox when NBC screens the first two episodes of Hannibal later this month at WonderCon 2013. And Netflix will have its upcoming murder mystery series Hemlock Grove in advance of the show’s April premiere. Those and a host of other geeky confections were unveiled when the annual convention, landing March 29-31 in Anaheim, revealed the full programming schedule that boasts a heavy TV and film presence hinting of things to come later this year in San Diego (as well as some that have been there before).

Netflix will screen footage from Hemlock Grove on Friday with executive producer Eli Roth and cast including Famke Janssen, Bill Skarsgard, Penelope Mitchell and others in attendance. The same day Warner Bros plans to premiere the direct-to-DVD animated film Superman: Unbound, followed the next day with a panel shared with Legendary pictures featuring Pacific Rim director Guillermo del Toro and New Line Cinema’s The Conjuring director James Wan. The same day, Sony hosts a huge panel of its own to showcase three upcoming films: Novelist Cassandra Clare, director Harald Zwart and stars Lily Collins, Kevin Zegers, and Jamie Campbell Bower will preview The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones; Bruce Campbell will join director Fede Alvarez and stars Jane Levy and Jessica Lucas to talk about the upcoming Evil Dead remake that screened at SXSW; and Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Danny McBride, and Craig Robinson will present a new trailer for This Is The End. On Sunday, there’s a panel discussion of Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing that also screened at SXSW, while J.R.R. Tolkien fan site Theonering.net will host a sneak peak of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.  Read More »

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Jonathan Del Arco Upped To Regular On ‘Major Crimes’, Colton Haynes On ‘Arrow’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday March 13, 2013 @ 2:20pm PDTTags: Arrow, Colton Haynes, Jonathan Del Arco, Major Crimes
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Jonathan Del Arco, who has been recurring as the snarky but lovable medical examiner Dr. Morales on five seasons of TNT‘s The Closer and the first season of spinoff Major Crimes, has been promoted to a … Read More »

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‘Arrow’ At PaleyFest: Emily Bett Rickards Confirmed As Regular, Plus Trips To WonderCon, Comic-Con Too

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Saturday March 9, 2013 @ 10:16pm PSTTags: Arrow, Emily Bett Rickards, PaleyFest, PaleyFest 2013, Stephen Amell

Diane Haithman contributes to Deadline’s TV coverage.

Stephen Amell, star of the CW’s DC Comics-inspired Arrow, was deliberately coy about pending developments for his character Oliver Queen at this evening’s PaleyFest panel. The actor said things are “happening fast and furious now” for Oliver. “We’ve been shooting for just over 7 months. In coming episode 17, things are actually pretty good for Oliver, which means they are about to go really bad.” Producers also confirmed that one minor character will become a regular in Season 2: Emily Bett Rickards as IT expert Felicity Smoak. The character’s bright future was ensured by two things: One, the positive Twitter feedback during her first appearance as well the reaction of Warner Bros. TV President Peter Roth who, Andrew Kreisberg reported, called to say: “I love the blond computer girl.”

Related: ‘Once Upon A Time’ Teases Peter Pan Season Finale

Amell also said Arrow is going to WonderCon this year and that he “can’t wait” to return to Comic-Con as well. He admitted he will miss the anonymity that the cast enjoyed on Arrow’s first visit to New York Comic-Con in mid-October, days after the series premiered. The series, which debuted on October 10, 2012, was picked up for a full season on October 22 and was renewed for a second season in February. Given the show’s success, Amell joked that like his dual-identity character, this year he might have to attend the fan conventions in disguise.
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CW’s ‘Arrow’, ‘The Vampire Diaries’ & ‘Supernatural’ Get Early Renewals

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday February 11, 2013 @ 11:08am PSTTags: Arrow, Supernatural, the CW, The Vampire Diaries
Nellie Andreeva

The CW has given early pickups to its three strongest series — breakout freshman Arrow, flagship The Vampire Diaries and veteran Supernatural, which has had a resurgence paired with Arrow this season. All three shows hail from Warner Bros TV and will return in fall 2013. It will be a fifth season for Vampire Diaries and ninth for Supernatural. The renewal for Supernatural became possible after stars Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles inked rich new multi-season deals last year. “We said last year that one of our goals was to establish building blocks to grow on, and now with our new hit Arrow and fan favorite Supernatural on Wednesday night, and the continued success of The Vampire Diaries on Thursday, we’ve been able to do that,” said CW president Mark Pedowitz. “Not only do Arrow, Supernatural and The Vampire Diaries perform well on-air, they’re also extremely successful for us both digitally and socially.” Read More »

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Danielle Campbell Joins ‘Vampire Diaries’ Spinoff, Chin Han To Recur On ‘Arrow’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday February 8, 2013 @ 5:30pm PSTTags: Arrow, Chin Han, The Originals
Nellie Andreeva

Danielle Campbell (Prison Break) is the latest new regular cast in the potential Vampire Diaries spinoff The Originals, which will be introduced in the April 25 episode of the CW drama. Written by TVD … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Arrow’ Grows; ‘Suburgatory’ & ‘Chicago Fire’ Hit Highs

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday November 8, 2012 @ 10:07am PSTTags: Arrow, Chicago Fire
Nellie Andreeva

The adults 18-49 usage from 8-11 PM last night was up 12% from last Wednesday, which was Halloween. The tide lifted almost all ships as all networks but Fox posted week-to-week gains on the night.

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Chicago Fire’ Rises, ‘Nashville’ Flat, World Series’ Game 1 Down

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday October 25, 2012 @ 9:53am PDTTags: Arrow, Chicago Fire, Nashville, Ratings, World Series
Nellie Andreeva

There was encouraging news for freshman dramas Chicago Fire (1.8/5 in adults 18-49, up 20% from last week) and Nashville (2.0/6, flat) last night after those alarming 21% and 29% second-week drops last Wednesday. Both shows are still a ways off from challenging 12-year-old CSI (2.4/6 in 18-49, up 4%) for the top spot in the 10 PM hour. But finding the bottom or, in the case of Chicago Fire, bouncing back in Week 3 is a good sign, especially against the World Series. Chicago Fire was helped by its lead-in, the 300th episode of Law & Order: SVU (1.8/5), which was up 13% from last week.

Fox is expected to win Wednesday with Game 1 of the World Series. Time zone-adjusted ratings won’t be available until later today, but in the fast nationals the game between the Giants and the Tigers (3.2/9 in 18-49) is down 18% from last year’s opening game and is expected to stay in negative territory. Last fall’s Game 1 of the World Series also was down year-to-year, by 11% in 18-49, as neither series has featured a big audience draw like the Yankees or Red Sox. Read More »

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The CW’s ‘Arrow’ Gets Full-Season Pickup

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday October 22, 2012 @ 10:43am PDTTags: Arrow, the CW
Nellie Andreeva

Arrow CW Full Season PickupThe CW has given a full-season order to breakout drama Arrow after two strong airings. Arrow‘s series premiere drew 4.14 million viewers, making it the network’s most-watched telecast of any show on any night in three years, and the CW’s most-watched series premiere since The Vampire Diaries in 2009. In its second outing, Arrow became the only new network drama this season to hold its ratings in both adults 18-34 and adults 18-49 from its premiere to its second week. “Our strategy of rolling out our new fall schedule later in the year really paid off for The CW on several levels, especially with Arrow“, said CW president Mark Pedowitz.

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Nashville’ And ‘Chicago Fire’ Drop In Week 2, ‘Arrow’ Steady, ‘Suburgatory’ Modest In Return

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday October 18, 2012 @ 9:40am PDTTags: Arrow, Nashville, Ratings, Suburgatory, The X Factor
Nellie Andreeva

It was a rather atypical Wednesday night, with usual demo winner Fox airing a mix of a little bit of baseball, rain delay-filling sitcom reruns and an hour of The X Factor that inadvertently ran simultaneously on both coasts. Or as Simon Cowell put it, “a total f up,” that will result in last night’s two-hour episode airing in its entirety on Tuesday night, pre-empting Fox’s fledgling comedy block and facing an all-new The Voice.

Related: “Total F Up”: Baseball Rain Delay Pushes Tonight’s ‘X Factor’ To Tuesday

With Fox out of sorts, CBS swooped in and won the night in adults 18-49 (2.7/8), along with total viewers (10.8 million). Survivor: Philippines (2.7/8) and Criminal Minds (3.1/8) were both up a tenth from last week’s fast nationals, while CSI (2.4/7) was down two tenths. CSI‘s ratings fluctuations have been puzzling — it went up last week when it faced the premieres of ABC’s Nashville and NBC’s Chicago Fire  and then retreated last night when its time-slot rivals dropped significantly from their debuts. (CSI still ruled the 10 PM hour.) Read More »

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TV Teaser: ‘Arrow’ At NY Comic-Con

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Sunday October 14, 2012 @ 9:39am PDTTags: Arrow, New York Comic-Con

The CW presented this highlight reel from the network’s hot new show Arrow today at New York Comic-Con:

Related: ‘Arrow’ Scores CW’s Highest Debut Ratings Since ‘Vampire Diaries’

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Ratings Rat Race: Strong Start For ‘Arrow’, ‘Nashville’ Debut OK, ‘Chicago Fire’ Low

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday October 11, 2012 @ 9:35am PDTTags: Arrow, Chicago Fire, Nashville, Ratings
Nellie Andreeva

It felt like Premiere Week last night with three new series debuting as the major networks held back their rollouts to avoid a pre-emption from the first presidential debate last Wednesday and the CW opted for a late fall launch this year.

The CW received good ratings news for the premiere of Arrow, which drew a very big for CW standards audience of 4 million to become the network’s most-watched series premiere since flagship The Vampire Diaries. This was the CW’s largest viewership in the Wednesday 8 PM time period in three and a half years, since the May 2009 season finale of America’s Next Top Model, and the most watched CW telecast on any night in three years, since November 11 2009.

What’s more, Arrow (1.3/4 in adults 18-49, 1.1/4 in 18-34) tied NBC in the 8 PM hour in total viewers, 18-49 and 18-34. The higher 18-49 number for the superhero drama indicates a broader, older-skewing show in the vein of Nikita vs. the CW’s normal fare. Arrow also boosted its lead-out, veteran Supernatural (2.6 million, 1.0/3), which jumped 40% in viewers from its season premiere last week. Read More »

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The CW Unveils Key Art For New Fall Series ‘Arrow’, ‘Beauty & The Beast’, ‘Emily Owens’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday August 16, 2012 @ 11:00am PDTTags: Arrow, Beauty & The Beast, Emily Owens
Nellie Andreeva

The CW has released the key art designs for its three new fall series, dramas Arrow, Beauty & The Beast and Emily Owens, MD, which premiere on Oct. 10, 11 and 16, respectively. None opted for group shots, instead focusing squarely on the series’ stars: Stephen Amell (Arrow), Kristin Kreuk … Read More »

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Shiri Appleby Poised To Recur On NBC’s ‘Chicago Fire’ & More TV Castings

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday August 10, 2012 @ 1:55pm PDTTags: Arrow, Chicago Fire, Last Man Standing
Nellie Andreeva

Shiri Appleby is finalizing a deal for a recurring role on NBC’s new firefighter drama Chicago Fire produced by Dick Wolf. She will play Clarice, the ex-girlfriend of Shay (Lauren German) who is pregnant and married to a rich … Read More »

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CW’s Liberal ‘Arrow’ Hero Targets “Wealthy And Corrupt”: TCA

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday July 30, 2012 @ 10:34am PDTTags: Arrow, TCA, the CW

Ray Richmond contributes to Deadline’s TV coverage

Is it the right time to trot out a liberal superhero suffering from PTSD who’s hellbent on justice and revenge? The CW believes it is with the introduction of Arrow, based on the characters from the hugely popular DC Comics series Green Arrow, which will run Wednesdays at 8 PM beginning October 10. The new series’ TCA panel this morning featured producers Greg Bertlanti, Marc Guggenheim and Andrew Kreisberg along with stars Stephen Amell and Katie Cassidy. The hour figures to give conservatives plenty of ammunition during this election season as it promotes a vigilante protagonist who likes to use weapons to “right the wrongs of his family and fight the ills of society” while embodying something of a populist agenda. Kreisberg admitted his lead character’s liberalism (culled from that of the comic version of Green Arrow) is embedded in the DNA of the show. “People that Oliver (Amell) is targeting are the wealthy and the corrupt,” he said. “There are some echoes of the one-percenters and Occupy Wall Street within the show. He’ll have that sort of man-of-the-people, stick-up-for-the-little-guy aspect.” Read More »

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Comic-Con: Kelly Hu Cast As China White In CW’s ‘Arrow’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday July 13, 2012 @ 4:58pm PDTTags: Arrow, CW

Arrow executive producers announced that Kelly Hu (X2: X-Men United, The Vampire Diaries) will guest star in the upcoming CW drama series as villain China White. Marc Guggenheim,… Read More »

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TV Teasers: New CW Series ‘Beauty & The Beast’, ‘Arrow’ And ‘Emily Owens MD’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday June 7, 2012 @ 8:25pm PDTTags: Arrow, Beauty & The Beast, CW, Emily Owens MD

Here are extended looks at three new CW dramas the network has released: the fairy tale-turned-procedural Beauty & The Beast, the Green Arrow superhero tale Arrow and the Mamie Gummer-starring young doctor drama Emily Owens MD. All are set for the fall schedule. Each show off much more than the original clips released immediately after the network’s upfront presentation last month.

Here’s Beauty & The Beast:

Related: The CW Wraps Up Upfront Sales As Others Head Into Home Stretch Read More »

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Ghost Of 2004 Hovers Over L.A. Screenings As Int’l Buyers Lament Lack Of Breakouts

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday May 24, 2012 @ 5:00am PDTTags: Arrow, Big Deals TV, LA Screenings, The Following, The Newsroom
Nellie Andreeva

LA Screenings Warner Bros TVAfter comedy stole the spotlight at the L.A. Screenings last year with breakout hits 2 Broke Girls and New Girl, dramas are returning to center stage during this week’s affair, where international buyers are gathering to sample the new crop of U.S. series. While several series are gathering buzz, there don’t seem to be big standouts at the screenings, which are still going on in Los Angeles. (at right: a photo from Warner Bros’ party Wednesday night.)  Maybe it was the recent series finales of Desperate Housewives and House fresh in his mind, but a Western European buyer spoke nostalgically of the 2004 L.A. Screenings that featured Desperate Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy, House and Lost. “We haven’t had such a strong group of new shows since,” the buyer said.

Among the new shows gettings thumbs-up is Warner Bros’ superhero CW drama Arrow. “It was surprisingly good,” said Ruediger Boess, head of acquisitions for Germany’s ProSiebenSat1. “It’s darker and older than the standard CW shows, and its very well cast.” Two other dramas — HBO’s The Newsroom from Aaron Sorkin and Fox/Warner Bros’ The Following starring Kevin Bacon — have made an big impression too. The Newsroom, which screened two episodes Sunday that were introduced by Sorkin, received applause from the audience. Boess called the series, set behind the scenes at a cable news network show, “an outstanding masterpiece of television.” The issue with The Newsroom and the violent The Following, described by a buyer as “a darker Criminal Minds,” is that they can’t be shown on free TV networks, at least not before 10 PM. Read More »

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CW First Look Teasers: 2012-13 New Shows

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday May 17, 2012 @ 10:06am PDTTags: Arrow, Beauty and the Beast, CW, Emily Owens MD
Nellie Andreeva

NOTE: The network will release full trailers of all its shows in the next few days. The CW did provide clips of its fall-premiering shows.

Related: The CW’s 2012-13 Schedule: ‘Supernatural’ To Wednesday, ‘Top Model’ To Friday, Fall Launch Pushed To October

CW’s Arrow – Drama
Produced by Bonanza Productions in association with Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros Television, based on characters appearing in comic books and graphic novels published by DC Comics. From executive producers Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, Andrew Kreisberg, and David Nutter, and co-executive producer Melissa Kellner Berman. Directed by David Nutter. Teleplay by Andrew Kreisberg & Marc Guggenheim, story by Greg Berlanti & Marc Guggenheim (pilot):

CW’s Beauty And The Beast – Drama
Produced by CBS Television Studios. From executive producers Jennifer Levin, Sherri Cooper, Bill Haber, Paul J. Witt & Tony Thomas, Ron Koslow and Gary Fleder:

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