‘Arrow’ Was CW’s Most Watched Show In Three Years

Geekscape may be mixed on the show (check out Molly’s review here, and one from Shawn here), but it looks like ratings wise, The CW has a winner on their hands with Batman Arrow. Last nights pilot was their most watched show in three years.

From the press release:

Last night’s premiere of ARROW was right on target with the network’s goal of broadening out and bringing new viewers to the network – it drew 4.02 million viewers, the most watched telecast on the network of any show, on any night, in three years (11/12/2009).

ARROW was the most watched premiere on the network since THE VAMPIRE DIARIES (9/10/2009).

This was the most watched show in the Wednesday 8PM time period in more than three years (5/13/2009)

Versus last year’s premiere of H8R in the time period, it more than doubled its audience (4M vs. 1.3M) and was up 57% in A18-34 (1.1/4), and 117% in A18-49 (1.3/4)

The ARROW premiere also gave SUPERNATURAL a boost last night, it was SUPERNATURAL’s most watched episode (2.6M) since 10/15/10, and was its best A18-34 rating since 3/4/11 (1.0/3)

Last night was The CW’s best Wednesday night in total viewers (3.3M) in more than two years (5/12/10) and in two years in A18-34 (1.0/3, 12/10/10) and in A18-49 (1.2/10, 10/13/10)

ARROW tied NBC’s original comedies in the 8-9PM hour in total viewers (4M) and in A18-34 and A18-49.

Over four million viewers tuned in the see the birth of a CW-ized Oliver Queen. It will be interesting to see who sticks with it!

Missed the premiere but interested in checking it out? If you’re in the US, CW has made it available to watch online.

What did you think of the premiere? Planning to keep watching?