While The CW's Arrowverse has become a juggernaut in the comic book TV landscape over the past several years, even a massive franchise is not immune to change. Recently, Arrow, the series that started it all, came to an end after its eighth season, and now, it was announced that Supergirl would be coming to an end. However, while Arrow certainly ran its course, Supergirl hasn't, and this isn't the right time to say goodbye.

Debuting on The CW in 2012, Arrow focused on Oliver Queen, a billionaire playboy who came home after five years after he was thought to be dead at sea. However, his time away was anything but normal as he was stranded on a deserted island where ended up going on a series of adventures that turned him into one of the world's most skilled fighters. Oliver started off his journey as a murderous vigilante but eventually grew into becoming the hero known as the Green Arrow.

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The first direct spinoff of Arrow was The Flash, which is heading into its seventh season. Other shows like Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow, Black Lightning and Batwoman all followed in the years after that, all of which are still in production. That being said, Batwoman recently went through a major casting change after Season 1 when Ruby Rose decided to step away from the series.

Regardless, the Arrowverse quickly grew from one series about an archer to being a whole interconnected multiverse of shows. This was made all that more apparent in the "Crisis on Infinite Earths" crossover where all of the different realities the series operated in were merged into one. What the creative team did was make it so the powers that be no longer need to dream up insane reasons for Black Lightning to help out the Flash if the moment calls for it. This also means that the main Earth now has a Superman in it, meaning there's a new top dog hero around.

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With the Man of Steel now in the fold, the next addition to the Arrowverse will be Superman & Lois, a direct spinoff of Supergirl using the actors established in that show. While the series is currently set to debut in January 2021, it won't get to be alongside its sister show for long as The CW recently announced that Supergirl would be coming to an end after Season 6.

Supergirl has always been a solid show that has been beset by factors beyond its control. The show's first season aired on CBS, but then it moved to The CW starting with Season 2, and a massive rating decline followed. Ratings took another significant hit when the show moved from Mondays to Sundays in Season 4, but despite those significant changes, it still managed to build a loyal fanbase that kept the series on the air.

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Now, with the end of the multiverse, there was now huge potential for weekly crossovers between Supergirl and the rest of her superhero cohorts -- one of the best episodes of the series came when the Flash accidentally jumped realities and met Kara Danvers for the first time. These types of crossovers are fuel for superhero world-building, but Supergirl is being taken out of the game just as things are starting to get interesting.

It's especially unfortunate as being separate from the rest of the Arrowverse has had as great an impact on the ratings for Supergirl as scheduling choices and network jumps plagued the series. Being more directly connected to the rest of the series was exactly what the show needed to finally get its footing.

Depending on how the series comes to an end, this will hopefully not be the last fans will see of characters like Supergirl and Martian Manhunter. Hopefully, they can continue to appear not only on Superman & Lois but the rest of the Arrowverse series. Regardless, it won't be the same as them having their own shows and stories from week to week. Once again, Supergirl got hit by a healthy dose of bad timing, something the series has dealt with throughout its entire run.

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