arrow's writing is becoming really weak...

Why do they do that

And though Arrow has teased this major death at Dahrk's hands since the season premiere, even the producers didn't know it would be Laurel until recently. "We started off this year with the promise of a death and when we worked our way through our various different creative choices, we realized that the thing that would give us the most pop going into the end of the season and into next season would be Laurel," showrunner Marc Guggenheim told reporters at a press screening.

In case there was any doubt, CBS CEO Les Moonves admitted that the network puts shows that it doesn't own in weaker time spots and that the lack of revenue from those shows means they often get canceled despite comparable ratings.

    Moonves also highlighted the increased importance of owning shows as "the international market is exploding" and domestic SVOD services have spent on license deals. All that means that companies can make “pretty tremendous” amounts of money if they own a show, he said. "The value of content is so much greater than it was before. Having ownership is a huge, huge difference, and it does effect everything we do. A show that's 100 percent owned will generally get a better time period."

    He mentioned that this also affected fall TV schedule choices, as the CBS-owned Elementary was renewed, but Warner's Person of Interest was canceled.

    Elementary made an about profit of $80 million last year, Moonves said, while the company broke even on Person, "because Warner Bros got all that additional revenue." Out of CBS' six new shows for fall, CBS fully owns three, 70 percent of one and 50 percent of the remaining two. He said others do the same, saying Fox and ABC only don't know one show each out of their new fall additions.

sw:skeleton crew feels like one of those stories where I just want to read the summary of the story when it ends.