It came as a shock to viewers when just days after the first season finale of The CW s Batwoman series star Ruby Rose announced that she was exiting the Arrowverse series. While it was initially said that her character, Kate Kane/Batwoman would be recast, the series ended up going another [.]
Season 2 of The CW mystery drama, “Batwoman,” premiered Jan. 17, and with it, fans of the superhero series welcomed Safiyah Sohail, played by British Indian actress Shivani Ghai.
Batwoman season 2 suffers lowest season premiere ratings of any Arrowverse show
Sunday’s introduction of a new title character did little to kickstart interest in The CW’s Arrowverse series
Batwoman, with the season two premiere ‘What Happened to Kate Kane’ pulling in just 663,000 viewers and a 0.1 rating in the key 18-49 demo.
The Ruby Rose-led series premiere amassed 1.8 million viewers back in 2019, but ratings quickly declined with the season one finale being viewed by just 740,000 people.
Following Rose’s exit after season one, the producers made the decision to introduce a new Batwoman in Javicia Leslie’s Ryan Wilder, but her debut this past weekend proved to be the series’ third-lowest rated episode to date ahead of season one’s ‘If You Believe in Me, I’ll Believe in You’ (640,000 viewers) and ‘A Narrow Escape’ (630,000). It’s also the lowest rating for any season premiere of the various Arrowverse shows.
Batwoman Season 2 Preview: Ryan Wilder Offers Her PO a Reality Check
Batwoman Season 2 Preview: Ryan Wilder Offers Her PO a Reality Check
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Batwoman kicks off this Sunday night with an episode title asking an important question that Alice (
Rachel Skarsten), Jacob (
Ruby Rose)? But with Kate gone, the focus shifts to Gotham s newest defender in
Javicia Leslie s Ryan Wilder, who sees the suit as an opportunity to right the street-level injustices she sees every day. But taking on the mantle of The Bat also means taking on a particularly deadly rogues gallery consisting of Alice (who learns very quickly that
Batwoman Recap: Everything You Missed in Season 2 Premiere
After being away from our television screens for the better part of a year,
Batwoman is finally back. The hit The CW series made its return on Sunday night, officially ushering in a new era for Gotham s crimson caped crusader. Following the exit of series star Ruby Rose after Season 1, the series will be pivoting away from telling the stories of Kate Kane, and instead following a new character named Ryan Wilder (Javicia Leslie). This week s season premiere, What Happened to Kate Kane? , brings Ryan s origin story to life, while also continuing a lot of the plotlines that the series set up in the tail-end of Season 1.