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"Warning: This article contains US-pace spoilers that readers in the UK may prefer to avoid. Arrow is unlikely to ever achieve awards success, executive producer Andrew Kreisberg has said.  Kreisberg made his comments to Entertainment Weekly following the shock exit of actress Susanna Thompson - who played Moira Queen - in the most recent episode. &amp;quot;Susanna has been with the show since the beginning,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;She was one of our big [casting] gets early on that really signalled to the audience and to reviewers that this wasn&amp;#039;t your average CW show - and... these last few episodes were her pinnacle.&amp;quot; But Kreisberg went on to claim that neither Thompson nor the show is likely to win any awards, citing snobbery amongst critics. &amp;quot;This is as good as anything that&amp;#039;s on television, and unfortunately, because of the kind of show it is, it probably won&amp;#039;t be recognised as such,&amp;quot; he said.  Arrow is The CW&amp;#039;s most-watched series but has achieved only minimal awards success, with no Emmy or Golden Globe nominations. Arrow season 3: Ra&amp;#039;s al Ghul, Roy in tights and 5 more things we want Watch a clip from last night&amp;#039;s US-pace episode of Arrow below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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