It’s Supergirl versus Gotham in battle for viewers, ad dollars

The publication shared the results of its survey of three major media buyers, who were asked to rank comic book and superhero-related shows to determine which would land the most viewers in the “people age 18-49 who are actually able to sit through commercials” demographic—or, as it’s known in Nielsen land, the coveted C3 ranking. They gave the top spot to Supergirl; Gotham was a close second, and iZombie ambled into last place.

Before you get to writing some fan fiction about Kara Zor-El decapitating a young Bruce Wayne, though, Variety does have a few caveats. It makes note of Supergirl’s late-in-the-television-season premiere; the show won’t air until people are no longer ready for some Monday night football. Also, NBC’s The Voice is expected to soundly defeat just about everything else in its time slot, which means the hero we deserve could turn out to be Adam Levine.