The CW is starting February with a storm (ha!) Of renovations, taking on additional seasons from a dozen current series – including big success walker.
In addition to the already mentioned reboot led by Jared Padalecki, the list of confirmed programs to return for the 2021-22 TV season includes The Flash (Season 8), Riverdale (Season 6), DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (Season 7), All Americans (Season 4), Charmed (Season 4), Legacies (Season 4), In the dark (Season 4), Roswell, New Mexico (Season 4), Bat Woman (Session 3) Nancy Drew (Season 3) and yes, Dynasty (Season 5).
As previously reported, the new seasons of Supergirl and Black Lightning will be the last two series.
Besides that, Superman and Lois – which is scheduled to open on February 23 – received a request for two additional episodes, bringing the total for Season 1 to 15. (A withdrawal from Season 2 for S&L is TBD.) Meanwhile, the CW is expanding walkerThe inaugural season of 5 episodes, for a total of 18.
“Although we are only a few weeks into the new season, we wanted to have a strategic advantage in the next season with these early renovations, which allows our production teams to begin plotting history and hiring staff, while at the same time, continuing to provide us a strong and stable timetable to build next season, ”said CW President and CEO Mark Pedowitz in a statement. “As the CW’s 2020-2021 season begins to run at high speed, we are creatively enthusiastic about directing our first new shows from the beginning, walker and Superman and Lois, that we wanted to ask for additional episodes to complete its first seasons, and we are particularly pleased with the huge success of the release of walker, which debuted as the premiere of our most watched series in 5 years. “
TVLine’s 2021 Renovation Scorecard has been updated to reflect the pickup tsunami.