The chain has also ordered more episodes of rookie ‘Superman & Lois’, although it is postponing the collection for now.
The CW, according to tradition, has distributed a series of early renewals while confirming what their 2021-22 season will be like.
While the network plans to return to normal business during the pandemic, The CW has picked up a dozen series for additional seasons: Newcomer walker and veterans All American, Batwoman, Charmed, Dynasty, The Flash, In the Dark, Legacies, Legends of Tomorrow, Nancy Drew, Riverdale and Roswell, New Mexico. Five of these (Dynasty, Flash, In the dark, Legends and Roswell) has not yet premiered this season.
That leaves only first year programs Superman and Lois, Kung Fu and The republic of sara – which hasn’t opened yet – in the bubble while the network led by Mark Pedowitz, a joint venture between Warner Bros. TV and CBS Studios, awaits more information about them. However, it ordered two additional episodes of Superman and Lois, for a total of 15 this season and five more episodes of Walker, bringing your count to 18.
Also missing are DC dramas from super producer Greg Berlanti, Black Lightning and Supergirl, who are ending their races this season.
“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 renewals, which allows our production teams to start plotting history and hiring staff, while at the same time continuing to provide us a strong and stable schedule to build for next season, “said Pedowitz. “As the CW’s 2020-2021 season starts moving 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 five years. “
Although the renewal announcement typically arrives during the CW’s January day at the Television Critics Association’s winter tour stop, pickups should still be considered earlier, as the CW has postponed its autumn launch from its traditional early October to the end of January as a result of a pandemic. Some of the scripted originals from the younger broadcaster are yet to be released (Black Lightning and Superman and Lois launch this month; The Flash does not return until March).
Although the originals have recently returned to the CW, early renovations also illustrate how little linear rankings influence network decision making. Many of the network’s originals have pre-existing lucrative streaming deals with Netflix built into them, while the new series (starting with last year’s harvest) are destined for HBO Max. The network also now has in-season digital stacking rights available on the app CW, which recently jumped to number one after the network’s originals returned.
At the same time, the first renovations help CW to return to its traditional development and production schedule, as Pedowitz has been speaking out about returning to launch in October. Renewing the script’s tariff in advance allows writers and producers to have time to trace the creative and potentially give production an edge if the chain wants to resume filming earlier due to uncertainty surrounding the pandemic and the challenging launch of vaccines .
On the development side, The CW has yet to make a formal pilot pickup, although it is developing a series of spinoffs that will be shown as episodes planted this season. Ramifications of All Americans (Homecoming), Nancy Drew (Tom Swift) and Black Lightning (Analgesic) are all in progress.
The network will have space for at least two new series with the conclusions of Black Lightning and Supergirl. This season, The CW added four new shows (Kung Fu, Sarah Republic, Walker and Superman and Lois) after finishing three (Arrow, The 100, Supernatural) and canceling one (Riverdale spin off Katy Keene) last year.