The days leading up to the Upfronts, the big week of US network presentations, are always somewhat tense. Some renovations… and many cancellations. Seven, specifically, are the ones announced yesterday by The CW.
These are: the newcomers ‘4400’ and ‘Naomi’ and the veterans ‘Charmed’ (after four seasons), ‘Dynasty’ (five seasons), ‘Legacies’ (four seasons), ‘Roswell, New Mexico’ and ‘Into the Dark’. The latter, in fact, they had not yet released their respective seasons 4 (and now finals), since they arrived on June 6.
These seven series join the guillotine to ‘Batwoman’ and ‘Legends of Tomorrow’, whose destiny we knew just a few days ago. A total of nine series in what is one of the most aggressive rounds of cancellations in the network.
and eye because the fate would still remain to be known of ‘Stargirl’, which is pending the broadcast of its season 3 and the adaptation of ‘Tom Swift’, which will arrive soon.
On the bright side, the network yesterday announced the renewal of ‘All American: Homecoming’ for a season 2, easing the situation a bit. This joins the seven series renewed in March: ‘The Flash’ (season 9), ‘Superman & Lois’ (season 3), ‘All American’ (season 5), ‘Kung Fu’ (season 3), ‘Walker ‘ (Season 3), ‘Riverdale’ (Season 7), and ‘Nancy Drew’ (Season 4).
The accounts do not come out
In addition, The CW has officially announced three new series: ‘Winchester‘, the prequel to ‘Supernatural’; ‘Independence‘, a prequel to ‘Walker’ that takes us back to the early 19th century and ‘Gotham Knights‘, which takes us down a path of revenge for the Batfamily after the murder of Bruce Wayne. All related to series and established properties.
If we make accounts, these do not come out. This round of cancellations, coupled with the few projects they have in development, means a substantial decrease in fiction programming for The CW. Almost half, in fact (from 19 to 11).
Something that is caused by the change of owners for which the chain is happening after Warner Bros. and CBS Studios made public their intention to sell it. At the moment, its highest bidder appears to be Nexstar, the largest network of television stations in the United States.
Although the future is uncertain, this is the biggest transformation of The CW since Mark Pedowitz, its president, took over the reins and molded the chain into one quite focused on the fantastic and superhero genre but without neglecting the youthful.