The late Tom Petty had it right with his 1981 hit, "The Waiting". Waiting is hard, especially if you're a fan of the CW.
The network announced its 2020-1 schedule on Thursday, and the season for them won't start until January due to the coronavirus pandemic. They'll have an interim schedule in place in the fall, which will include the conclusion of Supernatural's final season. Comics fans, however, will have to wait until January for their favorites to return.
The schedule for 2021:
Sundays:
Charmed moves back to Sundays and its original air time of 9 pm (ET), airing in back of Batwoman. This is largely because Supergirl won't be ready to return until spring '21 at the earliest due to star Melissa Benoist's pregnancy. I would say that after Sunday's finale, it'll be 11-12 months before Supergirl begins season 6. Suffice to say, the series is the most adversely affected on the schedule.
Mondays (All American & Black Lightning) and Wednesdays (Riverdale & Nancy Drew) will remain the same.
Tuesdays:
Superman & Lois, for all intents and purposes a spin-off from Supergirl, fills the 9 pm (ET) slot, which housed Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow, the latter of which wrapped its season on Tuesday. The Flash, of course, remains at 8 pm.
Thursdays:
Jared Padalecki's new series, Walker, a reimagining of Chuck Norris' Walker, Texas Ranger, fills Supernatural's slot at 8, coupled with Legacies.
Fridays:
Penn & Teller: Fool Us!, which will air on Mondays in the fall, shifts to Fridays, coupled with Whose Line is it Anyway? in one hour blocks each. Dynasty will be held until spring.
Greg Berlanti's gender-flipped reimagining of Kung Fu is being held until spring, as well. However, the future isn't looking quite as rosy for Katy Keene, which finished its season last night, as CW is actually considering---gulp---cancelling the show, which would be two one-&-dones in a row for star Lucy Hale, whose last series, Life Sentence, bombed out two years ago.
As for Legends? That's also on the bench until spring. For Arrowverse fans, there will be a smaller than usual crossover this season, limited to Batwoman and Superman & Lois, likely in the spring. CW programming honcho Mark Pedowicz has said that their season will extend into summer because of the late start, meaning most series will have their usual order of 20-22 episodes, except for Black Lightning, which has topped out at 16 episodes each of the last two seasons. Newly acquired repeats of DC Universe's Swamp Thing, edited for language, will fill Flash's spot on Tuesdays.
It's going to be crazy.
I had heard that Supergirl was getting the ax due to ratings and of course, having a sister series with Superman set in the same universe. Throw in the pregnancy and Corona hysteria and it could be a while before many shows can take up production again. Maybe the CW will have t cut its losses.
ReplyDeleteBat-Wahman in the meantime was renewed but considering it's been in the ratings basement for months (each episode has been bleeding viewers) I'm surprised they're stubborn enough to continue. In fact, people are far more entertained by reviews of the episode rather than watching the actual show! I must say, that it's true!
Katy Keen was OK, and lighter compared to Riverdale, but it's not appointment TV to me.
I am NOT fond of seeing a Walker reboot since Chuck Norris made that character his own, but I might give it a shot. Supernatural had to end sometime. Why not just make a series based on Walking Tall?
Don't know where you heard the rumor of Supergirl being cancelled, because it was renewed back in January.
ReplyDeleteThey did a Walking Tall TV show based on the original movies in the 70's, with Bo Svenson. El floppo.