The CW Renews 13 Series
by Nellie Andreeva
January 7, 2020


Once again, The CW has given early renewal to its current slate of scripted series. The network has handed pickups for the 2020-21 season to all 13 of its current scripted series that are not ending this season.



The CW has ordered:

Second seasons of "Batwoman" and "Nancy Drew".

Third seasons of "All American", "Charmed", "In the Dark", "Legacies", and "Roswell, New Mexico".

Fourth seasons of "Black Lightning" and "Dynasty".

"Riverdale" for its fifth season.

Sixth seasons of "DC’s Legends of Tomorrow" and "Supergirl".

"The Flash" for its seventh season.

https://deadline.com/2020/01/the-cw-renews-13-series-batwoman-nancy-drew-the-flash-riverdale-all-american-1202823557/

How The Flash's "graphic novel"-style storytelling will be affected by the coronavirus shutdown (https://tvline.com/2020/06/28/the-flash-season-7-graphic-novel-format-changes/)

"Because this is The Flash, there’s a huge twist at the end of every season, and that twist is now kind of coming in the middle of the (start of the) season,” says showrunner Eric Wallace. “And that has really affected our storytelling for all of Season 7." Next season is expected to premiere in early 2021.

The Flash will react to recent "societal changes" via Jesse L. Martin's police captain character (https://ew.com/tv/the-flash-joe-west-season-7-eric-wallace)

"Joe’s story line this season is inspired by the societal changes happening in today’s world," showrunner Eric Wallace told EW about Martin's Central City Police Department captain character, without specifically mentioning the George Floyd protests or Black Lives Matter. "Because with everything we’re all waking up to each day in 2020, I felt there was a great opportunity here — even within our fantastical, family-oriented show — to comment indirectly on truths folks could easily recognize. And do so in an entertaining way."

The Flash's Season 7 premiere pushed to March to make room for Superman & Lois' supersized debut (https://www.thewrap.com/the-flash-season-7-premiere-date-push-superman-and-lois-supersized-series-premiere/)

The Flash was originally scheduled to return before Superman & Lois on Feb. 23. Now it'll premiere its seventh season on March 2 so that Superman & Lois could have a 90-minute premiere on Feb. 23.

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