The CW Renews Seven Scripted Series Including ‘The Flash’ & ‘Kung Fu’ – CB

The CW has handed early renewals to a big portion of its scripted schedule together with The Flash.

The community additionally has renewed All American, The Flash, Kung Fu, Nancy Drew, Riverdale, Superman & Lois and Walker.

Historically, the youth-skewing community palms out early renewals, generally as early as January, to nearly all of its slate – a boon for its homeowners CBS and Warner Bros.

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Nonetheless, this yr, the broadcaster’s future is up within the air with native affiliate group Nexstar circling, and CB understands {that a} new majority proprietor seemingly would have a say in a few of its renewal selections. The community additionally must take note of parts similar to streaming rights to reveals and different variables that can decide a pickup.

The renewal of flagship sequence The Flash for a ninth season — making it the community’s longest-running Arrowverse sequence, taking up that mantle from Arrow, which ended after eight seasons — was paved earlier this yr with the information that star Grant Gustin was in talks for a brand new deal. There’s no phrase from The CW but as as to if Season 9 will probably be The Flash’s swan music.

A few of the different renewals had been extra of a provided that others. All American was anticipated to return for Season 5, and Superman & Lois and Walker had been good for his or her third seasons.

Riverdale additionally was anticipated to return for its seventh season, however equally there’s no phrase as as to if this will probably be its ultimate season.

Kung Fu solely launched its second season earlier this month however is now coming again for a 3rd.

Nancy Drew, nevertheless, was considered barely extra on the bubble and can return for a fourth season. That comes as spinoff sequence Tom Swift additionally has but to launch on the community.

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There are two different tranches of reveals that the community nonetheless has to make renewal selections on – and these are anticipated to return over the following month or so forward of the upfronts in Might.

4400, which launched in October, Naomi, which premiered in January, and All American: Homecoming, which began final month, will all be hoping for second seasons.

There additionally are query marks about the way forward for Legends of Tomorrow, which is in its seventh season; Dynasty, which is in its fifth; Charmed and Legacies, that are of their fourth seasons; and Batwoman, which is in its third.

Stargirl’s third season and Within the Darkish’s fourth season have but to premiere, whereas Roswell, New Mexico was picked up for a fourth season forward of its third season.

The scripted renewals observe a batch of unscripted renewals together with Penn & Teller: Idiot Us and Masters of Phantasm, that are each returning for his or her ninth season, and World’s Funniest Animals, which is heading into Season 3.

Mark Pedowitz, Chairman and CEO of the CW Community, stated: “As we put together for the 2022-23 season, these scripted sequence, together with the choice sequence we renewed earlier, will function the beginning of a stable basis using a few of our most-watched sequence for us to construct on for subsequent yr and past. These dramas are additionally essential to our total digital technique, as they’re a few of our most-streamed and socially engaged programming, and we sit up for including extra new and returning sequence to assist strengthen and broaden our multiplatform footprint.”