For those who’ve been questioning how The CW will schedule the prolonged quantity of reveals it has renewed for the 2021-22 TV season, we have now a solution.
The community has introduced plans to turn into a seven-nights-a-week outlet, confirming it can air content material on Saturdays for the primary time ever.
The information means the community will likely be rising its output from 12 hours per week to 14, and in flip, having a wider array of content material on the air at one time.
CW has lengthy been a community that appeared on the larger image on the subject of scores, with a lot of its reveals getting extra site visitors on DVR and on-demand than the linear community.
However the community additionally has many profitable streaming offers for its roster of reveals.
“Changing into a seven-night-a-week community has been a long-standing objective for everybody right here at The CW,” Rob Tuck, EVP of Nationwide Gross sales, stated in a press release.
“And in a particularly tight broadcast setting, the flexibility to increase our primetime by two extra hours every week is a dynamic shift that will likely be gladly welcomed by our shoppers and the companies.”
“Following the current business development which has seen appreciable contraction on a linear foundation, The CW will buck that development this season by including a brand new night time of authentic programming, creating new alternatives for us going ahead.”
Whereas the community has not introduced which reveals will likely be despatched to Saturdays, the community has many unscripted choices on deck subsequent season, together with a Legends of the Hidden Temple revival and a U.S. iteration of final season’s UK import Killer Camp.
Going unscripted on the night time could be an excellent transfer, however with the majority of the community’s viewers not watching stay, it will likely be enjoyable to see what the community plans to do.
We do not know what The CW has deliberate for the autumn, however we’re anticipating a steady schedule with fewer reveals on the transfer than earlier than.
The community has renewed the next reveals:
– Walker
– The Flash
– Kung Fu
– Supergirl
– Legacies
– Batwoman
– Legends of Tomorrow
– Coroner
– Two Sentence Horror Tales
– Charmed
– Dynasty
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