Well, that’s one way to decide which series will make it and which won’t: just renew ‘em all. The CW has renewed all 11 of its scripted series, including the behemoth that is Supernatural, the oopsie lesbian killers over at The 100, The Flash and all its worlds, and Jane the Virgin starring national treasure Gina Rodriguez.
Other series The CW is renewing include The Vampire Diaries , Arrow , DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, The Originals, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, iZombie, and finally Reign, which is not currently airing but returns April 25.
The CW shows no plans to slow down in its scripted series offerings, nor will all the renewed shows premiere their next seasons at the same time.
“The CW has become home to some of the most critically-acclaimed shows on broadcast television, with a wide array of fantastic scripted series across the week, ranging from musical comedy, to superhero action, to gritty sci-fi dramas,” said CW president Mark Pedowitz in a press release. “As we continue to further our strategy of more year-round original programming, picking up these 11 series for the 2016–2017 season puts us in a great position of having proven, high-quality shows to launch in the fall as well as midseason and summer of 2017.”
Those superhero shows are absolutely killing the game over at The CW. The Flash is The CW’s #1 show in both total viewers and that all-important 18–49 demographic (5.67 million, 2.3), which makes it the most watched series in the history of The CW.
Another record breaker? Supernatural, which dethrones 7th Heaven and its 11 seasons as the longest-running CW (and WB) show. Free them - uh, I mean, it’s great that Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki seem to continue to want to do the show. (Free them.)
Did your favorite The CW show get renewed? (Haha, trick question.) Which one are you most looking forward to? Feel free to talk about your favorite CW shows in our comments section below. (Lexa, why?)
