With last week's decisions on All American: Homecoming, Gotham Knights, and Superman & Lois, the CW has finally decided the fates of all of their produced scripted originals, over a month after decision would traditionally be finalized. It was a season of many broken traditions, particularly for The CW, which will see very few of their existing shows making returns next year. Keep reading for my final wrap-up of one of the most bizarre seasons of television any network has ever experienced.
The CW's return to the world of Supernatural will be short-lived, as The Winchesters has been canceled after a single season. The series, a prequel to the long-running Supernatural that featured Meg Donnelly and Drake Rodger as the parents of Sam and Dean Winchester, debuted less than two years after the series finale of its parent series. It was one of multiple attempts to get a spinoff of Supernatural off the ground, and the only one to ever make it to air. Supernatural actor Jensen Ackles returned to the franchise as a narrator on the series. Despite its connection to a beloved series, the show never made much of a connection with audiences, with just a 0.07 average that was far from the heights of Supernatural. The network also didn't seem to know just what to do with the show, moving tit from 8 PM to 9 PM and then back to 8 PM over the course of just 13 episodes, at point point airing the show after repeats of itself. This is a correct prediction for The TV Ratings Guide.
It's been a tricky season for The CW, one of great change both in terms of ownership and leadership,, but also in terms of programming. Rough seas remain ahead as the network is expected to cancel most of their remaining lineup. Keep reading for my final predictions for all of their programs.
The CW Renew/Cancel returns this week as decisions approach and the threat of a network programming purge looms. The network's midseason superhero dramas take center stage again as I assess their performances a month out from their premieres.
This week, The CW debuted their last two in-season programs with fates yet undetermined, the comic book duo of Superman & Lois and Gotham Knights. Stay tuned to see what their outlooks are on a slimmed-down CW.