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The CW’s Arrowverse It was once the talk of the superhero town, and was arguably DC’s more successful live-action venture of the 2010s. But in recent years, the network’s superhero outings have been everything Locked upwith superman and lois The last Arrowverse stands as a storm one more season,
In a recent interview with The WrapThe CW’s entertainment president Brad Schwartz and overall company president Dennis Miller talked about keeping some shows from the old regime. superman and lois Apparently did pretty well last season, but reportedly it was Warner Bros.’ Call for it to be limited to four seasons. “They don’t want a competing Superman product in the market,” Schwartz explained, effectively placing blame for the show’s end in 2025. superman: legacy From James Gunn.
This isn’t the first time the Arrowverse has been put in this position: WB asked of arrow Producers will include several Suicide Squad regulars like Deadshot and Amanda Waller in their show get the audience used to them Before his silver screen debut. were obviously keen to do something with the show too Harley Quinn, but those plans had to be canceled after she landed the lead role in the film. Both Deadshot and Waller are killed or disappear with the katana. The same was true about death strokewho was a recurring character on the show: when it looked like he’d get one single film (Or be the villain in a planned solo film for Ben Affleck’s Batman), of arrow Deathstroke was forced to walk into the mist, never to be seen again.
It’s a strange situation that DC has put the Arrowverse in, at least because it allowed Grant Gustin’s version of the Flash to stick up for Ezra Miller (possible) entire tenure as the Flash in the movies. Batman is also largely exempted from this rule gotham was on during Affleck’s Bat-tenure, and Robert Pattinson’s version is coming to co-exist with the final Bat who will headline the brave and the Bold,
However, it is Too Worth noting that the new CW arrangement is all about saving (and eventually earning) the money lost by the old owners. Schwartz also acknowledged that when he and Miller came onboard, the network had “lost a lot of money.” And like WB Discovery, it’s a money-spending trick: superman and lois had to lay off several longtime series regulars and writers for its final season, and cut the episode count from the standard 13–15 range to just 10. Schwartz also said similarly The Rap Other legendary shows like all American And walker Will remain on the network…as long as their budget remains relatively the same.
Either way, four seasons is a solid showing for any show, and going too long has long been an issue with this medium (especially on this network). It’s not ideal, but at least superman and lois He has to move forward on his own terms and give him as much closure as he can.
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