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Dear CW, What the…

Jennifer R. Povey
3 min readMar 25, 2022
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Warning, this is a rant.

It might be a premature rant, but there are things going on over at The CW that have this fan wondering if it’s really 2022.

The CW usually does early renewals in January and February. This year they have only renewed seven shows so far by the end of March.

Why?

The network might be being sold.

And herein lies the problem.

I’m going to talk about the Arrowverse here.

The Status of the Arrowverse

So, here we go:

The Flash, renewed

Superman & Lois, renewed

Stargirl, fall renewal

Legends of Tomorrow, on the bubble

Naomi, on the bubble

Batwoman, on the bubble.

So, six shows.

Straight white lead — renewed

Straight white lead — renewed

Straight white lead — renewed

Mostly queer ensemble cast — on the bubble

Bisexual Black lead — on the bubble

Lesbian Black lead — on the bubble.

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Jennifer R. Povey
Jennifer R. Povey

Written by Jennifer R. Povey

I write about fantasy, science fiction and horror, LGBT issues, travel, and social issues.

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