CW Boss On Future Of Net’s DC Universe Amid Ownership Changes: “We Are Staying In the Superhero Business”

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In its biggest contraction ever, the CW’s DC Universe lost three series heading into next season with the cancellation of veteran Legends of Tomorrow as well as Batwoman, currently in Season 3, and freshman Naomi.

It now consists of veteran The Flash, Superman & Lois and new entry Gotham Knights — all for midseason — as well as Stargirl (shared with HBO Max), which is the sole DC representative on the fall schedule.The downsizing comes as the CW is in the process of being sold to station owner Nexstar, and its current co-parent Warner Bros., which owns the DC brand and has been supplying the CW’s superhero shows, also just went through a merger.

New Warner Bros. Discovery leadership have made revamping DC a priority with are looking to build a Marvel-like cohesive cinematic universe.Where does the CW’s DC Universe fit into that?

During the network’s pre-upfront press call, the CW chairman and CEO Mark Pedowitz would not comment on WBD’s plans but did speak about the network’s intentions.“For the CW DC universe, we have Gotham Knights, so we are staying in the superhero business, we are staying with Greg Berlanti who has masterminded creatively the CW DC Universe,” he said.Noting that there are only three returning DC shows, he acknowledged that the CW’s DC Universe “is not as robust as we were in years past.”Still, “we started with one, which was Arrow 10 years ago, and we have now moved on to create a whole bunch of superheros  and we are proud of it,” Pedowitz said. “We plan to stay in this business no matter what the outcomes is in the event of a sale or no sale.