Last month, in place of the usual “Renewal Of Everything” announcement, we heard The CW could instead be sold off. Warner Bros and Paramount, who jointly own the network formed from a merger of The WB and UPN, are now considering offloading it to someone else. Now the big question is, “What happens to my favorite CW shows?”
So far, the only announcements for the upcoming season have been a renewal of one series (The Flash), a spinoff of Nancy Drew (Nancy’s own fate has yet to be resolved) and the production of three pilots. According to a
new Variety article, everything else may depend on the timing of the sale.
The deal is, Warner Bros will be officially acquired by Discovery in mid-April. If both WB and Paramount can close a deal with Nexstar (the most interested bidder) before that point, they will likely retain minority stakes in whatever The CW becomes, and continue to...