CWThe CW just made a lot of dreams come true.
The network announced this morning that every scripted series from this fall season will be back for another season!
That means that Arrow (season 4), The Flash (season 2), Jane the Virgin (season 2), The Vampire Diaries (season 7), The Originals (season 3), Reign (season 3), The 100 (season 3) and Supernatural (season 11) will all be returning for 2015/2016.
However, that doesn't mean that they will all be back next fall. At the CW's winter press tour, network president Mark Pedowitz informed reporters that while some shows will start in the fall of 2015, others will premiere either midseason or in the summer of 2016, saying, "Summer of 2016 should be a much bigger summer for us than ever before."
Most of these renewals are not a big surprise. We'll be much more shocked when The Vampire Diaries and Supernatural are not renewed, and both of this fall's new shows — Jane the Virgin and The Flash — have exceeded everyone's already high expectations. Both series just won People's Choice Awards for favorite new TV comedy and favorite new TV drama respectively. Jane the Virgin's Gina Rodriguez is up for a Golden Globe tonight, and the show itself is also nominated for best musical or comedy series, and The Flash's premiere was the network's most watched telecast ever.
No premiere dates or episode counts have been announced, and it's likely that most of these shows will not return this fall. At the CW's winter press tour, network president Mark Pedowitz informed reporters that while some shows will start in the fall of 2015, others will premiere either midseason or in the summer of 2016, saying, "Summer of 2016 should be a much bigger summer for us than ever before."
As for some of the shows that were not renewed this morning, don't lose hope yet! According to Pedowitz, Beauty and the Beast will return in late May or June of this year, and this is "not necessarily" the last season of Hart of Dixie.
"[Creator] Leila [Gerstein] did a great job in the ten episodes this year of making something fun for the fans," he said, "So if it ends, it's a great finale. If it doesn't end, it's a great season finale."
Basically, it's a good day to be a CW fan.