The CW Releases Their Fall Schedule, Including A Surprise August Premiere Of 'Stargirl' Season 3
So this is what I get. The CW released its Fall schedule on July 5th. They’re the last of the five networks to do so, which makes sense, considering the direction the network is headed. Previously an article about Stargirl’s season 3 teaser set my expectations exactly as I should have, and even stated that readers should too. October premiere, as normal for fall on The CW, right? Well, right. For everything except Stargirl.
The third season for the network’s last-standing superheroine will in fact be premiering on August 31, isolated from the rest of the new and returning shows. As unfamiliar as it is to start in August, Supergirl resumed its final season on August 24, following the end of Superman and Lois’s first season. The shift to primarily October starts for the network started in the 2012-2013 season. It’s still quite the head start, and certainly not a return as no show starts around it, and is still the end of August.
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I’m still amused how there’s an episode of The Simpsons, “Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?” premiered in very late August 1992 that was strategically planned as a summer episode when it should have been an early season kickoff like how Stargirl is, but you know, with that ‘90s network branding pizzazz. Anyway. while the “coming soon” in the teaser was significantly sooner than we expected, it does seemingly play along to that year-round format I previously swore existed. Honestly, I’m kind of glad “soon” really was soon, and genuinely not some strange avoidance of using “Fall”. It is also the schedule’s only DC-based offering as Superman & Lois, The Flash, and the new series Gotham Knights are held for midseason.
But what about the rest of the schedule? The shows that got those October premiere dates? It starts with the Sunday pair on October 2nd, the Canadian series Family Law, which brings Legends of Tomorrow alum Victor Garber back to the network, and the fourth season of Coroner, with Serinda Swan (Inhumans). Kung Fu then returns on Wednesday, October 5th for its third season. Walker Thursdays begin the next night, for the premiere of its third season and its prequel spinoff Walker: Independence, starring Arrow’s Katherine McNamara as ancestor Abby Walker. Mondays once again belong to sports drama All American and its spinoff, All American: Homecoming, with them returning on October 10th. The season’s Tuesday schedule begins the next night, with the Supernatural prequel The Winchesters, following John and Mary’s early relationship and beginnings as Hunters, and the acquired series Professionals, with Smallville’s Tom Welling and Doom Patrol’s Brendan Fraser, which believe it or not is a co-production between South Africa and Ireland. The reliable unscripted series Penn & Teller: Fool Us and Whose Line Is It Anyway? return to their Friday slots on October 14th for seasons 9 and 19 respectively, the latter’s 10th on the network. Finally, the Saturday lineup of the new unscripted series Criss Angel’s Magic with the Stars and the returning pet-themed clip show World’s Funniest Animals begins on October 22.
This schedule doesn’t instill a lot of confidence or excitement, as someone who hasn’t watched Walker or All American but feels burned by all the cancellations, especially Legends of Tomorrow. I could elaborate on my worries and honestly harsher feelings, but leaving off on a more positive note seems like the better thing to do. I’m most likely to check out The Winchesters and Professionals, my worries about contradictions to canon in the former notwithstanding. Stargirl is definitely a highlight in general.
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