The CW network has added a summer show, indirectly. It has also solidified its makeshift fall line-up.
The network bought “Devils,” a 10-part Italian-French mini-series (involving murder and high-finance) that includes Patrick Dempsey. That will air in the fall, sliding the quirky “Dead Pixels” (show here) to a spot sometime this summer.
Any summer addition is important, at a time when COVID shutdowns have left networks with short supplies. Several summer shows – CBS’ “Amazing Race,” Fox’s “Filthy Rich” and “NeXt,” CW’s “Pandora” and “The Outpost” – were diverted to the fall; others (ABC’s “Bachelorette” and “Bachelor in Paradise,” Fox’s “So You Think You Can Dance”) are on hold.
Still, CW has managed to jury-rig a makeshift line-up for this fall, using shows it bought from overseas and streaming services, plus the final episodes of the postponed “Supernatural.” That lets it wait until January for its main line-up, with “The Flash” and “Batwoman” and such.
With “Devils” taking a spot this fall, “Dead Pixels” (not yet scheduled) can run this summer. A British show about people obsessing on a videogame, it follows their lives and their avatars in the game.
Moving other shows around, CW now plans to have this temporary line-up in the fall:
– Mondays: “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” 8 and 8:30 p.m.; “Penn & Teller: Fool Us,” 9.
– Tuesdays: “Swamp Thing,” 8 p.m.; “Tell Me a Story,” 9.
– Wednesdays: “Devils,” 8 p.m.; “Coroner,” 9.
– Thursdays: “Supernatural” final episodes, 8 p.m.; “The Outpost,” 9.
– Fridays: “Masters of Illusion,” 8 and 8:30 p.m.; “World’s Funniest Animals,” 9 and 9:30.
– Snndays: “Two Sentence Horror Stories,” 8 and 8:30 p.m.; “Pandora,” 9,
With that stopgap line-up, CW can wait until January to start its real schedule. The line-up is:
Mondays, “All American,” 8 p.m., “Black Lightning,” 9; Tuesdays, “The Flash,” 8 p.m., “Superman & Lois,” 9; Wednesdays, “Riverdale,” 8 p.m., “Nancy Drew,” 9; Thursdays, “Walker,” 8 p.m., “Legacies,” 9; Fridays, “Penn & Teller: Fool Us,” 8 p.m., “Whose Line Is It Anyway,” 9 and 9:30; Sundays, “Batwoman,” 8 p.m., “Charmed,” 9.
That leaves several more shows waiting. Two — “Kung Fu” and “The Republic of Sarah” – are new; the others are “Supergirl,” “Legends of Tomorrow,” “Dynasty,” “In the Dark” and “Roswell, New Mexico.”