With its “fall season” finally in place (five months late), the CW is set for mid-season and beyond.
The mini-network has set dates for two new shows – a “Kung Fu” reboot (shown here via promotional art) and “The Republic of Sarah.” It also set the season-openers for “Dynasty,” “In the Dark” and “Legends of Tomorrow.”
With COVID delays, the CW finally completed its fall schedule Tuesday (Feb. 23), with the debut of “Superman and Lois.” Two other new shows got the go-ahead last May, aiming for mid-season.
The “Kung Fu” remake begins with a Chinese-American woman dropping out of college and going to a monastary in China. She emerges with martial-arts skills that are handy in her crime-ridden home town.
“The Republic of Sarah” has a teen fighting developers, then getting a surprise: Her town was never officially in the United States; now it’s on its own.
The CW plan is:
– April 7: “Kung Fu” debuts, taking the 8 p.m. Wednesday slot. “Riverdale” will wait until July 7 to start the second half of its season.
– May 2: “Legends of Tomorrow” starts its season at 8 p.m. That nudges “Batwoman” back an hour, to 9 p.m. Sundays; “Charmed,” which had been there, moves to Fridays.
– May 7: “Dynasty” starts its season at 9 p.m., with “Charmed” as its lead-in at 8.
– June 9: “In the Dark” starts its season at 9 p.m.,; “Nancy Drew” will have finished its season.
– June 14: “The Republic of Sarah” debuts at 9; “Black Lightning” will have finished its season.