The CW goes to a seven-night format for their 2021-2022 season.
The network expands to offer up primetime programming. Some shows are getting a new night such as “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow,” “Batwoman,” “Riverdale,” “World’s Funniest Animals,” and “Whose Line is it Anyway?” Other successful shows such as “The Flash,” “Riverdale,” “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow,” “Nancy Drew,” “Legacies,” and of course Jared Padalecki’s “Walker” will return for its sophomore season. One thing about the is that it has certainly re-energized viewer’s love for television entertainment, and the fall and winter months will be ahead. The seven-night format should keep audiences glued to The CW.
The network is boldly going to the seven-day format by expanding its primetime schedule to include Saturday nights. According to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Mark Pedowitz, they are rolling out an exciting line-up of our signature returning series which will be joined this upcoming season by the new, reimagined 4400 and the highly anticipated, brand new revival of LEGENDS OF THE HIDDEN TEMPLE along with new series slated for midseason, ALL AMERICAN: HOMECOMING and NAOMI. The CW continues to grow and innovate on a multiplatform basis with more original programming and more ways for advertisers to connect with our audience.
The five new shows all sound interesting and show promise with fresh ideas.
4400
Over the last century at least, four thousand four hundred people who were overlooked, undervalued, or otherwise marginalized vanished without a trace off the face of the planet. Last night, inexplicably, they were all returned in an instant to Detroit, MI, having not aged a day and with no memory of what happened to them. As the government races to understand the phenomenon, analyze the potential threat, and contain the story, an empathetic social worker (Joseph David-Jones, “Arrow”) and hardened community corrections officer (Ireon Roach, “Candyman”) are among the civil servants called upon to deal with the uncanny refugees.
LEGENDS OF THE HIDDEN TEMPLE
This supersized, adult version of LEGENDS OF THE HIDDEN TEMPLE is taken out of the studio into a “jungle” and scaled up with tougher challenges and much bigger prizes on the line. It preserves the original Nickelodeon series’ favorite elements including: “Olmec” (the giant talking Mayan head), the“Moat Crossings,” “The Steps of Knowledge,” the “Temple Run,” and of course, the iconic team names: “Purple Parrots,” “Blue Barracudas,” “Orange Iguanas,” “Red Jaguars,” “Silver Snakes” and “Green Monkeys.” Every episode is a hero’s journey through a mysterious jungle.
KILLER CAMP
The new U.S. version of KILLER CAMP will return to “Camp Pleasant” as a mix of 13 unlucky American and British campers navigate through new deadly twists and surprises while competing to expose the “killer” among them for a share of the $50,000 cash prize.
ALL AMERICAN, ALL AMERICAN: HOMECOMING
From the executive producers of ALL AMERICAN, ALL AMERICAN: HOMECOMING is a young adult sports drama set against the backdrop of the HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) experience at Bringston University, where Black excellence is a way of life. The series follows Simone (Geffri Maya, “All American”), a young tennis hopeful from Beverly Hills who is trying to fight her way back to great after some time away from the court, and Damon (Peyton Alex Smith, “Legacies”), an elite baseball player from Chicago who is carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders.
NAOMI
From Oscar® nominee/Emmy® winner Ava DuVernay and Jill Blankenship (“Arrow”), and starring Kaci Walfall (“Army Wives,” “Power,” “The Lion King” on Broadway) in the title role, the DC drama NAOMI follows the journey of a cool, confident, comic book–loving teenager as she pursues her hidden destiny. When a supernatural event shakes her small hometown of Port Oswego, Naomi sets out to uncover its origins, with a little help from her fiercely loyal best friend Annabelle (Mary-Charles Jones, “Kevin Can Wait”).
THE CW’S 2021 FALL PRIMETIME SCHEDULE
SUNDAY
8:00-9:00 PM LEGENDS OF THE HIDDEN TEMPLE (New Series)
9:00-10:00 PM KILLER CAMP (New U.S. Edition)
MONDAY
8:00-9:00 PM ALL AMERICAN
9:00-10:00 PM 4400 (New Series)
TUESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM THE FLASH
9:00-10:00 PM RIVERDALE (New Night)
WEDNESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM DC’S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW (New Night)
9:00-10:00 PM BATWOMAN (New Night)
THURSDAY
8:00-9:00 PM WALKER
9:00-10:00 PM LEGACIES
FRIDAY
8:00-9:00 PM PENN & TELLER: FOOL US
9:00-10:00 PM NANCY DREW (New Night)
SATURDAY
8:00-8:30 PM WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? (New Night)
8:30-9:00 PM WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? (New Night)
9:00-9:30 PM WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS (New Night)
9:30-10:00 PM WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS (New Night)
(All times Eastern/Pacific)
Written by Colleen Bement
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