BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) – Newcomer TV series “Supergirl” landed not at CW, home to fellow DC Comics series “Arrow” and “The Flash,” but at CBS.
Why? Precisely because CW already has those two shows and is adding “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow” at midseason, network president Mark Pedowitz told a TV critics’ meeting Tuesday.
“I am still broadcasting. There is still a belief there’s more there,” Pedowitz said. He cited “Jane the Virgin,” the Golden Globe- and Peabody Award-winning sitcom, as the kind of variety he’s seeking.
Another example is freshman “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” a musical comedy series about a successful young attorney (Rachel Bloom, “Robot Chicken”) who leaves New York to pursue love in the California suburb of West Covina. The show, with several theater veterans in its cast, debuts Oct. 12.
In the case of “Supergirl,” Pedowitz said that Warner Bros. studio had approached the network and then moved on when it was declined.