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CW President Addresses the Supergirl / Legends Monday Night Swap

Published Sun, 07 Jan 2018 12:30:38 -0600

When it was announced that DC's Legends of Tomorrow would be returning on February 12th in the Supergirl time slot, there were some worried fans and some speculation that this was fall out from the firing of executive producer Andrew Kreisberg. TVLine asked the CW's president Mark Pedowitz about the scheduling while at the Television Critics Associations winter press tour today.

Pedowitz sites some production issues on the series that predated Kreisberg's removal as the reason for the scheduling change. He also spoke of a fear of 'overload' with all five superhero shows airing concurrently once Black Lightning starts up on January 16th. They felt it was a good place to put Legends knowing that iZombie would follow it once Valor completed. He also likes the idea of Supergirl extending out of May sweeps, allowing the network more original programming into the summer.

He wanted to assure, "The fans of Supergirl should not be worried in any way, shape or form. We are big believers in the show, and big believers in [series lead] Melissa [Benoist] and the direction of the show."

Supergirl returns on Monday, January 15th and runs for four weeks until giving way to Legends of Tomorrow on February 12th. The Legends third season finale will air April 9th and the Supergirl will be back on April 16th and run until it's season finale on June 18th.

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