The CW has finally announced their plans for midseason, which include moves for The Tomorrow People and Hart Of Dixie, the return of Whose Line, and series premieres for The 100 and Star-Crossed.
This new schedule also reveals that Beauty and the Beast will be taking a hiatus after March 10.
Here’s the press release from the network:
THE CW NETWORK SETS MIDSEASON SCHEDULE AND
NEW SERIES PREMIERE DATES
New Series STAR-CROSSED Premieres
Monday, February 17, at 8:00 PM
New Series THE 100 Premieres
Wednesday, March 19, at 9:00 PM
Second Cycle of WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? Premieres
Friday, March 21 with New Episodes at
8:00 and 8:30 PM
December 12, 2013 (Burbank, CA) – The CW announced its midseason schedule today, including the premiere of two new dramas, STAR-CROSSED and THE 100, and the second cycle of the hit comedy/improv series WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY?
In February, the futuristic story of an alien/human romance begins with the premiere of STAR-CROSSED on Monday, February 17 (8:00-9:00pm ET), leading into another epic romance, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.
In March, the human race returns to planet Earth in the post-apocalyptic adventure drama, THE 100, which will premiere on Wednesday, March 19 (9:00-10:00pm ET), following hit drama ARROW. THE TOMORROW PEOPLE will transport to its new night and time on Mondays (9:00-10:00pm ET), beginning March 17, following STAR-CROSSED. After the March 10th telecast, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST will go on hiatus and will return to the schedule with original episodes at a date to be announced.
The hit comedy/improv series WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? will be back with a second cycle on Friday, March 21 with new episodes (8:00-8:30 and 8:30-9:00pm ET). Subsequent weeks will feature original episodes at 8:00pm and encore episodes at 8:30pm. Encore episodes from the first season of WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? will air Fridays at 8:00pm and 8:30pm from February 14 through March 14. Following a brief hiatus, HART OF DIXIE will return with a new night and time on Fridays (9:00-10:00pm ET), beginning March 21.
Following is The CW’s revised midseason premiere schedule:
Monday, February 17
8:00-9:00pm “Star-Crossed” (Series Premiere)
9:00-10:00pm “Beauty And The Beast”
Monday, March 17
8:00-9:00pm “Star-Crossed”
9:00-10:00pm “The Tomorrow People” (New Night)
Wednesday, March 19
8:00-9:00pm “Arrow”
9:00-10:0pm “The 100” (Series Premiere)
Friday, March 21
8:00-8:30pm “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” (Cycle Two Premiere)
8:30-9:00pm “Whose Line Is It Anyway?”
9:00-10:00pm “Hart of Dixie” (New Night)
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Nooooooo don’t take away our BATB! Brace yourselves CW Beasties WILL NOT be happy.
This is proof that BATB is cancelled. The only way it comes back is if Star-Crossed or The 100 does poorly. More than likely it won’t since the Amell cousins are propping up the new shows. This is also proof that Hart of Dixie is moving to Fridays next season. The Monday move for the Tomorrow People is a chance to see how they’ll do on their own (since they couldn’t keep Arrow’s ratings).
Batb writers only have themselves to blame. Viewers get more density and entertainment value in one single episode of Sleepy Hollow than the entire dull 2nd season that soiled the two leads.
Netflix gods demand a nice neat ending. That may be the only saving grace for this show. It’s called BATB afterall, based off a fairy-tale. Who’s going to watch this on Netflix with an abusive story-line and a crappy ending? Maybe Vincent will be done with his first choice lady friends by March and Catherine will be there to take him back by the end. Clunker season with zero replay value.
Mondays are so hard. There’s too much big competition. Honestly, the CW should either do reality shows on Mondays, where it’d be easy to be profitable, or put their guaranteed-audience heavy-hitters there. Sleepy Hollow, airing at 9pm, started weeks before BATB and was an instant hit, so by the time BATB premiered, viewers are now DVR-ing it instead of watching live.
Of course, that’s Nielsen viewers counted for the ratings – which is made off some algorithm based on 10,000 people in the country that have the Nielsen box. This is why DVR and streaming numbers are important for CW shows, because the network knows it doesn’t have the presence of the others. It doesn’t even have as many dedicated stations as the others.
Anyway, it’ll be those other numbers that get BATB renewed, not the Nielsen stats. Thank goodness it has an international fan base.