The CW has just renewed every single show it currently has on the air.
According to a press release from the network, The CW has picked up Arrow, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Legends of Tomorrow, The Flash, iZombie, Jane The Virgin, The Originals, Reign, Supernatural, The Vampire Diaries and The 100 for additional seasons. That is the entirety of its current schedule plus Reign, which is set to return from hiatus in April.
“As we continue to further our strategy of more year-round original programming, picking up these 11 series for the 2016-2017 season puts us in a great position of having proven, high-quality shows to launch in the fall as well as midseason and summer of 2017," said CW President Mark Pedowitz.
Some of these pickups were basically inevitable, including Arrow and The Flash, which have been doing very well for the network this year. But Crazy Ex Girlfriend getting a second season was not a certainty. In fact, TV By The Numbers recently predicted the show would be cancelled due to the fact that it is The CW's lowest-rated show. Both Reign and Jane the Virgin were also tossups based on their decent but not extraordinary numbers. The network has not yet announced when any of these shows will air their new seasons.
In addition to the aforementioned 11 programs, The CW will premiere a new series, Containment, next month.