The CW has given full season pickups to both of its new fall dramas, the network announced on Friday.
“Batwoman” and “Nancy Drew” have been picked up for nine additional episodes, bringing their first season totals to 22 each.
The pickups come relatively early for both shows, which just premiered earlier this month, but the network is touting their gains in delayed viewing, with “Batwoman” rising 80% among adults 18-49 and “Nancy Drew” growing 114%, according to Nielsen’s live-plus-seven numbers.
“Batwoman” stars Ruby Rose as the caped superhero, the latest entry in the CW’s growing line-up of DC comics series. Dougray Scott, Meagan Tandy, Elizabeth Anweis, Nicole Kang and Camrus Johnson also star. Executive producers are Greg Berlanti, Caroline Dries, Geoff Johns and Sarah Schechter.
“Nancy Drew” is an updated take on the iconic teen sleuth, starring Kennedy McMann, Leah Lewis, Maddison Jaizani, Tunji Kasim, Alex Saxon and Scott Wolf. It is executive produced by Noga Landau, Melinda Hsu Taylor, Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage and Lis Rowinski.
The CW has just one other new series yet to premiere this season, with the “Riverdale” offshoot “Katy Keene” set to land sometime next year. The new shows come as the network is about to bid goodbye to three of the oldest series on its schedule — “Supernatural,” “The 100” and the CW’s original DC hero show, “Arrow,” are all set to end with their current or upcoming seasons.
17 New Fall TV Shows Ranked by Premiere Viewers: From 'Batwoman' to 'Prodigal Son' (Photos)
Broadcast is back in session: Fall TV a.k.a. the kickoff to the traditional September-to-May season, began last month with CBS, NBC, Fox, ABC and The CW starting to premiere fresh seasons of their returning shows and debuting new series. To date, 17 new fall programs have premiered on the broadcast networks and we've got each of their starts charted by total viewers below. Find our summer version of these rankings here and the midseason list here.
Rank: 17 Show: "Nancy Drew" Net: The CW Total Viewers: 1.174 million
The CW
Rank: 16 Show: "Sunnyside" Net: NBC Total Viewers: 1.794 million
NBC
Rank: 15 Show: "Batwoman" Net: The CW Total Viewers: 1.799 million
The CW
Rank: 14 Show: "Bless the Harts" Net: Fox Total Viewers: 1.808 million
Fox
Rank: 13 Show: "Perfect Harmony" Net: NBC Total Viewers: 2.601 million
NBC
Rank: 12 Show: "Almost Family" Net: Fox Total Viewers: 2.951 million
Fox
Rank: 11 Show: "Mixed-ish" Net: ABC Total Viewers: 4.009 million
ABC
Rank: 10 Show: "Emergence" Net: ABC Total Viewers: 4.111 million
ABC
Rank: 9 Show: "Prodigal Son" Net: Fox Total Viewers: 4.180 million
Fox
Rank: 8 Show: "Stumptown" Net: ABC Total Viewers: 4.534 million
ABC
Rank: 7 Show: "Evil" Net: CBS Total Viewers: 4.618 million
CBS
Rank: 6 Show: "Bluff City Law" Net: NBC Total Viewers: 4.727 million
NBC
Rank: 5 Show: "Kids Say the Darndest Things" Net: ABC Total Viewers: 5.399 million
ABC
Rank: 4 Show: "Bob Hearts Abishola" Net: CBS Total Viewers: 5.876 million
CBS
Rank: 3 Show: "Carol's Second Act" Net: CBS Total Viewers: 5.965 million
CBS
Rank: 2 Show: "All Rise" Net: CBS Total Viewers: 6.006 million
CBS
Rank: 1 Show: "The Unicorn" Net: CBS Total Viewers: 6.007 million
CBS
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Broadcast is back in session: Fall TV a.k.a. the kickoff to the traditional September-to-May season, began last month with CBS, NBC, Fox, ABC and The CW starting to premiere fresh seasons of their returning shows and debuting new series. To date, 17 new fall programs have premiered on the broadcast networks and we've got each of their starts charted by total viewers below. Find our summer version of these rankings here and the midseason list here.