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CW Picks Up Five New Dramas: 'Arrow,' 'The Carrie Diaries,' 'Cult,' 'First Cut' and 'Beauty and the Beast'

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May 11th, 2012

CW picked up five new dramas to series, a record for the CW.  Arrow, Carrie Diaries. Cult, First Cut and Beauty And The Beast have all been ordered to series.

It's white knuckle time for CW's existing bubble shows! Update: white knuckle time is over:

Ringer and The Secret Circle Canceled

Nikita and Hart of Dixie  Renewed:

Gossip Girl Renewed

 

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(149) Comments - Add Yours!

  1. zerg

    Nikita renewed Wow..

  2. Sid

    @Kavyn

    I’m right behind yu!

  3. Bee

    excited for all the shows, esp. arrow and first cut. if they’re good, they’ll survive since i’m sure they’ll premiere decently. CW just needs to better promos and promotion methods.

    TSC and ringer were not good. hart of dixie is decent and gets bonus points for charm.

  4. Ray

    Bold move. CW is replacing 50% of it’s programming hours with new shows? I guess their viewership is SO low that they had no recourse?

    It seems like this channel is hemorrhaging money. At this rate, is it possible it will throw in the towel and fold entirely in another year or two?

  5. robin

    YESSS arrow, cult, and beauty and the beast

  6. SmG

    People are making digs at TVBTN on other sites over this Nikita renewal :)

  7. hammard

    I never thought I’d be so happy by CW decisions but Arrow, Cult and Beauty & The Beast as new. Vampire Diaries, Nikita and Supernatural renewed. I am really, really happy!

  8. Pete

    Well I just hope the CW see good sense and renew TSC over HOD

  9. Ali

    Dixie and Secret Cirlce will be renewed. GG to have final 13 episodes season. That’s my guess.

  10. John K

    Ugh. I wanted Maine and The Selection

  11. kate

    So The Selection not getting picked up is good news for us TSC fans, right? I’m crossing my fingers that we get a renewal

  12. kevin

    how many shows will have to be cancelled now with adding 5

  13. Dillan

    @kevin:

    It depends if The CW want to air all the new shows in the fall, or air some of them beginning in 2013.

  14. Rocky

    NIKITA RENEWED!

  15. WB

    Now I’m worried about HART OF DIXIE .

  16. Mark

    “Bold move. CW is replacing 50% of it’s programming hours with new shows? I guess their viewership is SO low that they had no recourse?”

    When the ratings are as low as they are for many shows, I think the bold move is renewing some of the shows. lol

  17. Dan S

    I’m pleasantly surprised that Nikita got a 3rd season. Now waiting to hear on Harry’s Laws fate

  18. Greg

    I believe in a Hart of Dixie renewal. As for The Secret Circle and Ringer: gone.

  19. Aedan

    Well if ringer and TSC are cancelled looks like I won’t be watching the CW anymore, here’s hoping the network is cancelled as a whole

  20. The Original J

    Arrow and Cult both sound great. Carrie Diaries and the Beauty and the Beast sound incredibly dumb. I’m on the fence about First Cut.

    So far, here are the shows for the CW next year.

    Returning Shows:

    Vampire Diaries
    90210
    Supernatural
    Nikita

    New Shows:
    First Cut
    Carrie Diaries
    Beauty and the Beast
    Cult
    Arrow

    That leaves one slot left. If GG gets renewed for a shortened final season (which it shouldn’t, considering its terrible ratings), then one of the remaining shows could take over midseason — TSC, HoD or Ringer. My money is on HoD. If it doesn’t, I could see HoD getting a full-season pickup and getting paired with First Cut. I just don’t see a way that TSC and Ringer get renewed.

    Of course, this is contingent on all of these new shows getting full season pickups — something that I don’t think we know yet.

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