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– As of January 24, Legends of Tomorrow is moving to Tuesday nights after The Flash, breaking up the CW’s four night DC Comics block. The series will stay in that time slot until the season wraps up on March 28th. This may actually be a good move for the show, which will benefit from the exposure of a more popular lead-in series (it is currently led in by whatever your local CW affiliate airs at 7:30pm – mine shows Two and a Half Men re-runs). It will certainly hurt your favorite reviewer, who will be even more in the doghouse for watching two hours of DC programming each Tuesday night for two months.
– What will air after Legends wraps up in March? i, Zombie returns in April for its third season, which will run 12 episodes. The season will debut with back-to-back episodes on April 4th, a week off for The Flash, before taking its spot after The Flash the following week.
– When Legends of Tomorrow moves to Tuesdays, its usual Thursday at 8pm slot will be taken over by Supernatural, which currently airs at 9pm on Thursdays. What is going to that slot? Why, it’ll be Riverdale, the CW’s take on Archie Comics! January 26th is when the series debuts.
– In case you thought we were done with CW news, you were wrong! It appears the network has ordered a pilot for a series based on the Valiant Comics character Doctor Mirage. CW stands for, “Comics, What else?” right?
– There’s been talk about a “Bone” movie for a few years now, but it looks like we are actually getting there. Kung Fu Panda director Mark Osborne will be directing and co-writing (along with Adam Kline), with the hopes of it blossoming into film trilogy.
– ONI Press is looking for Image for their new “Square One” deals where, like their publishing counterpart that will soon be moving to their home turf of Portland, OR, certain first issues and first trade collections will be price $1 and $10, respectively. Books getting the initial “Square One” treatment include “Kaijumax,” “The Life After,” and “Letter 44.”
– The late Seth Kushner’s final superhero work, “The Brooklynite” is debuting this week via Webtoons.com, and is part of Dean Haspiel’s ‘New Brooklyn’ imprint.
– And, finally, Comics Alliance has a pretty interesting interpretation of last night’s episode of The Flash that I agree with and am, frankly, jealous I didn’t pick up on.
(Plus, this article needed more CW content)
