‘DC’s Stargirl’ renewed for season 2 by CW – Deadline


DC Stargirl He will return for a second season on the CW. The network has renewed the superhero series starring Brec Bassinger based on the DC characters. Additionally, the network will become the series’ exclusive seasonal home next season, with episodes airing on the CW network and airing the next day on CW’s free and ad-supported streaming platforms.

This will DC Stargirl, initially a DC Universe original, a CW series. The first season of the series was commissioned by the digital subscription service DC Universe. Last fall, CW acquired an exclusive linear window, as well as playing on the network’s nonlinear platforms after its debut in DC Universe. DC Stargirl, which has been airing new episodes on CW a day after its DC Universe debut, has worked well for the linear network and its platform with a strong audience. She is in the middle of her first season.

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Going forward, DC Stargirl It will not be available in DC Universe. The service’s original roster has dwindled as it has focused on its core DC comic business and news content for fans. DC Universe has an exclusive original series, Titans; Doom patrol now shared with HBO Max.

DC’S Stargirl Follow high school sophomore Courtney Whitmore (Bassinger) as she inspires an unlikely group of young heroes to stop villains from the past. The new drama reinvents Stargirl and the first team of superheroes, the Justice Society of America, in an unpredictable series. The series focuses on the character who started creator Geoff Johns’ career as a comic book writer when she created it in 1999, lovingly inspired by her late sister who died in a 1996 plane crash.

In addition to Bassinger, the series also stars Luke Wilson, Amy Smart, Yvette Monreal, Anjelika Washington, Cameron Gellman, Trae Romano, Jake Austin Walker, Hunter Sansone, Meg DeLacy, Neil Jackson, and Christopher James Baker.

Johns is an executive producer with Melissa Carter, who serves as co-showrunner, as well as Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, and Greg Beeman. DC Stargirl It is produced by Berlanti Productions and Mad Ghost Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television.