The CW has given full-season orders to two of its freshmen dramas, Batwoman & Nancy Drew.
The CW isn’t really cancel happy lately and has pretty much renewed most of its slate in recent years but the back-nine order is a different story & shows early enthusiasm for both series. Same-day linear returns for both series have been a little soft, with Batwoman outperforming Nancy Drew and much of the CW lineup, but digital gains are said to be significant. A note from the network also pointed to respective jumps of 80 percent (Batwoman) and 114 percent (Nancy Drew) once live-plus-seven lifts from Nielsen are in. Keep in mind, The CW has always been about paying attention to digital gains so this is not the new normal for them like it is recently with the big four networks.
The CW has full in-season streaming rights to all new series starting this season, and Batwoman and Nancy Drew are the first to benefit from that. Unlike previous years, where current season episodes dropped off of the ad-supported streaming platform after six or so weeks, viewers will have the chance to catch up on the full order at any point during the 2019-20 broadcast season.
Batwoman airs Sundays at 8:00 PM and Nancy Drew airs Wednesdays at 9:00 PM on The CW.
