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  3. No more spinoffs! The CW won't air a fourth DC Comics show

No more spinoffs! The CW won't air a fourth DC Comics show

Bad luck, Constantine.
Headshot of Morgan JefferyBy Morgan JefferyPublished: 12 August 2015

DC's television invasion may be coming to a halt, with The CW boss Mark Pedowitz insisting his network won't air a fourth comic book show.

Launching with Arrow in 2012, the DC TV universe has expanded to include The Flash and - coming in 2016 - Legends of Tomorrow.

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"We have no intention of spinning anything else out," Pedowitz declared at this year's TCA summer press tour.

"Last year at this time, we had no intention of doing [a third] DC project. But as characters were introduced on Arrow and The Flash, we began to realise this was a great opportunity to create the third leg of the stool."

Over-crowding was part of the reason The CW passed on a Supergirl series - with the show instead launching on CBS this fall - a decision Pedowitz now regrets.

"We had Arrow and Flash [at the time] and we were not planning to do another DC character," he explained. "In hindsight, we probably should've gone [in] that direction - sometimes you lose great shows."

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No fourth DC show means that Constantine - officially axed by NBC in June - won't be revived by The CW either, even though Matt Ryan will reprise his role as the Hellblazer hero on Arrow this season.

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Ex-showrunner Daniel Cerone described the crossover as a "nice bonus" on Twitter - adding that there are "no plans" to permanently bring back Constantine, on any network.

For those asking, no plans past #Arrow that I know of for #Constantine. Actors, writers and crew released. Still a nice bonus. #Hellblazers

— Daniel Cerone (@DanielVCerone) August 12, 2015

Still, with Arrow returning for a fourth season, and The Flash coming back for a second, this October - with Legends of Tomorrow premiering next year - it's not exactly a bad time to be a DC Comics fan.

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Watch a teaser for The CW's next epic - Legends of Tomorrow - below:

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