There will be another season of "Supergirl" on CBS. The network's head, Les Moonves, assures this is happening while speaking at an investors' conference Tuesday.
Deadline reports that Moonves confirmed to investors that five of CBS's new shows will get a renewal, including "Supergirl." The declaration was supposed to show Wall Street CBS remains a growing network, but the network has not made the renewals official.
"Supergirl," which stars Melissa Benoist, premiered in October 2015 to impressive ratings at over 12 million viewers, but the show couldn't sustain this after succeeding episodes. At the moment, weekly ratings for the series fall under the 6 million range per Polygon. The numbers remain good, but the show has not returned to its debut ratings anymore.
The freshmen series have had problems early on, which producers acknowledged to have made the plot developments weaker. "Supergirl was one of those shows that had a learning curve on how to make it and how to tell the stories and the audience's part on how to watch it," producer Andrew Kreisberg said, per Entertainment Weekly. "I just know in my heart the show keeps getting better, and that seems to be the general impression people are getting."
The series seems to have hit its stride following the Martian Minhunter twist that was explored after its winter hiatus and viewers are also waiting on the special crossover episode with "The Flash." In February, it was revealed that Grant Gustin will guest star on the show as his superhero character. The special episode will be airing on "Supergirl" on March 28, per DC Comics.
This crossover almost didn't happen considering "Supergirl" and "The Flash" air on separate networks. But since it's under the same production with Greg Berlanti, making arrangements was easier to facilitate, especially since the brand belongs to one banner: DC Comics.
"We want to thank Grant Gustin for making the time to come visit (on top of his already immense workload) and all of the folks at CBS, The CW, Warner Bros. and DC for working this out," Berlanti stated in the press release.
