>CBS is yet to make a renewal decision on its freshman series, but there are conversations about one of them, Supergirl, making a jump to sister network the CW. Such a move had been rumored for awhile but I hear talks are now real, going concurrently with CBS’ renewal process, which is nearing the finish line. I hear CBS has until end of day today, Wednesday, to make a decision on Supergirl, but that could conceivable get extended. It is unclear whether an agreement would be reached because it is a tall order for a show of that scale to be produced for the CW. Producing studio Warner Bros. TV already is making a pre-emptive effort to trim costs, prepping a move of production from Los Angeles to Vancouver in Season 2. That would bring the show, from producer Greg Berlani, together with his CW superhero drama series, which all are based in Vancouver.
>Supergirl, which commanded a very high license fee in its freshman season, had been eying a partial order at a lower price at CBS. The CW frequently had been mentioned as a possibility because of Supergirl‘s young skew, the CW president Mark Pedowitz’s public comments about regretting not going after the project when it was originally pitched, and the fact that the CW is co-owned by CBS and Warner Bros.
>This is the second time Supergirl had been rumored to move from CBS to the CW. It didn’t happen after the pilot last year, and there are still skeptics who say that that it would be hard for Supergirl to be produced at a price point where it could make financial sense on the CW.
>In the end of the ay, it was up to CBS Corp. chairman Les Moonves, who is holding all the cards in the situation since the company controls CBS and the programming on the CW, to make the call whether Supergirl would stay or not on CBS and whether it would go to the CW.
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