The CW

While the young-skewing network eschews conventional logic, The CW does lean into traditional thinking when it comes to using its hit shows to launch new series. This fall, Season 3 of Supergirl will precede freshman series Valor, another in a long line of new military dramas coming to your television this fall. It's a show, Pedowitz told reporters during a conference call in May, that the network has been working on for six years. "We're not looking for follow the leader," he said.

On the now very soapy Wednesdays, Riverdale's second season will lead into the premiere of The CW's reimagining of the iconic ’80s hit Dynasty. When asked if a show that aired more than 30 years ago holds any significance with their audience, many of whom who are not even 30 years old themselves, Rick Haskins, The CW's EVP of marketing, replied, "I think that Dynasty is not unlike what we had with Riverdale last year in that we have a built-in audience of people who knew the Archie characters, and our job was to bring them in as well as a new audience. We focused in on bringing in the new audience because we knew the old audience would follow." And, of course, The CW is very open to having actors from the original Dynasty guest star, which will surely generate a lot of buzz.

The CW's riskiest move this fall comes on Thursday nights: They've reunited Supernatural and Arrow, but at 9 p.m., the latter faces off with two of TV's biggest shows: NCIS on CBS and This Is Us on NBC. Pedowitz, however, isn't worried about the show's sixth season going against two Herculean offerings. "We felt it was a very different audience than This Is Us," he said confidently of their thinking.

Here’s what The CW has coming to TV in the 2017–2018 season: