The people have wondered, and now it's been made official. The CW's latest DC show, Black Lightning, will not take place in the Arrowverse.

On a conference call Thursday morning, CW President Mark Pedowitz said that the show would not crossover with the other DC programs on the network.

"We do not intend to do a 5 way crossover. Black Lightning at this point is not part of the Arrowverse." The other four DC programs - Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow - have all intersected at one point or another. There have been multiple crossover events, and the first three shows helped set up the characters who became the focal point of Legends of Tomorrow.

It's odd that Black Lightning won't exist within the same rules or universe, considering the same producers are making the series, on the same network where the others exist. Nevertheless, the new sounds like a great adventure waiting to happen. Check out the brand new synopsis for Black Lightning below, and click here for the full CW fall schedule.