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The end for Black Lightning is in sight. The CW confirmed Friday that the superhero drama will end with the upcoming fourth season, which is set to premiere early next year. The move follows the network’s announcement last week that it is planning a planted spinoff of the series titled Painkiller, with Jordan Calloway…

EXCLUSIVE: Grace Choi is officially here to stay on The CW’s Black Lightning. Chantal Thuy, who plays the shapeshifting metahuman on the Arrowverse superhero drama, has been upped to series regular for season four. Grace Choi is based on the Black Lightning comic created by Tony Isabella with Trevor von Eeden. Thuy…

Black Lightning is getting a spinoff, with the CW developing a backdoor pilot around the Painkiller character. Painkiller will star Jordan Calloway, reprising his role as the eponymous character. The planted pilot spinoff will air as the seventh episode of Black Lightning's fourth season, which will premiere in…

Black Lightning is bidding farewell to Damon Gupton. The actor who played Inspector Bill Henderson on the CW series since it debuted in January 2018, announced via Twitter on Sunday that his time on the DC Comics saga is ending. "And that's a wrap. My final night on the set of @blacklightning," Gupton captioned a…

SPOILER WARNING: This article reveals key plot points from Sunday night’s episode of Supergirl. Saving the entire Earth from impending destruction used to be a pretty big deal in the superhero business but times have changed. After a decade of globe-threatening screen menaces (Thanos, Loki, Beowulf, Apocalypse, Dark…

The CW is preparing to bid farewell to a pair of its most popular and longest-running dramas, setting series-finale dates for Supernatural and Arrow. The net today also series season-ender dates for Black Lightning and All American. Supernatural, starring Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki, is moving to Mondays in March…

Wayne Brady has a new deal. The Emmy-winning host of Let’s Make a Deal on CBS will portray a disaffected super-solider called Gravedigger on The CW superhero franchise Black Lightning. Brady will join the DC Comics-based series in early 2020 in the recurring role of Tyson "Gravedigger" Sykes, described by producers as…

UPDATED: When All American was still in limbo after finishing its modestly rated 16-episode first season on the CW and before securing a Season 2 renewal, its Season 1 launched on Netflix, drawing strong young viewership reminiscent of Riverdale’s Season 1 performance on the streamer. The exposure helped Riverdale…

The Season 3 premiere of Black Lightning next month will move up two weeks from its original date. The latest installment of the network’s DC superhero series will now bow Monday, October 7 at 9 PM, after the Season 2 premiere of All American. Originally, the network had set an October 21 launch date for the series…

Characters from Black Lightning will appear for the first time in The CW's superhero crossover event Crisis of Infinite Earths. This comes as the youth-skewing network unveiled TX details for the five episodes that run over two quarters. In addition to Black Lightning stars, Kevin Conroy, who voices Bruce Wayne in Batm…

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details about the Season 2 finale of Black Lightning. The CW series Black Lightning closed the book on Season 2 with a major power struggle, street riots, a blackout, some tears, and the ominous prediction of a looming war. There was also a peach cobbler discussion which, oddly…

The CW is standing by Black Lightning showrunner Salim Akil. This comes after Akil faced a series of accusations of non-consensual assault and battery and breach of contract as part of a lawsuit last year. Black Lightning producer Warner Bros Television launched an internal investigation last year in the wake of the…