Can't say this article is too encouraging -
The CW’s 2020 Development Slate is Chock-a-Block With Spinoffs and Reboots
The Arrowverse is set to take center stage yet again as The CW prepares its pilot orders for the 2020-2021 season.- though it is only one woman's opinion. Not to mention it's not likely that she's even read the script and what is publicly known about
Dark Shadows: Reincarnation is maddeningly little so, really, what is there for a columnist to work with to make an informed decision?
But just to backtrack a bit, it really isn't all that surprising that the CW ordered
Walker, Texas Ranger and
Superman & Lois. Both shows come with elements already known to the CW, be they Jared Padalecki's immense popularity at the network or that Tyler Hoechlin and Elizabeth Tulloch have already appeared on the network as Superman and Lois in several eps of various shows. The CW has a very good idea what they're getting and those shows won't need a casting process to find their leads. When it comes to many other shows the CW has in development, that's not the case - certainly not when it comes to a potential DS. And as we learned last week, the CW is very wary of a possibly impending writers' strike. So much so that they want to hire writers, prepare scripts, and shoot eps this coming spring (rather than wait until summer when shows normally go into production for the fall). And they can't do that with shows that need pilots shot before any decisions about them can be made - and pilots need to find their casts, they shoot in the spring, and decisions about them aren't normally made until May...