The network’s demographic skews the oldest out of any major broadcast network, and comic book-based TV shows typically appeal to younger audiences.
Given the YA focus of The CW, though, it was inevitable that Supergirl would need some retooling to better fit the aesthetic of the network.
It made sense, then, when the show was moved to CBS’s younger, hipper sibling The CW to coexist with that network’s other youth-oriented comic book adaptations.
“I think maybe CBS — I don’t think it’s their natural fit, and I think they were trying to do less of the alien superhero stuff, whereas on CW they want more of it.”