Meanwhile, The Flash will head into Season 5, hot on the heels of a fourth season that changed the game from past seasons in many ways.
This also means The CW’s modern flagship superhero series Arrow will return for Season 7, continuing its crime drama heroics despite its high-profile cast departure in Season 6.
Arrow’s shift to Thursday nights didn’t mark the end of the series, although viewership has not necessarily benefitted from airing in the post-Supernatural slot.
With this guaranteed renewal, it will be interesting to see whether or not The Flash’s writing team opts to return to the speedster villain formula, or if they’ll head back to the drawing board with another more mentally driven villain.