The Flash Creator's Black Lightning Show Is Moving Forward, Here's The Latest

There’s also no word yet on whether Black Lightning will stand on its own or take place in the Arrow-verse, but since CBS was able to pull off a crossover with The Flash during Supergirl Season 1, perhaps there’s wiggle room to connect Black Lightning to those CW shows, especially since it’s a fellow Berlanti production.

Although Gotham and Lucifer are both doing reasonably well, Black Lightning would be Fox’s first foray into full-blown superhero territory.

Unless Fox decides they want to get started on Black Lightning as soon as possible and air it as a midseason show, it looks like the project is being set up for one of the many news shows in the 2017-2018 TV season.