There Won’t Be Any Crossover For Black Lightning

Black Lightning will be the fifth superhero show to air on The CW with others being Supergirl, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow and Arrow. While that’s certainly exciting, those of you hoping that the hero would be seen standing side by side with characters from the shows mentioned above are going to be seriously disappointed.

It’s been confirmed today that the series won’t premiere until the midseason and, here’s the kicker, it won’t be part of the Arrowverse nor will it be included in this winter’s four-way crossover event. That also means we can rule out seeing Black Lightning make a cameo appearance in one of the other CW DC shows.

Network chief Mark Pedowit said “We do not aim to do a five-way crossover. Black Lightning, at this time, is not part of the Arrowverse. It is a separate situation. But there will be a big fourth quarter crossover with all four of the shows that are on in the fall.”