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Q: I love "Gotham" and the many talented actors in it. I read that this is its last season, but I'm hoping maybe the CW network will pick it up, since that network has so many more shows from the genre. Any chance?

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Adam Thomlison / TV Media

Almost none. You can never say never, of course, but the producers have already moved on from "Gotham," and they would need to be behind a revival.

You raise an interesting point, though: why isn't "Gotham" on CW with all those other DC Comics-based shows ("The Flash," "Arrow" and so on)? "Gotham" may air on Fox, which is a competing network, but it shares a more important link -- it's produced by Warner Bros., which owns a piece of CW (via its parent company, AT&T).

"Gotham's" tone is a little darker and grittier than those CW shows I mentioned, which may be why Warner opted to place it on Fox instead.

And that brings us back to the "Gotham" producers and their new project. Danny Cannon and Bruno Heller, two of the main minds behind the show, are already working on a new series that reaches even farther back in the timeline of the Batman universe. "Pennyworth" will tell the story of the younger years of Batman's trusty manservant, Alfred, and how he came to work for the Wayne family.

Cannon and Heller have said that this show will be even darker and more "mature" than "Gotham," and so Warner is placing it on premium cable. It's slated to debut in June on Epix.

With the producers tied up on that new show, it's unlikely "Gotham" will experience the sort of last-minute rescue certain Batmen are famous for.

 

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