Superheroes & the supernatural dominate renewal list.

Sci-fi and fantasy fans (including myself) will be thrilled to hear that The CW has renewed eleven of it shows for more seasons.

The renewals include: Arrow (for Season 5), The Flash (Season 3), The Vampire Diaries (Season 8), The Originals (Season 4), iZombie (Season 3), Legends of Tomorrow (Season 2), Supernatural (Season 12), The 100 (Season 4), Jane the Virgin (Season 3), Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Season 2) and Reign (Season 4).

CW boss Mark Pedowitz, said: “The CW has become home to some of the most critically-acclaimed shows on broadcast television, with a wide array of fantastic scripted series across the week, ranging from musical comedy, to superhero action, to gritty sci-fi dramas. As we continue to further our strategy of more year-round original programming, picking up these 11 series for the 2016-2017 season puts us in a great position of having proven, high-quality shows to launch in the fall as well as midseason and summer of 2017.”

In the UK, Arrow, The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow all air on Sky 1. E4 airs The 100, Jane The Virgin and Supernatural. ITV2 airs The Vampire Diaries, with its spin-off The Originals airing on SyFy UK. Reign is available on Netflix and iZombie and Crazy Ex-girlfriend currently have no UK broadcaster.