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Courtney and her superhero friends won’t be back to fight off the bad guys another day. DC’s Stargirl has been canceled so that we won’t see a fourth season of The CW series.
A superhero drama series, DC’s Stargirl stars Brec Bassinger, Yvette Monreal, Anjelika Washington, Cameron Gellman, Trae Romano, Hunter Sansone, Meg DeLacy, Alkoya Brunson, Neil Hopkins, Joy Osmanski, Amy Smart, and Luke Wilson, with special appearances by Joel McHale. The series follows high schooler Courtney Whitmore (Bassinger) whose life is turned upside down when her mother (Smart) remarries and moves the household from Los Angeles to the small community of Blue Valley in Nebraska. While trying to fit in, Courtney discovers that her new stepfather, Pat Dugan (Wilson), was once the sidekick to a long-lost hero named Starman (Joel McHale). She also finds Starman’s powerful cosmic staff and is able to wield it. Soon, Courtney inspires an unlikely group of young heroes to help stop a group of villains from the past and to uphold the legacy of the first superhero team, the Justice Society of America. In the third season, Starman (McHale) is back from the dead and offering to train Courtney while she helps him adjust to his new life in the quiet town of Blue Valley. When there’s a murder that needs to be solved, the mystery not only has our heroes questioning the former super-villains’ commitment to truly reforming, but it leads Courtney, Pat, and Starman to a secret that shocks them all to their very core.
The third season of DC’s Stargirl averages a 0.08 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 457,000 viewers in the live+same day ratings (includes all DVR playback through 3:00 AM). Compared to season two, that’s down by 32% in the demo and down by 23% in viewership. While these numbers don’t include further delayed or streaming viewing, they are a very good indicator of how a show is performing, especially when compared to others on the same channel.
Since DC’s Stargirl is a decent performer in the ratings, the cancellation likely has much to do with the show’s expense, and Nexstar’s (The CW’s new majority owner) desire to focus on low-cost and acquired programming moving forward.
Series creator Geoff Johns said, “Stargirl has always held a special place in my heart for many reasons. With all the brewing changes at the network, we were aware this was possibly the last season, so we wrote with that in mind and have delivered what I believe to be the best season of Stargirl yet, with complete creative closure. The cast and crew are extraordinary, and I’d like to thank them for helping me bring this series to life. Brec embodied Courtney in every way possible — with grace, strength and humor — exceeding my wildest expectations. I am grateful to WBTV and The CW for giving us a home to tell this story and to honor my beloved late sister, and I’m beyond thankful to the press and fans who have always championed us for three amazing seasons. Most series never get this far. We couldn’t be more proud of our show and the fan community it’s built.”
Bassinger also expressed gratitude for her time on the series. She said, “Getting to play Stargirl and be a part of the DC Universe has been the greatest honor, and I am so grateful for every moment of it. I would like to thank our fearless leader Geoff Johns, along with WBTV, The CW, the cast and crew of Stargirl, and of course, the fans. Thank you. This show will forever live in my heart.”
Stargirl’s series finale is expected to air on Wednesday, December 7th.
What do you think? Have you enjoyed watching this CW series? Are you disappointed to hear that DC’s Stargirl wasn’t renewed for a fourth season?
Really, really heartbroken by this news. Stargirl was something special. It felt like an old school superhero show with a fresh take. The cast were all great in this too. I will miss it…
At the risk of finding myself thrown into some sort of social media jail, this sucks mutilated donkey dick! StarGirl is a delight! I either watch it “live” or DVR it for later consumption the next day. StarGirl definitely deserves a pick-up somwhere else… and a pox on the executives at CW. They couldn’t tear down a network any better if they tried…Oh, is that what they’re doing?
Sorry about this show is cancelled due to low ratings.
The CW has been cancelled by what’s left of The CW. That’s the reality of it. They killed 80% of their lineup last May and the rest of it is done after this season. The few shows who haven’t yet announced this as their “final season” should be planning for it anyway, so they don’t end on a cliffhanger that isn’t likely to be picked up anywhere else.
I thought all of the shows that started on the short-lived DC Universe platform were moved to HBO Max so I had no idea this was a CW Show.
Start the countdown for Superman and Lois to get cancelled.
way too expensive, need to find cheap stuff
Sick of cheap, phony, unfunny dreck. I want well-crafted, written, produced and acted dramas. Stargirl was different: fresh, sweet, funny and blessed with a talented cast. If it works, it’s canceled. This adds insult to injury in the treatment of network shows, esp. the truncated, repetitive season treatment. Back to the past! 22 episode seasons, written by people who don’t fill dead air with gratuitous speech and behavior. Interesting, adventurous, thoughtful, humorous (not what passes for it with audiences who don’t know any better). If we can’t expect this kind of care in our tv, soon there will be no… Read more »
I really enjoyed the show and am very upset it is ending. I only watch about ten Network shows currrently. I am very poor and have an antenna and Roku, I hate reality shows, cooking shows, game shows, sports, etc. So there are very few things I like on TV. Many show, dramas I did watch stopped due to them being the same constantly. Plot the same just new location or people, Boring. Stargirl was never boring. I am a very paticular viewer. It has to entertain, make sense and make me think, or enjoy it. Very few meet my… Read more »
should have never got a 2nd season…
I think it’s a great series and I’m disappointed that they cancelled the series.
I’m actually never seen this show, but I even I was kind of surprised by this news because I’ve heard nothing but really good things about it.
A lot of the CW shows went past their time. With Batwoman & Black Lightening being terrible from the get-go. However, I liked Stargirl. Was it great? No but it was strangely mindless and fun. Smaller Season episodes also helped. Stargirl could have easily gone another 2 seasons. Why buy the CW then cancel all of its programming? Do you make more money in bankruptcy?
Goodbye The CW and superhero sucks HBO max streaming more popular today than 12 years ago.
Didn’t see that one coming. But shows quality has dropped from season 1 (unfortunately).
The ratings were good (for a CW show) and they killed it. Is CW owned by Netflix now? That seems like something they would do! This was one of the few teen themed shows that you could sit down and watch as a family with your kids aged 13 and up without a bunch of woke nonsense. It’s a shame.
And now down to just one left- Superman and Lois
The new owners of the CW want to have cheaper and more mainstream shows. Despite Stargirl performing better than Walker: Independence, the latter might air 4 or more seasons on the network because it is the type of show they want. I was expecting the show to get cancelled, but I was hoping they’d renew it for a final season (as The Flash has been) so the writers could wrap up the story.
The producers anticipated the cancellation and so they promise the last episode will resolve everything they’ve set up. Of course, if David Zaslove weren’t such a terrible businessman, he’d be switching the cancelled CW series (like NAOMI and LEGENDS OF TOMORROW) over to HBO Max instead of letting them premaurely end without any resolution. But then, he couldn’t use them for tax write-offs. (Every successive merger Warner Bros. has accepted has been worse than the last. This one has seemingly only subtracted value from the corporation.)
I was surprised by Legends of Tomorrow’s cancellation. It was the #6 rated show on the network last year and its viewership was increasing, which is a rarity. I guess it was too costly for new management. The Winchesters have some special effects, so it will probably deemed too expensive to renew as well.
So sad I hope someone picks up this great show