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Gotham Knights will definitely not be returning for a second season. Only days after the series’ cancellation by The CW, the series’s showrunners have revealed that efforts to find a new home for the series have failed.
Starring Oscar Morgan, Olivia Rose Keegan, Navia Robinson, Fallon Smythe, Tyler DiChiara, Anna Lore, Rahart Adams, and Misha Collins, Gotham Knights followed the next generation of Gotham City superheroes after the death of Batman.
Showrunners James Stoteraux and Chad Fiveash took to social media and shared a lengthy message about the fate of the series:
Hey #BatBrats.
Thank you all for the kind words and heartfelt support. Since many of you have been asking about the possibility of GOTHAM KNIGHTS finding a new home, we wanted to let you know that, over the last few months, our producing partners at Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. Discovery had been working extremely hard to get the show picked up or possibly even moved to a new network. There is a great deal of love and support for K at the studio, and at The CW as well. Unfortunately, despite all their efforts, The CW wasn’t able to renew the show, and the studio wasn’t able to find a new home for it. We can assure you all that it wasn’t for a lack of trying or a lack of enthusiasm. Even in a time of severe belt-tightening, the studio spent money and resources in the hope of continuing the show. And though they ultimately weren’t successful, their efforts deserve our gratitude.
We’ve seen your tweets and we appreciate your resolve and commitment to getting the show a new home. It means so much. This show was the work of hundreds of people displaying relentless passion day in and day out. We would all love nothing more than to keep telling this story. After all, this is a show based on looking for hope when hope seems lost. But as the showrunners, the two of us feel like we owe it to the fans to be realistic about the chances of the show continuing. At this point it’s virtually impossible. There’s a million mind-numbing production logistics working against us at this point, and resurrecting the show would be extremely cost prohibitive. Trust us, the executives truly do love the show, and hear your dedication to it, but they unfortunately can’t make the numbers work. Just speaking from our hearts, we can’t in good conscience let a community that we love and care about expend resources without being totally honest about the realities.
But this doesn’t mean there’s nothing you can do. Gotham Knights is a show about the power of each one of us to become a light strong enough to defy the darkness. Right now, there are a lot of people hurting financially – in our industry, around the world, in our communities – and we would humbly suggest that perhaps fans direct resources and passion towards being that light wherever you can. Thousands of crew members are out of work in an effort to fight for fair wages. If you have the means, please consider donating to the Entertainment Fund (entertainmentcommunity.org). Or add your voice to the growing chorus of people demanding better working conditions and more pay across ALL industries. Or support Misha Collins’ de-mining fund on behalf of the Ukrainian people (donorbox.org/collins_demining). Or donate or volunteer at your local food bank. If you don’t have the resources, even speaking out in support of social justice can work wonders. We honestly can’t imagine a better legacy for the show.
So, thank you again for embracing and supporting GOTHAM KNIGHTS – and for being totally and wonderfully weird about it! We wouldn’t have it any other way. So much love to you all.
Your eternally grateful (if somewhat deranged) Gotham Knights Showrunners,
JAMES STOTERAUX & CHAD FIVEASH
What do you think? Are you a fan of this DC superhero series? Did you want to see a second season of Gotham Knights?
I don’t think any of the actors from Gotham Knights should give up.
Fight for your right to act and keep us entertained.
1, Cancel culture should be cancelled!
2. Gotham Knights should have tried ION Television, Fox, CBS, NBC, ABC or even WGN.
I am so sick of good shows being cancelled and trash being left on the air.
Where Titans managed to straddle the line between the DC dark and something just a tad lighter, this failed to learn a useful lesson and so, not surprised that it failed from the off.
It had nothing to do with the show itself, which was gaining fans quickly. CW is just in a very bad place now, and so is TV as a whole. It should have been a streaming show to start with. Network broadcast TV is in its death throes. (So is cable). The timing was off. I found Titans utterly unwatchable (I say this as someone who watched every ep of the original animated series), but I loved the cast chemistry on Gotham Knights–I didn’t even know the show was coming out, then got addicted to it when it had been… Read more »
Didn’t they try Max, Netflix, Prime Video, Amazon Freevee or Apple TV Plus?
Of course they did. It was already streaming on Max, and was one of the highest-rated shows there. But Max didn’t want to shell out for production. Committed to other projects. It’s a low-budget show, but in 2023, low-budget means three million an ep. There would have been licensing issues as well. (And if Batman had been in it, that would have really driven up the costs). The money isn’t there anymore. So many people cutting the cord to save on the budget, and refusing to watch commercials means less money overall to experiment. We’re in for a pretty bad… Read more »
I did want to see a second season. Didn’t try CBS, ABC, NBC, Fox, SYFY, TNT or TBS?
Sorry. I meant to write, Didn’t they try CBS, ABC, NBC, Fox, SYFY, TNT or TBS?
CW has cancelled so many shows that it sure won’t be worth turning to anymore…..
The Big Switch Off has begun.
I won’t be returning next season.
I have to cut my costs too.