Legends of Tomorrow, arguably the best superhero show on The CW (yep, I said it), has been renewed for another season. Yes, friends, Legends of Tomorrow Season 5 will be in your eyeballs during the early 2020 TV season.
The news was announced at the Winter Television Critics Association Tour, along with the renewal of nine other shows, including The Flash, Arrow, and Black Lightning. (Hopefully, this means we’ll be getting even more crossover events past Crisis on Infinite Earths!) And, yes, we know what you’re wondering: Supernatural was renewed for a Season 15.
“This season, we expanded our primetime schedule to six nights with the addition of Sunday — which has been an unqualified success for the network, our affiliates and our advertisers,” said CW president Mark Pedowitz.
Legends of Tomorrow Season 5 Release Date
The Legends of Tomorrow season 5 premiere date is Jan. 21, 2020.
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Legends of Tomorrow Season 5 Cast
Departures are never something we want to see on this show, but here are a couple of big ones. Both Brandon Routh and Courtney Ford will be leaving the show as series regulars on Legends of Tomorrow season 5.
“Brandon and Courtney have been invaluable members of the Legends family,” executive producers Phil Klemmer, Grianne Godfree and Keto Shimizu said in a statement via Deadline. “They have always brought a level passion and collaboration to their characters and to the show — both on and off the screen – that we deeply admire and for which we are eternally grateful.”
read more: Crisis On Infinite Earths — What to Expect From the Crossover
Apparently the decision has been made to “wrap up their storyline.” Routh offered a farewell statement to fans that perhaps hints that he doesn’t agree with the decision entirely…
Routh will also be seen as a version of Superman on the upcoming Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover.
We wrote more about why we’re not ready to see Nora Darhk go here.
EW has confirmed that Olivia Swann, who played Astra Logue, one of John Constantine’s major foes, is being promoted to series regular for Legends of Tomorrow season 5. Astra first appeared last season as a figure from Constantine’s past bent on giving the Legends all kinds of trouble, including releasing the spirits of Charles Manson and Genghis Khan back into the timeline.
“A lot of what Constantine is going to be dealing with this is season is his very complicated relationship with [Astra] and a desire to save her despite all the pain and trouble she’s putting us through,” executive producer Keto Shimizu told EW.
Astra was created by Jaime Delano and John Ridgway in Hellblazer #8 (1988).
Jes Macallan will also return as a series regular for Legends of Tomorrow Season 5 (via Deadline), so expect Ava Sharpe to spend a LOT more time on the Waverider. We’re okay with that!
Legends of Tomorrow Season 5 Story
This season will apparently delve into elements of “how fame affects people” according to some recent interviews from the showrunners. We have more details on this right here.
Legends of Tomorrow Season 5 Episodes
We’re tracking all the info we know about individual Legends of Tomorrow Season 5 episodes right here. We’ll keep updating this as more information becomes available!
Legends of Tomorrow Season 5 Episode 1: Meet the Legends
air date: 1/21/20
Legends of Tomorrow Season 5 Episode 2: Miss Me, Kiss Me, Love Me
air date: 1/28/20
Legends of Tomorrow Season 5 Episode 3: Slay Anything
air date: TBA
Legends of Tomorrow Season 5 Episode 4: A Head of Her Time
air date: TBA
Legends of Tomorrow Season 5 Episode 5: Mortal Khanbat
air date: TBA
Legends of Tomorrow Season 5 Episode 6: Mr. Parker’s Cul-de-Sac
air date: TBA
Legends of Tomorrow Season 5 Episode 7 – Romeo v. Juliet: Dawn of Justness
air date: TBA
Legends of Tomorrow Season 5 Episode 8: Zari, not Zari
air date: TBA
Legends of Tomorrow Season 5 Episode 9: The Great British Fake Off
air date: TBA
Legends of Tomorrow Season 5 Episode 10: Ship Broken
air date: TBA
Legends of Tomorrow Season 5 Episode 11: TBA
air date: TBA
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