Batwoman
the latest official update from Sky (17/10/19):
Just wanted to give you guys the latest update we have from Sky regarding the whole Batwoman/Arrowverse crossover “crisis”…
Sky say they have the rights to broadcast Supergirl, The Flash and Arrow, and will be showing these seasons in full – there were some stories going around saying they weren’t broadcasting the crisis event at all. Those stories are incorrect.
However, Sky has not managed to acquire the rights to broadcast Batwoman… This is due to them having been already acquired by “another party”, but they do not know who has acquired those rights and do not know where or how the series will be broadcast in the UK.
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So, yes, this will mess up the crossover on Sky One in the UK, and I think we can say that Sky is just as annoyed about that as the UK Arrowverse fans. But if the rights aren’t there to buy because someone else has them, there really isn’t anything Sky can do about it…
We’ll just have to wait and see when and where the series does appear. We will post when we hear more…
Country of Origin: USA
UK TV Premiere Date
Latest/Next UK Season: 1
Latest/Next UK TV Air Date: No exact date/time - Unknown Unknown
UK Channel: No UK Broadcaster
Previous UK Premiere Dates
US TV Premiere Date [BETA]
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Latest/Next US Season: 1
Latest/Next US TV Air Date: October 06, 2019 at 8:00 pm
US Channel: The CW
Previous US Premiere Dates
Renewal/Cancelled?
Next Season If Renewed: 2
Status: NOT KNOWN
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Ruby Rose comes to the Arrowverse as Batwoman. See the page for more info…
I fully believe now that the show will air on Netflix sometime in May or June as of the renewed deal the CW has with Netflix meaning shows like Dynasty and Black Lightning no longer drop episodes weekly but as season box sets. This is incredibly infuriating and basically a campaign to convert UK audiences to pirating.
This business just makes me think that they should stop doing crossovers as part of the regular seasons. It would be so much better if crossovers were their own individual miniseries (or even TV movies), perhaps airing between regular seasons rather than this and that episode of this or that show like they do now.
Yes, that would make more sense… Given the close relationship between Sky and WarnerMedia, it makes the decision to sell Batwoman to someone else even more bizarre. They could at least have made arrangements for the crossover episode to be aired on Sky One, but it appears they can’t even do that. What’s frustrating is that things like this just push people towards pirating the missing shows or episodes, which does no one any good.
I think this will be the last massive crossover. There’s getting to be too many shows and I just can’t see how future ones would work.
Apparently in Canada, Supergirl, The Flash and Arrow on three different channels, so this sort of situation isn’t unprecedented. Of course, in the UK, Black Lightning is on Netflix, and Black Lightning characters are also part of this year’s crossover (although the series itself isn’t afaik – but could be in future if they decide to merge the various earths together)!
It’s inconvenient that it’s on another channel. But that isn’t the problem. The problem is we still don’t know if and when Batwoman will air. This is coming more of occurrence for us with US Shows. Don’t know why The CW doesn’t launch a channel here in the UK a lot of people would tune in and love it. Although I’ve got no proof I wonder if they’re launching DC streaming service over here and they’re holding out for it launch?
That was the rumour going around, but with Sky announcing a new carriage deal with WarnerMedia, that rumour of them launching their own service has been proved false unfortunately.
https://www.geektown.co.uk/2019/10/31/warnermedia-unveils-new-shows-coming-to-hbo-max/
Whatever the reason Sky didn’t get Batwoman, doesn’t look that HBO Max has anything to do with it. Posted yesterday: https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/game-of-thrones-sky-hbo-programming-deal-1203388088/
HBO Max was never coming over here. More than likely Sky was simply outbid for it. Probably C5 will have it and won’t bother showing it until next year or not at all. Possibly E4 might have it. I think if Netflix had it we would be watching it by now. So despite two episodes into the new seasons we still have no clarity if and when we will get to watch it! Sick of this. Just wish iTunes could still have a season pass available so we don’t miss out. I buy the shows I love but you know I can see why people pirate we get treated so badly by these companies. ?
If Netflix does have it perhaps it’ll drop in two parts (or whatever) rather than airing weekly. They do it that way for some US series that they show in the UK, like Van Helsing.
Not sure if it’ll make any difference but I made a petition. https://www.change.org/p/warner-brothers-give-sky-the-uk-broadcast-rights-to-batwoman
Why do us Brits get screwed over every time with television shows? Sky should have been given the first refusal on Batwoman rights. We still have no idea who if anyone will be showing this show.
Look like UK cross over event is over batwoman is episode 2 in cross over event
I’m going to say it will be on Netflix
My guess is it’s on Netflix. Wouldn’t be surprised if it launches next week along with the rest. I really hope E4 hasn’t picked it up.
Maybe grasping at straws. But I contacted Sky and they said: “ not at this time” which could mean they may get it…eventually. Maybe when Arrow finishes and it could replace it. I don’t see how they’re holding back because of HBO Max as that will never come to the UK. I also wouldn’t be surprised if Netflix might pick it up. Unless they’re finally launching DC streaming services over here.
Really don’t know why they would intentionally shaft the international market like this. It’s beyond ridiculous. Makes me inclined to not bother with any of the shows.
I’m not watching The seasons of the Flash and Supergirl until we know when BatWoman will be aired
What are we going to do come crossover if we can’t watch Batwoman?!?!?! ? might have to try watching it some other way! But then I won’t have the quality
I private messaged Sky on Twitter and essentially all you need to know is that Sky won’t be airing this show but also that they couldn’t obtain the rights.
But… the plot thickens, according to the Sky Help Team Member who replied, the rights in the UK haven’t even been made available so unlucky for us come crossover season.
The guy – also a fan of the shows – acknowledged the havoc it will cause in December and apologized basically.
Thanks Josh. Yes, we’ve seen the Sky Help Team tweet something similar. Basically saying that WarnerMedia, who are the international distributors for the series, are holding it for their own streaming service… The problem is, they haven’t announced a streaming service in the UK. They have one launching in Spring 2020 in the US, which is HBO Max, but they have yet to announce anything outside of America. That means, at the very very earliest, we’d get it in Spring next year. But that would only be if they suddenly announce they are launch HBO Max UK at the same time as the US, which you’d think they would have done by now. It is all very odd…
Although, if they are launching in the UK, it would help also explain why E4 haven’t managed to pick up Supernatural either, which is also distributed by Warner. It is possible, *if* the plan to launch over here is true, they are holding that for the same reason. The problem is, there are a lot of months between now and any potential launch date, and with no news about what is happening, people are just going to find… “alternative ways”… to watch these shows.
I’m not against the idea of HBO Max launching in the UK. But if that turns out to be the reason they are holding these shows now, the way they are going about it is not winning over any good will with potential new customers…
Edit: should also mention, WarnerMedia also control the DC Universe streaming service, but there is nothing about that launching outside of the USA either.
Very odd indeed
With Supergirl starting the next Arrowverse season in less than two weeks here it seems odd that we know nothing about Batwoman airing here by now. It’s even going to episode 2 of the big crossover event at the end of the year.
Fingers crossed that Sky pick this up as they have all of the other Arrowverse shows.
I agree, also as it will be a part of the 5 part crossover.