The CW has ordered thirteen more episodes of its fantasy drama The Outpost which Deadline was originally referring as a fourth season, but the media outlet has since indicated that the additional eps are not officially considered a separate season yet. It is unclear at this point if those episodes will run later in the current season or in Summer when the show usually airs. The Outpost kicks off its third season tonight, after it was delayed due to the production shutdowns. It’s possible that the network ordered the episodes as a contingency in case one of its other shows gets shutdown due to COVID infections.
It’s also possible that these additional episodes could be designed to wrap up the show’s storylines. The Outpost has never been a highly-rated show for the network, but it performs well enough for an acquisition designed to pad out the schedule during the Summer months. The CW usually allows the shows that it has an ownership stake in to go at least seventy episodes. But the network does not own this shown and allowing it to go for approximately fifty episodes gives it a binge-worthy run that should be attractive to one of the streaming services (the first two seasons are currently streaming for free on IMBd TV). Note that there has been no indication at this point that these will be the final episodes of the series, that is just speculation on my part. But stay tuned for updates.
The Outpost follows a young woman named Talon who is the last of the race of Blackboods and who has inherited supernatural powers. She teams up with a rogue queen to fight against a fanatical religious dictator who threatens their world. It stars Jessica Green, Jake Stormoen, Imogen Waterhouse, Anand Desai-Barochia, and Robyn Malcolm.
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