The CW Announces 2021 New Season Premiere Dates

Mark your calendars! The CW has announced their 2021 premiere dates which means you can begin counting down the days to the return of your favorite new or returning shows.

The CW’s new season kicks off right after the New Year as new episodes of fun, funny family favorites Whose Line Is It Anyway? and Penn & Teller: Fool Us move to Friday nights starting January 8, 2021.

The CW’s new season opening weekend continues on Sunday, January 10, 2021 with the debut of the inaugural Critics Choice Super Awards celebrating excellence in Superhero/Comic Book/Video Game, Science Fiction-Fantasy, Horror, Action and Animation genres of Film and Television/Streaming.

Tuesday, January 12 sees the return of fan favorite horror anthology series Two Sentence Horror Stories to The CW for its second season with back to back original episodes followed by the U.S. premiere of the acclaimed Canadian supernatural drama Trickster.

Javicia Leslie is ready to don the cowl as Ryan Wilder and become Gotham’s new defender in Batwoman which returns Sunday, January 17 and a brand new season of Charmed will begin Sunday, January 24.

Critically acclaimed All American returns for its third season Monday, January 18  and starting February 8, Mondays power up with Black Lightning following All American.

Wednesdays are red hot this January with the return of Riverdale for its fifth season starting on January 20 followed by the sophomore season of Nancy Drew.

Jared Padalecki is back on The CW’s Thursday nights with the series debut of Walker on January 21 followed by an all new season inside the halls of the Salvatore Boarding School for the Young and Gifted in the premiere of Legacies.

The CW sets up a super Tuesday in 2021 as the world’s first superhero and the world’s most intrepid reporter balance saving the world and raising their family in the all-new series Superman & Lois, premiering Tuesday, February 23, paired with the return of the Scarlet Speedster in the network’s most watched series The Flash.

The following are the premiere dates for The CW’s new season starting in January 2021.

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 8

7:00-7:30P WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? (Cycle 9 Premiere)

7:30-8:00P WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? (Encore Episode)

8:00-10:00P PENN & TELLER: FOOL US (Season Premiere)


SUNDAY, JANUARY 10

7-9P CRITICS CHOICE SUPER AWARDS (Two-Hour Special Event)


TUESDAY, JANUARY 12

7:00-7:30P TWO SENTENCE HORROR STORIES (Season Premiere)

7:30-8:00P TWO SENTENCE HORROR STORIES (Original Episode)

8-9P TRICKSTER (U.S. Series Premiere)


SUNDAY, JANUARY 17

7-8P BATWOMAN (Season Premiere)


MONDAY, JANUARY 18

7-8P ALL AMERICAN (Season Premiere)


WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20

7-8P RIVERDALE (Season Premiere)

8-9P NANCY DREW (Season Premiere)


THURSDAY, JANUARY 21

7-8P WALKER (Series Premiere)

8-9P LEGACIES (Season Premiere)


SUNDAY, JANUARY 24

7-8P BATWOMAN (Original Episode)

8-9P CHARMED (Season Premiere)


MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8

7-8P ALL AMERICAN (Original Episode)

8-9P BLACK LIGHTNING (Season Premiere)


TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23

7-8P THE FLASH (Season Premiere)

8-9P SUPERMAN & LOIS (Series Premiere)


Stay tuned for more updates on the brand new CW season coming in 2021.