You may recall, a month or so back I published a post about Crisis on Infinite Earths, and how the epic Arrowverse crossover won’t air in full in the UK. The reason for this? Because Sky doesn’t have the rights to air Batwoman – one of the five series included in the five-part crossover.
Well today, I have good news. I also have bad news.
The good news (via Gizmodo) is that Batwoman will air in the UK this year. Hurrah!
The bad news is that the show will air on E4 and not Sky One – the channel that airs Arrow, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, and Supergirl. Boo!
As predicted, Channel 4 picked up the rights to Batwoman and will now air it via E4.
When will it air?
*Shrugs shoulders*
E4 has not announced an air date for Batwoman yet – the only confirmation is that the show will hit screens this year. E4 has also picked up the animated Harley Quinn series too, which will air in 2020.
Of course, it’s great to see Batwoman finally get a home in the UK, but it’s not great if you want to watch the crossover in its entirety. Unless you’re willing to hold off until E4 has got up to speed with Batwoman, you’re going to have to miss out the Crisis/Batwoman episode for now.
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4 Responses to Batwoman *WILL* air in the UK – But not on Sky
Well, its good UK fans will get to see Batwoman now, but I expect It will be a while before it gets shown on E4. Sadly I expect we will miss those parts of the crossover / Crisis event until then, which is a shame.
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My main issue with shows going on E4 (or Ch4/Ch5) is that they fall way behind the US air dates. UK broadcasters also have a tendency to drop shows without finishing them – Angel, Xena, etc. At least when shows are on Sky they tend to complete the series.
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That is the thing with channels like Channel 5 and E4 ect, their scheduling is always subject to change, and series sometimes get dropped completely. Think something similar happened with Gotham when it moved from C5 to E4. I prefer Sky as they show them as soon as or only a week or two behind the states.
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Agreed. To be fair, I mostly watch Amazon/Netflix nowadays – shame Batwoman wasn’t picked up by one of these guys.
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