CW Comes of Age

Ashley Lynn Carlson is an associate professor of English at the University of Montana Western in Dillon, Montana. She has published essays on a variety of topics ranging from nineteenth-century literature to contemporary popular culture.Lisa K. Perdigao is a professor of English at Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida. Her publications are in the areas of contemporary fiction, television, film, and comics.

• IntroductionAshley Lynn Carlson and Lisa K. PerdigaoPart I. "TV to Talk About": Network Identity and TheA "­Bridge-to-Nowhere": Media Rights Capital and the Network's ­Decade-Long Hiatus from Sunday Night ProgrammingKimberly A. OwczarskiColor by The CW: How Blackness Has FaredPhillip Lamarr CunninghamThe Lowest Ratings on Prime Time: The CW's Business ModelCaryn MurphyThe Cultural Value of Jane the Virgin and Crazy ­Ex-GirlfriendPaola BrembillaPart II. "TV Now": The CW in the ­Post-Network and ­Post-FeministFrom Late Childhood to Emerging Adulthood: Representations of Teenagers on The WB and TheAshley Lynn CarlsonIt's the Ladies' Choice: Female Agency on Supergirl, Jane the Virgin, Beauty & the Beast, and ReignMarian R. Hjelmgren"There's no place like home": Supernatural's Domestic CrisisLisa K. PerdigaoDare to Define: The Arrowverse and the New Television SuperheroMichael G. Robinson and Kenneth Wagner#Clexa and #Sanvers Fandom: Questions of Representation, Reception, and Fans' ReactionsMélanie BourdaaPart III. "Dare to Defy": Adapting and Expanding The ­CW-VerseThe Hybrid Identities of The Vampire DiariesAngela Tenga and Lisa K. PerdigaoThe Superhero Crossover Event: An Effective Staple of The CW's ProgrammingJames F. IaccinoDeconstructing The CW's Culture: iZombie and Serial HybridizationCharles JosephHow Do You Build a Problem Like Riverdale? Constructing the Imagined Community of the Archie UniverseBrenna Clarke Gray and Peter WilkinsAbout the ContributorsIndex