Years before he had multiple shows all over the television landscape, writer/producer Greg Berlanti was the man behind the cult WB family drama “Everwood.” At the Television Critics Association press tour Sunday, he said that “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow” reminds him of that kind of family show.
“Legends,” which premieres Jan. 21 on the CW, features an array of characters from “Arrow” and “The Flash” traveling through time to save people and fix certain aspects of history. What surprised him as the show evolved, Berlanti said, was how much it evolved beyond the first discussions that he and his fellow executive producers had.
“We had talked for some time about if we could figure out a way to do a team-up — we’d talked internally about that. And then one day I got a call from [CW president] Mark Pedowitz and he said, ‘I’ve been thinking, we’ve got this wealth of additional characters.
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“Legends,” which premieres Jan. 21 on the CW, features an array of characters from “Arrow” and “The Flash” traveling through time to save people and fix certain aspects of history. What surprised him as the show evolved, Berlanti said, was how much it evolved beyond the first discussions that he and his fellow executive producers had.
“We had talked for some time about if we could figure out a way to do a team-up — we’d talked internally about that. And then one day I got a call from [CW president] Mark Pedowitz and he said, ‘I’ve been thinking, we’ve got this wealth of additional characters.