Legends of Tomorrow canceled after 7 seasons: 'It's been an incredible run'

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Sydney Bucksbaum
Sydney Bucksbaum
Sydney Bucksbaum

Sydney Bucksbaum is a writer at Entertainment Weekly covering all things pop culture – but TV is her one true love. She currently lives in Los Angeles but grew up in Chicago so please don't make fun of her accent when it slips out.

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Published on April 29, 2022 09:48PM EDT

There are no more tomorrows for Legends of Tomorrow.

The CW has canceled the idiosyncratic DC Comics series after seven seasons, EW has confirmed. Co-showrunner and executive producer Keto Shimizu tweeted the news Friday evening.

"Well, folks. It's been an incredible run," she wrote. "However, the CW has let us know that there will be no season 8 of #LegendsOfTomorrow. We are heartbroken, but also immensely grateful for the amazing work our cast, crew, and writers have contributed to the little show that could."

Shimizu went on to thank the fans for their "love and passion for our strange band of misfits," and ended the message on a positive note: "You'll always have a place on the Waverider."

'Legends of Tomorrow'
'Legends of Tomorrow'. The CW

The Legends of Tomorrow writers' room also mourned the show on Twitter. "This has been the journey of a lifetime for all of us," the writers said in a statement. "The little show that wasn't supposed to be, grew into the show that could be anything it wanted. We went to Camelot, Salvation, Hollywood, even Inside A Computer's Mind but of course, the real destination was always home: the place where your family are friends and your friends are family. We will desperately miss creating this show, but most of all we will miss getting to make it together and sharing it with you. Legends Never Die!"

The news, while tragic for fans, isn't entirely unexpected after the network canceled Batwoman, the other DC Comics drama awaiting its fate, earlier Friday. The cancellations were foreshadowed when the CW granted early renewals to seven of its current series, with Legends and Batwoman noticeably left off the list. It's a tough blow for LGBTQ representation on TV, as both series centered on queer female characters.

Caity Lotz and Jes Macallan on 'Legends of Tomorrow'
Caity Lotz and Jes Macallan on 'Legends of Tomorrow'. Bettina Strauss/The CW

Pulling the plug on Legends stings even more since the series ended on a big cliffhanger in 7, which revealed that Scrubs alum Donald Faison was playing the time-traveling hero Booster Gold, who betrayed the Legends by stealing the Waverider and turning them into time cops. But that twist will never get the chance to be resolved, leaving fans with an unsatisfying ending for the long-running series.

Co-showrunner Phil Klemmer recently told EW that he had big plans for a potential eighth season. "I can't say too much about them just because I haven't pitched the studio and network," he said. "If I think about the themes of next season, I mean, the Legends have been arrested and they're going to be forced to rehabilitate themselves, but I think we all know that they make mistakes, but they're doing nothing wrong. In 20 years, most of our jobs will be challenged by AI, and so [season 7] was us trying to come up with a reason for, what do humans do that machines can't? I don't know, maybe next season we'll take on capitalism."

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