‘Supernatural’ season 9: Why the ‘Bloodlines’ spin-off is not going forward

Overall, you have to say that the upfront presentation today for The CW was about as dull as some of the programming that airs on various affiliates at around 3:00 in the morning. There were no surprises when it comes to the shows that were picked up for series, or the ones that weren’t … including “Supernatural: Bloodlines.”

We really wanted to like the idea of this show, since it did allow for a chance to expand a beloved universe and give Nathaniel Buzolic a new job. Unfortunately, the premise felt to us like a retread on “The Originals,” we didn’t buy Lucien Laviscount as the lead Ennis Roth, and it didn’t have any of the humor or the imagination that we have seen time and time again from the original show with Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles. Also, most of the fans disliked it strongly.

But is there still a future for the concept? Maybe in some form. At today’s upfront presentation network head Mark Pedowitz confirmed that the idea for the show was handed back down to the producers if they want to try and develop it again. This is something that the network has done for some other pilots, including another Laviscount series in “The Selection,” the series in the vein of “The Hunger Games” that failed to get a series pickup after two attempts.

In the future, we feel like a “Supernatural” spin-off is really going to require something a little bit more than just a backdoor pilot and an okay idea. They need to make it more around one of the characters from the flagship show, like a Castiel or a Crowley or a Charlie. Let us see more of someone we already like, rather than be introduced to someone we don’t. (We’ll have more speculation on ideas for this soon.)

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