‘Beauty and the Beast’ season 3 premiere delayed until June

For one reason or another, The CW has decided that it is better to wait, at least for the time being, to launch the upcoming third season of “Beauty and the Beast.” The show was originally set to premiere on Thursday, May 21 (otherwise known as the day after sweeps), but it has since been pushed back a few weeks. Now, the new date is going to be June 11 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern time.

Why in the world would the network push it back? In all honesty, there is no obvious reason other than that the network may want to get some new episodes of stuff on a little later in the summer, and they didn’t want the show to end too soon. There wouldn’t have been that much competition on the 21st, but maybe they felt like some people would want to take a break from TV after sweeps jams a ton of new episodes on the air.

In case you have not seen it already, the official logline for the third season is as follows:

“As season three begins, Cat (Kristin Kreuk) and Vincent (Jay Ryan) are able to focus on their love, finally free from Muirfield, manhunts and beasts. However, that love will be tested as new and more dangerous threats await. When they learn that innocent victims are being used to test the boundaries of the impossible, Cat and Vincent will uncover a deeper conspiracy, one which Vincent can fight only by turning to the beast he carries within. But unleashing the beast will risk Vincent’s life – along with his and Cat’s love – as they struggle to build a normal life together.”

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