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The CW commits to new seasons of six shows shot in Â鶹´«Ă˝Ół»­area

Riverdale, Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow, DC's Legends of Tomorrow and Supernatural are all greenlighted
Riverdale
Fan-favourite Riverdale is shot in and around Vancouver, including at several local high schools.

Riverdale fans aren’t the only ones rejoicing the news that The CW is committing to a third season of the popular dark take on the Archie comic book characters.

On Tuesday, the television network announced that six of the shows that film in Â鶹´«Ă˝Ół»­will get another year of life.

Riverdale (season three), Arrow (season seven), The Flash (season five), DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (season four), Supergirl (season four), and Supernatural (season 14) have all been renewed.

This means a busy year ahead for Vancouver-based crews as well thanks in large part because of producer Greg Berlanti’s love of the city.

“They wouldn’t be as good if they left,” . “I just think that the DNA of these shows was built in this place. There’s a reservoir of talent that’s behind the camera, of women and men, on these shows that have helped build this. I wouldn’t do that to them.”

Berlanti is behind four of the six shows — Arrow, Legends, Supergirl and Riverdale — and discovered how much he likes filming here when he arrived for the Arrow pilot in 2012.

Supergirl Fangirl
Screenframing is a popular way of taking photos at locations where films and tv shows are shot. This one shows a Supergirl scene shot at the Bloedel Conservatory in Vancouver. - @fangirlquest/Instagram

Fans of all the shows have enjoyed spotting various locales in the series, especially Riverdale. The high school scenes have been shot at a variety of Â鶹´«Ă˝Ół»­secondary schools including Lord Byng, which stands in for the exterior of Riverdale High, John Oliver, Point Grey and Burnaby Mountain. The house where Archie and his father live is on East 3rd Avenue while Pop's Chock'lit Shoppe cafĂ© is in the parking lot of the Langley studio. Langley is also the site of the Blossom Mansion, aka the Copper Stone Mansion.

The news comes as wrapped up filming its last season in Steveston on Good Friday.