Will The 100 continue past Season 6? Here's what CW president Mark Pedowitz had to say about The 100 Season 7...
The 100 Season 6 has yet to premiere (we're getting so close!), but that doesn't mean we're not already thinking ahead. Will there be a The 100 Season 7?
CW president Mark Pedowitz talked to a group of reporters about a potential The 100 renewal at the TCA winter presentation in January, saying (via TV Guide): "[Showrunner Jason Rothenberg] does have a really good idea for his seventh season. We'll see where we're at, that's a May thing."
This isn't the first time Pedowitz has mentioned Rothenberg's larger plan for The 100. Speaking at the Winter Television Critics Association press tour last year, Pedowitz told Nerdist: "[Rothenberg] may have a six or seven-year plan to it. I don't know if I'm allowed to even say that, that he has a plan beyond year five, but he does."
Well, is it six or is it seven, Mark?!
Whenever The 100's end may come, Rothenberg already has a conclusion for this epic journey in mind. Rothenberg told Nerdist last year:
I had this idea for how I wanted the show to end. But it was scalable and that ending could have been at the end of season three, it could be at the end of season five, it could be at the end of season eight. Those decisions are not really mine. I don’t think that this is a show that runs for 10 seasons. But I love these characters and this world so much that it’s fresh for me every year. We tell a different story every year so we don’t get bored with it. I still have an end story in mind, but I don’t know when that end is going to be and I feel very, very confident that I’ll get to tell it eventually.
read more: The 100 Season 5 Season Finale Review
Will Rothenberg break our hearts at the end of Season 6, the end of Season 7, or could The 100 go on past that? How many season would you like to see The 100 run for? And how would you like to see it end?
It sounds like we'll know more about The 100's future in May, or even sooner when The 100 returns in April. For now, we'll have to revel in the fact that we're going to get at least six season of this post-apocalyptic drama.
The 100 Season 6 premieres on Tuesday, April 30 at 9 p.m. ET on The CW. Read more about Season 6 here, and stay tuned for details from our set visit.
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