Constantine Gets An Additional Script Order

The DC Comics adaptation is tracking well and has huge awareness, according to Deadline, meaning that it’s got a lot of potential to do well. It’s expensive, though, and not everyone loved the pilot, so ordering backup scripts is a good way to keep everyone at work and keep the machinery in place while the network decides whether or not they really want to commit to a back nine order.

That’s industry slang for the final nine episodes that typically expand a show from 13 episodes to 22. Most new series — or at least the ones that debut in the fall on a major network — start with a 13-episode pickup after the pilot and go from there.

The network also picked up three more scripts for the freshman series The Mysteries of Laura starring Debra Messing.