>>83543667It didn't set the tone. The lesson they took from the three films (the first one wasn't profitable) was that they could make money of DC properties. They mistake they made was also assuming the corollary lesson to be that a tone that work for Gotham was a tone that would work on every other IP, when the DCAU had already shown this was not the case, nor was necessary for success.
>>83554687CBS was the one that had to pay $3 million in order to get the right to air Supergirl.
No one pays to put anything anywhere unless you're talking about a 30 minute or longer infomercial. Legit production companies like WB or Touchstone/ABC Studios don't do things like that.
>>83544344>>83544565He had no real power in terms of what was a finished product that was produced for live action film or TV. He had a bigger role on things like the WB animation which is why all his crappy arcs in Justice League and Flashpoint were picked for animation film projects, BUT that also had as much to do with synergy with the New 52.
He still has to report to Diane Nelson, NOT the studio (either FILM or TV) bosses. And no one had to pay attention to any of his notes. As far as embargoing characters, IF the show runner really wanted something, they could have figured it out.
Hal was easter egged on Flash because WB films studio executives have the stupid idea that you can't have a lead film property on a TV show AND also a film without confusing people. Ditto Blue Beetle/Ted Kord versus Ray Palmer/Atom. Johns wasn't the one embargoing the CW, or Berlanti - it was WB Studios film division.
