Earlier today, The CW announced that the forthcoming Black Lightning TV series would not take place in the “Arrowverse,” the network’s shared DC Universe inhabited by Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow, and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow.

It is reasonable to assume, of course, that Black Lightning will still be taking place on one of the infinite Earths in the CW’s multiverse, but the practical upshot of not being “in the ‘verse,” at least right away, if that the series will not participate in the four-show crossover planned for November 2017.

Series star Cress Williams told ComicBook.com that he would like to see his character cross over with one or more of the other series eventually — but that he wouldn’t want to do it before Black Lightning had a chance to establish itself. He said that since Jefferson Pierce’s teenage daughters, seen developing super-powers in the newly-released trailer for the series, will likely eventually take on their own costumed identities, he would be interested in taking the Pierce family unit on the road to another Earth. “I think it would be interesting down the line,” Williams told ComicBook.com on the red carpet at The CW’s upfront this morning. “Eventually we’re going to have probably three superheroes on our show with me and the daughters. Once we become some kind of team, it would be great to go as a team onto another show. It’s going to be fun developing that, because with every good thing, there’s going to be a lot of wrinkles.”