Arrowverse
The "Arrowverse", also known as the CW Multiverse or simply CWverse, is a television franchise that is based on characters that appear in publications by DC Comics. The shared multiverse is akin to the DC universe in their comic books, which has had crossover plot elements, settings, and characters.
History
The CW began airing Arrow in fall 2012. Due to its success, the network began production for a The Flash spin-off the following year. Barry Allen was planned to be introduced in the eighth and ninth episodes of the show's second season, followed by the twentieth episode acting as a backdoor pilot. However, after executives saw the initial episodes, they decided to order the series straight to pilot. In early 2015, the CW announced a web-series for Vixen to air on the CW Seed. Two months later, The CW announced an additional series, DC's Legends of Tomorrow to air early 2016. On August 12, 2015, Wendy Mericle confirmed their version of John Constantine follows the same continuity as NBC's Constantine. On December 12, 2018, Marc Guggenheim confirmed their version of Barry Allen follows the same continuity as CBS's The Flash.
Media
| Series | Season | Episodes | Originally aired | Showrunner(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | ||||
| Arrow | 1 | 23 | October 10, 2012 | May 15, 2013 | Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg and Marc Guggenheim |
| 2 | 23 | October 9, 2013 | May 14, 2014 | ||
| 3 | 23 | October 8, 2014 | May 13, 2015 | Marc Guggenheim | |
| 4 | 23 | October 7, 2015 | May 25, 2016 | Wendy Mericle and Marc Guggenheim | |
| 5 | 23 | October 5, 2016 | May 24, 2017 | ||
| 6 | 23 | October 12, 2017 | May 17, 2018 | ||
| 7 | 22 | October 15, 2018 | May 13, 2019 | Beth Schwartz | |
| 8 | 10 | October 15, 2019 | January 28, 2020 | Marc Guggenheim and Beth Schwartz | |
| The Flash | 1 | 23 | October 7, 2014 | May 19, 2015 | Andrew Kreisberg |
| 2 | 23 | October 6, 2015 | May 24, 2016 | Andrew Kreisberg, Gabrielle Stanton, and Aaron and Todd Helbing | |
| 3 | 23 | October 4, 2016 | May 23, 2017 | Andrew Kreisberg, and Aaron and Todd Helbing | |
| 4 | 23 | October 10, 2017 | May 22, 2018 | Andrew Kreisberg and Todd Helbing | |
| 5 | 22 | October 9, 2018 | May 14, 2019 | Todd Helbing | |
| 6 | 19 | October 8, 2019 | May 12, 2020 | Eric Wallace | |
| 7 | 18 | March 2, 2021 | July 20, 2021 | ||
| 8 | 20 | November 16, 2021 | June 29, 2022 | ||
| 9 | 13 | February 8, 2023 | May 24, 2023 | ||